High School: Electives

Criminology and Forensics is targeted for students at a beginner level of understanding of the topics of crime and forensic procedures. The course is designed to encourage students to be introspective and intrigued by the topics in the course. It covers topics on crime and criminology, witnesses and perpetrators, and the crime lab. The course follows a storyline of two college interns who discover a series of connected crimes in a suburban setting.

Suggested grade level: 11-12
Prerequisites: None

Criminology and Justice is targeted for high school students at a beginner level of understanding of the topics of crime and the justice system. The course is designed to encourage students to be introspective and intrigued by the topics in the course. This course covers topics on the criminal justice system, non-forensic evidence, and what happens inside the courtroom. The course follows the storyline of two college interns who discovered a series of connected crimes in a suburban setting; the characters address the issues as a result, following the crime through the criminal justice process.

Suggested grade level: 11-12
Prerequisites: None

Retail Marketing courses cover marketing principles and concepts related to the provision of goods or services directly to the consumer, emphasizing store operation, advertisement and display of goods, store security, human relations, and business management and ownership.

Suggested grade level: 10-12
Prerequisites: None

Sociology is much more than conducting surveys or analyzing census data. Sociology is all about studying people and the groups they are part of. Sociology examines social trends and cultural changes. It involves asking questions and solving problems. Questions such as, what causes social inequalities, poverty, racism, or sexism. In Sociology A the student will be introduced to the origins, research methods, and the work of sociologists.

Suggested grade level: 11-12
Prerequisites: None

Everyone belongs to one or more groups, and the groups we belong to influence the way we think, feel, and act. The study of sociology gives us tools to define and understand social groups. With those tools, the student will learn how social groups affect our beliefs and actions, and how their members interact with each other. The emphasis in Sociology B is on learning about social institutions and social change with an emphasis on understanding groups in contemporary American society.

Suggested grade level: 11-12
Prerequisites: Sociology B

Robotics courses help students develop and expand their skills and knowledge of robotics and related scientific and engineering topics. Course topics may include principles of mechanics, electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, programmable logic controllers. These courses may emphasize the use of engineering principles to design and build robots, construct and connect sensors, and program robots in the programming language.

Suggested grade level: 9-12
Prerequisites: None

In this course, students are introduced to the world of professional sales: the role sales plays in the national economy; the importance of ethical behavior in business; how to build, train, motivate, and evaluate a sales team; the role of buying motives in the customer buying process; what the selling process is; and the importance of data.

Suggested grade level: 9-12
Prerequisites: None