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SOCIAL STUDIES
VISION:
Through the Birmingham Social Studies Department, our teachers will empower students to strengthen and enhance
their critical thinking, civil discourse, oral and written communication, and data analysis skills in order to create tangible
opportunities for informed action.
Graduation
Requirement
1.0 credit World History
Course Options
1.0 credit U.S. History
U.S. History
AP U.S. History
Honors Flex 10
Excel 10 or Honors Excel 10A
0.5 credit Economics
World History
Honors Flex 9
Excel 9 or Honors Excel 9
Economics
AP Economics A (Microeconomics) and AP Economics B (Macroeconomics)
(must complete both semesters to fulfill graduation requirement)
0.5 credit Government
0.5 credit elective
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Honors Flex 11
Excel 11 or Honors Excel 11
U.S. Government
AP U.S. Government and Politics (must complete both semesters)
Honors Flex 12
Excel 12 or Honors Excel 12
AP European History
AP Psychology
AP African American History-(Groves)
African American History (Groves)
Court Cases – Constitutional History and Law (Groves)
Critical Issues (Seaholm)
Family History (Seaholm)
Global Issues (Groves)
The History of American Feminism (Groves)
Women’s Studies (Groves)
Holocaust (Groves)
Roots of Western Philosophy (Groves
Modern Philosophy (Groves)
Law and You (Seaholm)
Psychology
Psychology and the Individual (Groves)
Topics in Psychology
World Geography (Groves)
Vietnam (Seaholm)
