*3 Credits Required for Graduation
2026-2027 Social Studies Courses
Pre-AP World History and Geography examines global interactions, cultures, and geographic patterns in the modern era, building historical thinking, analytical reading, and evidence-based writing skills for advanced study.
- Course Number: 2109415
- College Board: Course Info
- Recommended Prerequisites: None
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 + 0.5)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: Elective
- Internal Weighting: +0.5
- Grade Level: 9
Students study US government institutions and political processes and their impact on American society while developing communication skills to engage in civic debate.
Note: These two courses are linked corequisites and must be taken together.
- Course Number: 2106320 / 8607120
- Recommended Prerequisites: None
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 US Government + 0.5 Public Service Communication)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: United States Government, 0.5 credit elective for Public Service Communication
- Satisfies PK Program Requirement: 2nd of 4 Public Service courses to earn Gold Seal Scholarship
- Internal Weighting: +0.5 for US Government Honors, +0.5 for Public Service Communication
- Grade Level: 10
- Required Testing: Florida Civic Literacy Exam
U.S. History is an introductory U.S. history course. Students cultivate their understanding of U.S. history from 1865 to the present through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft historical arguments as they explore concepts like American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.
- Course Number: 2100320
- Recommended Prerequisites: None
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 + 0.5)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: United States History
- Internal Weighting: +0.5
- Grade Level: 11
This course covers micro/macroeconomics, international trade, personal finance, income and taxes, saving and investing, and risk management. Honors courses demand deeper analysis, critical thinking, and complex problem-solving beyond increased workload.
- Course Number: 2102305
- Recommended Prerequisites:
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 + 0.5)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: Economics and Personal Financial Literacy
- Industry Certification: Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- Internal Weighting: +0.5
- Grade Level: 12
AP Human Geography is a college-level course studying economic, cultural, political, and urban geography through spatial, problem-based analysis, using global case studies to build geoliteracy, critical thinking, and global citizenship.
- Course Number: 2103400
- College Board: Course Info
- Recommended Prerequisites: 8th Grade ELA FAST 3+, B or higher in 8th Grade social studies courses, and/or teacher/counselor recommendation
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 + 0.5)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: Elective
- Internal Weighting: +1.0
- Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Required Testing: AP Exam in May. Fee associated if course is dropped, AP Exam is not taken, or if a late AP Exam needs to be ordered.
Students study U.S. government institutions, constitutional principles, and political processes, emphasizing analysis, application, and evaluation of how government decisions shape American democracy and civic participation.
Note: These two courses are linked co-requisites and must be taken together.
- Course Number: 2106420 / 8607120
- College Board: Course Info
- Recommended Prerequisites: 9th Grade ELA FAST 3+, B or higher in 9th grade social studies course, and/or teacher/counselor recommendation
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 AP US Government + 0.5 Public Service Communication)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: United States Government, 0.5 credit elective for Public Service Communication
- Satisfies PK Program Requirement: 2nd of 4 Public Service courses to earn Gold Seal Scholarship
- Internal Weighting: +1.0 for AP US Government, +1.0 for Public Service Communication
- Grade Level: 10
- Required Testing: Florida Civic Literacy Exam. AP Exam in May. Fee associated if course is dropped, AP exam is not taken, or if a late AP Exam needs to be ordered
In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments indifferent times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.
- Course Number: 2100330
- College Board: Course Info
- Recommended Prerequisites: Credit in World History and U.S. Government
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 + 0.5)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: United States History
- Internal Weighting: +1.0
- Grade Level: 11
- Required Testing: AP Exam in May. Fee associated if course is dropped, AP Exam is not taken, or if a late AP Exam needs to be ordered.
AP Microeconomics is a college-level course that introduces students to the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual economic decision-makers.
Note: These two courses are linked co-requisites and must be taken together.
- Course Number: 2102360 / 2102373
- Prerequisites: None
- Course Length: Alternating Day, 2 Semesters
- Credit: 1.0 (0.5 AP Microeconomics + 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy)
- Credit Accrued at: 0.5 earned each semester
- Satisfies Graduation Requirement: Economics, 0.5 Credit Personal Financial Literacy
- Industry Certification: Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- Internal Weighting: +1.0
- Grade Level: 12
- Required Testing: AP Exam in May. Fee associated if course is dropped, AP Exam is not taken, or if a late AP Exam needs to be ordered.