Capítulo 3: Percepción de los consumidores
3.1 Posicionamiento
Length/Credit: 1 semester - 0.5 elective credit Location: Newport
Anthropology is the holistic study of human life: past, present, and future. From the Yanomamo warriors in the Amazon rainforest to the nomadic !Kung in the Kalahari Desert, from inner-city Chicago to our own high schools, students will compare, analyze and evaluate cultural characteristics of human beings. This reading, writing and discussion-based course will focus on cultural, physical and social anthropology. Students study the development of life on earth, how human societies are organized, and human behavior in a variety of societies.
SS_462 ECONOMICS
Length/Credit: 1 semester - 0.5 elective credit Location: Bellevue, Interlake
Economics is the study of how people make economic choices. Students will learn the free enterprise system; supply, demand and Market Price; competition; money and banking; global economies and other economic concepts.
SSA470 AP MICRO ECONOMICS/ AP MACRO ECONOMICS Length/Credit: 1 year - 1.0 elective credit
Other Info: Students will take the AP exam in the spring
Location: Bellevue, Newport, Sammamish
Students will build on their basic understanding of economic prin- ciples by investigating crucial social issues that are the basis of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. This will involve developing an understanding of the economic choices made by individual house- holds and firms as they seek to maximize their wellbeing. It will also entail assessing the measurement of the performance of the American economy, evaluating potential policy tools such as taxes, government spending and interest rates, and understanding the role of the US in the global economy.
SS_464 PSYCHOLOGY
Length/Credit: 1 semester - 0.5 elective credit Prerequisite: Biology
Location: Bellevue, Interlake, Newport, Sammamish
Students study human behavior through the approaches of the vari- ous and sometimes conflicting schools of psychological thought. Topics of investigations may include such areas as sensation, percep- tion, states of consciousness, memory, personality theory, learning, mental disorders, and social psychology.
SSA404 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Length/Credit: 1 year, 1.0 elective credit
Other Info: Students will take the AP exam in the spring
Location: Newport
AP Human Geography is designed to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental and geopolitical consequences. Students also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice to more completely understand the complexities of: population and migration; cultural patterns and processes; political organization of space; agriculture and rural land use; industrialization and economic development; cities and urban land use.
SSA464 AP PSYCHOLOGY
Length/Credit: 1 year - 1.0 elective credit Prerequisite: Biology, Health (can be concurrent) Other Info: Students will take the AP exam in the spring
Location: Bellevue, Newport, Sammamish
The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. They also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice.
SSH503 IB PSYCHOLOGY SL Length/Credit: 1 year - 1.0 elective credit Prerequisite: Biology, Health (can be concurrent) Location: Interlake
IB Psychology SL examines the interaction of biological, cognitive, and sociocultural influences on human behavior, adopting an inte- grated approach. Students will learn how psychological knowledge is generated, developed and applied enabling the students to achieve a greater understanding of themselves and appreciate the diversity of human behavior. Ethical concerns raised by the methodology and application of psychological research are key considerations in IB Psychology. Students will plan and undertake a simple experimental study and produce a report of their study as part of this class.
SS_466 WORLD RELIGIONS Length/Credit: 1 semester - 0.5 elective credit Prerequisite: Foundations of World History Location: Newport
Students investigate the basic ideas contained in the major religions of the world. Religions studied include Buddhism, Christianity, Hin- duism, Islam, and Judaism in addition to ancient traditions outside of today’s mainstream.
Social Studies: High School Course Description
SS_404 PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY Length/Credit: 1 semester - 0.5 elective credit
Location: Bellevue, Interlake, Sammamish
Pacific Northwest History: A journey through our region’s past and future. The course will concentrate on our geographic and geologic foundation, our Native Peoples, Early Explorers and Territorial Set- tlers and finally, our economy from its agricultural roots to its cyber future.
VAA511 Q AP ART HISTORY
Length/Credit: 2 semesters - 1.0 fine arts credit OR 0.5
fine arts credit, 0.5 elective credit
Prerequisite: Foundations of World History
Other Info: Students will take the AP Exam in the spring.
Locations: Newport, Sammamish
This course is equivalent to an introductory college course in art history. No prior experience in the history of art is required. Students will pursue an understanding of architecture, sculpture, painting, and other art forms within historical and cultural contexts. Ancient Near Eastern, Grecian, Roman, European and American traditions will constitute ninety percent of the focus of this class. The AP Art History exam consists of both multiple choice and essay questions. One of the two essay questions will allow students to show their knowledge of non-European traditions. Essay topics will be broad and themes will be announced ahead of time.
SS_405 BIG HISTORY Length/Credit: 1 year, 1.0 elective credit Locations: Sammamish
Usually, when we think of history, we have in mind the story of humanity what has happened to people over the last few thousand years of history that is written down in books and documents. There is another, much broader view that history is everything that has ever happened not just to human beings, but to all living organisms, to the Earth and to the entire cosmos. This course surveys history over the course of 13.7 billion years, from the Big Bang to the present. It begins with the origins of the universe, continues with the origins of galaxies, stars, planets, the Earth and its inhabitants. It examines the many types of human societies that have existed up to the present.