2023 - 2024 MCPS High School Course Bulletin
Social Studies
The goal of social studies is to help create literate and well-informed citizens who actively participate in a democratic society. Students learn how to become effective citizens through—
- active engagement in the learning processes and skills of the social sciences and history by using the inquiry process;
- development of a useful knowledge base in culture, economics, geography, history, and politics that incorporates a broadened narrative by including marginalized groups;
- learning the fundamental structures of human systems of interaction and how these systems have developed over time;
- application of concepts and knowledge of the past to problem-solving real-world issues of the present;
- application and evaluation of the role of an effective citizen, including putting citizen participation theory into practice;
- effective use of multiple sources of investigation for research and learning, including technology, primary and secondary source materials, the arts, film, and oral history; and
- development and communication of social studies concepts and knowledge using a variety of formats, with a special emphasis on analytic and argumentative writing.
The required social studies courses include state requirements for environmental literacy and financial literacy instruction.
Additional information regarding the MCPS Social Studies program can be found at http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstudies/.
Three credits in social studies are required for graduation, including 1 U.S. History credit, 1 National, State, and local Government credit, and 1 World History credit. Courses that satisfy those requirements are listed below.
U.S. History
• United States History A and B
• AP United States History A and B
National, State, and Local Government
• National, State, and Local Government A and B
• AP United States Government and Politics with NSL A and B
World History
• Modern World History A and B
• AP World History
• IB History 1 A and B and IB History 2 A and B
Social Studies Courses
SOC2067 | Comp Religion |
SOC2062A / SOC2062B | Cultural Anthropology A |
SOC2052 | Economics |
SOC2064 | AP Macroeconomics |
SOC2065 | AP Microeconomics |
SOC2071A / SOC2071B | Global Issues A |
SOC2003A / SOC2003B | NSL Government A |
SOC2004A / SOC2004B | Hon NSL Government A |
SOC2021A / SOC2021B | AP GovPolitics US NSL A |
SOC2023 | Government Politics US AP |
SOC2024A / SOC2024B | AP GovPolitics Comp A |
SOC2030 | Africa South of Sahara |
SOC2019 | African American History |
SOC2033 | Ancient Medieval History |
SOC2031 | Ancient Mediterranean Civ |
SOC2038 | Eastern Asia |
SOC2034 | European History |
SOC2036A / SOC2036B | European History A |
SOC2037A / SOC2037B | AP European History A |
SOC2028 | Latin American History |
SOC2032 | Medieval History |
SOC2029 | Russian History |
SOC2041 | The Middle East |
SOC2040 | World Military History |
SOC2006A / SOC2006B | Mod World History A |
SOC2007A / SOC2007B | Hon Modern World A |
SOC2000A / SOC2000B | US History A |
SOC2001A / SOC2001B | Hon US History A |
SOC2022A / SOC2022B | AP US History A |
SOC2047A / SOC2047B | AP World History A |
SOC2068A / SOC2068B | AP Human Geography A |
SOC2066A / SOC2066B | Humanities SS A |
SOC2026 | Intl Human Rights 1 |
SOC2027 | Intl Human Rights 2 |
SOC2059 | Law |
SOC2060 | Law 2 |
SOC2042A / SOC2042B | Model UN A |
SOC2063 | Philosophy |
SOC2053 | Psychology 1 |
SOC2054 | Psychology 2 |
SOC2069A / SOC2069B | AP Psychology A |
SOC2086 | Hon Seminar Peace Studies |
SOC2055 | Sociology 1 |
SOC2056 | Sociology 2 |
NSS2005 | Student Leader A |
NSS2006 | Student Leader B |
SOC2020 | African American History 2 |
SOC2051A / SOC2051B | Womens Studies A |
SOC2087 | LGBTQ Studies |
International Baccalaureate (IB) Social Studies Courses
SOC2045A / SOC2045B | IB Economics A |
SOC2073A / SOC2073B | IB Geography A |
SOC2018A / SOC2018B | IB Global Politics A |
SOC2043A / SOC2043B | IB History 1A |
SOC2074A / SOC2074B | IB History 2A |
SOC2044A / SOC2044B | IB Psychology A |
SOC2050A / SOC2050B | IB World Religion A |
BMF2016A / BMF2016B | IB Business Management A |
SOC2046A / SOC2046B | IB Philosophy A |
SOC2048A / SOC2048B | IB Social Anthropology A |