WORLD HISTORY
Year • No Prerequisites

World History is the fascinating story of people and their problems, solutions, failures, and successes. Students progress through an exploration of global history with a particular emphasis on turning points. Students hear diverse stories from around the world while gaining a deeper understanding of and appreciation for how the past led to the present. The World History course uses content as a framework for teaching skills; students creatively reintegrate knowledge through research, persuasive writing, and spoken dialogue. The course’s flipped classroom methodology ensures students receive content input at their own individual pace and allows class time to be reserved for collaboration, peer-to-peer academic dialogue, individual student-teacher conferencing, skill-building activities, and application of knowledge.

HONORS WORLD HISTORY
Year • Dept. Approval Required

This course inspires a fundamental appreciation for the people, events, and forces shaping the modern world. Students explore global events with attention to processes, patterns, and interactions that impact humanity on a global scale. Students examine the origins of key social, political, environmental, cultural, and economic changes, and their impact on society and relevance to global events. This course examines detailed content and requires students to engage in nuanced written and verbal discourse. Due to the rigor and accelerated pace of the honors course, students need to be independent note-takers, grasp and recall new information readily, and demonstrate strong work habits before enrolling in this course.

US HISTORY
Year • World History Required

The United States history course promotes knowledge and appreciation of our country’s past, present, and future. This course promotes a general understanding of the dominant patterns of American thought from colonial days through the Cold War. This course helps students understand social, political, economic, cultural, and military experiences that have played a role in shaping our country. Upon successful completion of this course, students will understand the significance of our country’s history and our place in the world. The course emphasizes comprehension of higher-level text and analysis of primary and secondary texts with associated maps, graphs, and pictorial materials.

HONORS US HISTORY
Year • Honors World History & Dept. Approval Required

This course is for students ready to meet a fast-paced course's demands. This course emphasizes post-1750 history, The US Constitution, and the American political system. Considerable emphasis is placed on analytical writing skills and the factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the challenges that the country has faced in the past. Students will read the class text and primary sources and be able to apply that knowledge to answering analytical essays, document-based essays, and multiple-choice questions. This course emphasizes developing the necessary collaborative skills for creative and innovative projects.

HONORS SEMINAR US HISTORY
Year • Honors World History & Dept. Approval Required

This course explores fundamental questions about the history of the US at the very highest academic level. How is American identity defined, maintained, and redefined? How do patterns of individualism and community diverge and converge? How have the United States' political systems, social structures, culture, and economy evolved? To answer these and other questions, we will study primary sources and develop ideas through discussion and formal and informal written responses. By the end of the year, students can articulate sophisticated, nuanced positions on American history from the Colonial Era to the Cold War.

HONORS CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
Year • US History & Dept. Approval Required

In the 1950s and 1960s, the American Civil Rights Movement swept through the South. It dominated news coverage across the US, scoring many legal and political victories to end discrimination and inspiring others to mount their equality campaigns. This movement emerged in the context of a broader fight for freedom in Africa and Asia that both inspired and took inspiration from American civil rights activists. To better understand the events, people, and themes involved in Black Americans' struggle for freedom during the middle decades of the 20th century, this course examines the global reach of civil rights activism. Students explore the broad historical context within which the movement arose, the various philosophies, strategies, expectations, and tactics of the activists and their opponents, and its legacies. We will explore these issues through primary and secondary source readings, documentaries and films, lectures and discussions, and interactive classroom assignments.

HONORS TIDES OF CHANGE: PACIFIC AND CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Semester • Open to Grades 10-12, Dept. Approval Required

Islands have served as crucial spaces for human development since the earliest documented times. Students explore social, political, cultural, environmental, and economic development of island societies and examine relationships between islands and continental events. From the most distant and isolated places to some of the most interconnected locations on the planet, the unique geography of islands provides opportunities to examine culture, technology, archeology, sociology, and exploration. After gaining a foundational understanding of island geography and relevant terminology, students explore case studies from around the globe, particularly in the Caribbean and Polynesia.

HONORS SEMINAR BRITISH HISTORY
Semester • Cambridge Scholars Attendees-Only

British History is a preparatory course for juniors attending the Cambridge Scholars Program. The course provides students with an overview of key events in British History and an in-depth examination of the program topic, which varies annually. In addition to providing students with a content background that will allow more profound engagement with the Cambridge experience, this course offers advanced instruction in research skills necessary for undergraduate work at Cambridge and beyond Oxbridge.

HONORS SEMINAR TYRANNY & DEMOCRACY
Year • US Government and Dept. Approval Required

How do governments rise, transform, and collapse? How do power, institutions, and ideas shape history? This course explores the relationship between tyranny and democracy from prehistory through the 20th century, focusing on Ancient Greece and Rome, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic Revolutions. Key themes include war and state formation, institutional theory, and philosophies of power and governance. Drawing from a wide range of historical sources, we will analyze how political ideas, movements, and institutions take shape and drive change, how knowledge and values fuel democracy, and how revolutions reshape the world. Students also will read Robert Penn Warren’s classic political novel All the King’s Men, which connects course themes to the dynamics of power and governance in modern America. Through historical simulations, advanced research and writing, and seminar discussion, students will examine the forces and ideas that have shaped—and continue to transform—the foundations of political power.

US GOVERNMENT
Semester • US History Required

This course introduces the philosophical underpinnings, institutional structures, and processes that comprise the US government. The course revolves around two fundamental questions: What does it mean to live under a democratic system of government? What obligations and opportunities do citizens have for civic engagement? Skills include analytical writing, research, debate, dialogue, and group work. This course seeks to create socially and politically informed students who can make future decisions to ensure their role as active, informed citizens.

HONORS US GOVERNMENT
Semester • US History & Dept. Approval Required

This course studies the formal and informal structures of government and the processes of the American political system. This course introduces students to key political ideas, institutions, policies, roles, and behaviors that characterize the political structure of the US. This course includes the study of general concepts used to interpret US government and politics and the analysis of specific examples of historical and contemporary policy decisions. Students creatively reintegrate their knowledge through hands-on experiences driven by research, collaboration, and technology. Various assessments test knowledge of content.

HONORS SEMINAR US GOVERNMENT
Semester • US History & Dept. Approval Required

This course provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the US. Students will study US foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other texts and visuals to understand the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behaviors. They engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop evidence- based arguments.

Oxbridge’s Signature Economics & Entrepreneurship Curriculum

Established in October 2022, Oxbridge Academy’s Free Enterprise Institute (FEI) is a learning hub for the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Offering an environment rich in expertise in entrepreneurship, finance, economics, new product development, and artificial intelligence, FEI provides formal and informal opportunities for students to come together with peers, teachers, and industry experts to learn about capitalism and its influence around the globe.

ECONOMICS
Semester • Open to Grades 11-12

Students learn how scarcity impacts choice and resource allocation. These themes are considered from various viewpoints, including the individual consumer, small businesses, national governments, and the global economy. Key topics include the laws of supply and demand, forms of business, government finances and influence, market types, economic systems, price, inflation, unemployment, and international trade and comparative advantage. The course also connects strongly to students’ prior knowledge of history and politics.

HONORS ECONOMICS
Semester • Open to Grades 11-12 • Dept. Approval Required

HHonors Economics explores the principles of economic theories and relates them to “the ordinary business of life” (Alfred Marshall). Students learn about scarcity and how studying scarce resources led to the disciplines of microeconomics and macroeconomics. An emphasis is placed on the individual’s role in the global economy, concentrating on contemporary economic and financial issues. Students in the honors course engage with pertinent economic models and higher-level graphing skills relevant to the field. Finally, the class participates in the Florida Stock Market Challenge and learns the investing basics.

HONORS SEMINAR ECONOMICS
Semester • Open to Grades 11-12 • Dept. Approval Required

This course gives students a fundamental understanding of microeconomics and macroeconomics at an advanced level. Students learn to graph and analyze supply and demand models, market structures, and externalities. Students examine economic data and explore macroeconomic models. An emphasis is placed on the impact of monetary and fiscal policy on the economy. Through economic case studies, students debate current financial issues and are challenged to think critically about how economics impacts their daily lives.

HONORS SEMINAR MICROECONOMICS
Semester • Economics & Dept. Approval Required | Corequisite: Honors Precalculus

Microeconomics studies individuals and firms that attempt to explain the relationships between scarcity and choice, individual actions, business decision-making, and the production process and marginal analysis. Students study optimality, irrationality, externalities, markets, and utility theory of choice.

HONORS SEMINAR MACROECONOMICS
Semester • Economics & Dept. Approval Required | Corequisite: Honors Precalculus

Macroeconomics studies the whole economy and attempts to explain the relationships between growth, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, trade, and other economic factors. Students examine the business cycle, aggregate demand and supply, fiscal policy, monetary policy, and several macroeconomic theories. The course concludes with a capstone project where students simulate a meeting of the Federal Reserve.

FINANCIAL MARKETS 1
Semester • Corequisite: Economics

This course provides a foundation for learning about financial markets. Students explore the fundamentals of bonds, stocks, foreign exchange, options, and futures. Emphasis is placed on how financial markets work and their economic impact. Students learn to use fundamental and technical analysis to evaluate financial instruments. Financial topics are covered, including cryptocurrency, meme stocks, and technology's increased role in trading. Students manage a mock portfolio to gain investing experience.

FINANCIAL MARKETS 2
Semester • Financial Markets 1 Required

Students learn the basics of portfolio theory and management, taking a holistic view of financial markets. Topics such as risk management, diversification, and efficient markets are discussed. Students apply what they learn using a realistic investment simulator, trading stocks, bonds, options, and futures in a mock portfolio with a concentration on portfolio management. Students will present their portfolios at the end of the semester, analyzing their performance. Additionally, the class will be able to manage an actual portfolio of around $5,000. This course is interactive and practical, leading to a lifetime of investing.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET
Semester 1 • Open to Grades 10-12

Entrepreneurship is a mindset, and this course provides an introduction and overview of the fundamentals of what it takes to succeed. This course celebrates the contributions and personalities of important entrepreneurs and assists students in determining whether being an entrepreneur is the right career path for them. Students will explore their leadership styles, create innovative products with scamper design and effectual thinking, practice win-win negotiation, and then move on to business organization and personal branding. The course will culminate with students pitching what they have learned about themselves in a mock business interview.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: IDEA TO MARKET
Semester 2 • Open to Grades 10-12

Students explore business organization and opportunity development. Teams devise a proprietary, practical invention and use critical thinking and problem solving to develop a business plan for their invention, learn how to legally protect their company via a patent, protect their logo and tagline with a trademark, determine their cost of goods sold, distribution methods, marketing tactics, and total start-up funds that are required to launch their businesses. Each business officer is responsible for providing leadership during one unit and is evaluated by the instructor, themselves, and their peers on their demonstrated leadership and organizational skills. At the project’s completion, students will create a prototype and pitch their invention to real business owners at a school-wide trade fair.

PSYCHOLOGY
Semester • Open to Grades 10-12

This course is a study of human behavior and mental processes from diverse perspectives. Topics include psychology as a science, social psychology, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, and states of consciousness. Students participate in and analyze research studies illustrating core content in various fields of psychology and engage in individual research of psychological topics.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Semester • Open to Grades 10-12

Social psychology focuses on the perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals and groups within a social context. Students will study the perspectives, research methods, and empirical findings
of social psychology. Topics covered include impression formation, conformity, prosocial behavior, interpersonal attraction, persuasion, stereotyping, and prejudice.

HONORS ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Semester • Psychology OR Social Psychology AND Dept. Approval Required

This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, scientific principles, and history underlying abnormal human behavior. The course is structured to facilitate learning about psychopathological behavior, explored from various theoretical frameworks, including psychological, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Psychiatric disorders are discussed according to DSM-V diagnostic criteria, with special attention to etiological considerations and disorder-specific descriptions. Specific disorders reviewed include mood, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide. Current empirically based treatments for mental disorders are also reviewed.

HONORS SEMINAR FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
Semester • Grades 11-12 Only • Abnormal Psychology and Dept. Approval Required

The American Psychological Association (APA) has favored the narrow definition of forensic psychology as “the application and practice of psychology in the legal system, particularly in courts.” The main areas in the legal system where a person can find a forensic psychologist, according to authors of the course text include: Police/Law enforcement, criminal and delinquent behavior/psychology, victimology and victim services, courtrooms, and correctional facilities and/or prisons. This course covers the various areas that involve law and psychology. This course focuses on some interrogation techniques and behavior. The course uses visual aids that may be graphic (gore, gruesome) to demonstrate various crimes that a forensic psychologist/ psychiatrist would encounter with their job function.