The following is a description of the elective courses that are currently given in Al Hamraa International Schools. Courses might vary due to students’ interest and availability of teachers.

Business Studies (Grade 10)

The Business Studies course introduces the basic principles of business. It outlines the fundamental concepts of Marketing, Human Resources, Management, and Leadership. The students will learn about the implementation of the concepts to the real-world examples through the case studies, research assignments and semester projects.

The course would highly focus on building and enhancing critical skills with active class participation which is required for healthy brainstorming sessions.

Research Skills (Grade 10)

This course trains students to follow scientific research steps to prepare a research project through collecting and analyzing different types of data. Students learn how to make citations, references, acknowledgements, abstract …etc.

Economics (Grade 11)

Students will study both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics principles. They will gain an understanding of the principles that apply to individual consumers within the larger economic system. The Elementary emphasis of study will be focused on product markets, factor markets, and the government’s role in promoting greater competition, efficiency and equity in the economy. Students will also learn how a nation’s economic performance is measured. Elementary emphasis will be in the areas of national income and price determination. Issues of international trade and future economic growth will also be studied. The course will conclude with a final project in which students will analyze and present solutions for the current economic problems of a nation.

 Psychology (G12)

This social study elective course is an introduction to the principles and concepts of psychology, including founders, schools of thought, and behavioral disorders. Some of the topics studied include how individuals think, feel, and behave in regard to other people, personality development, abnormal behavior and its treatment, and the motivation behind individual behavior. A major focus would be on cognitive psychology including the following: perception, attention, memory, language, cultural cognition, and intuition. After taking this course students will have a greater understanding of how the uniqueness of an individual develops and the work of psychologists.

Students will be introduced to a variety of current health issues including nutrition and diet, body systems, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, STD’s and AIDS. This class focuses on developing a healthy lifestyle and encourages students to choose responsible, healthy behaviors in order to improve and safeguard their health in the future.

GAT/Qudorat (Grade 10 & 11)

We offerGAT (Quddorat) preparation classes for students in Grades 10 and 11, starting from the academic year 2025/2026. They take regular exams in these courses and are part of their report card grades.  

The decision to launch these classes is grounded in our commitment to support students’ readiness for the GAT exam and strengthen their academic foundation. Below are the key objectives:

• Develop students’ analytical and deductive thinking skills.
• Improve verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, and logical relations abilities.
• Enhance quantitative problem-solving and mathematical thinking, using basic mathematical concepts.
• Train students in effective time management and test-taking strategies.
• Build students’ confidence through structured practice, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Ultimately, raise the likelihood that students will achieve strong GAT scores, which can positively impact their academic and university admission prospects.

Tahseely (Grade 12)

At Al Hamraa International Schools we offer obligatory “Tahseely” classes for our grade 12 students in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math. They take regular exams in these courses and are part of their report card grades. The main objective is to help our student excel in their “Tahseely” exams which is an important requirement for joining many universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.