AP Human Geography

Credits: 1 -- 2 terms

Prerequisites: by placement

Level: Freshmen required placement by Division Coordinator

Course Description:

The purpose of the AP Human Geography course is to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. On successful completion of the course, students should have developed skills that enable them to: Interpret maps and analyze geospatial data, understand and explain the implications of associations and networks among phenomena in places, define regions and evaluate the regionalization process and characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places. AP Human Geography is intended to help prepare students to successfully take the Advanced Placement History Exam which may possibly earn students college credit.