The purpose of AP Human Geography 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 employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice.
The purpose of AP U.S. Government an Politics is for students to study the three branches of government, administrative agencies that support each branch, the role of political behavior in the democratic process, rules governing elections, political culture, and the workings of political parties and interest groups. Students will learn the key concepts and institutions of the political system and culture of the United States and be able read, analyze, and discuss the U.S. Constitution and other documents as well as complete a research or applied civics project.
The purpose of Sociology is to illustrate how groups, or social structures, that one belongs to have a profound influence on the way you think, feel, and act. This course introduces students to the methods and theories used by sociologists to explore the nature of society. Sociology looks at groups rather than individuals. Major themes and selected topics may include culture, socialization, social interaction, groups, social organization, deviance, social institutions, and social stratification, social control, inequalities of race, ethnicity, gender and age, family and marriage, and social issues surrounding modern sports.