Course Description:

The AP Human Geography course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography. The course introduces 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 socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. The curriculum reflects the goals of the National Geography Standards (2012). Students should be able to read college-level texts and apply the conventions of Standard Written English in their writing. Please do an internet search for “AP Human Geography” to find additional information.

Goals:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to

• Interpret maps and analyze geospatial data;

• Understand and explain the implications of associations and networks among phenomena in places;

• Recognize and interpret the relationships among patterns and processes at different scales of analysis;

• Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process; and

• Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places.

Course Prerequisites:

• Students must have an 85 average in their seventh and eighth grade social studies classes and an 85 average in their seventh and eighth grade language arts classes.

• If a student does not meet this requirement in one of these content areas, we will review the student’s end-of-year state assessments in Language Arts AND Social Studies to determine if the student scored "Distinguished." Such students will then be placed on the waiting list until the end of this school year and may take the course ONLY if there is space.