AP United States History
(Enrollment Based)
Course No. SS3PA
Semesters: 2; Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Junior Classification
Recommended: Advanced World History /AP Social Studies Courses
AP U.S. History is an Advanced Placement course that can substitute for U.S. History Since 1877 or Advanced U.S. History Since 1877 and is equivalent to an introductory college-level course. In AP U.S. History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students will develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians when they study the past. AP U.S.History also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places. This course will prepare students to take the AP U.S. History exam, which may allow them to qualify for college credit.