Grade(s): 11-12
Length: two semesters
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation, Biology, and Chemistry
The AP Environmental Science course is designed to engage students with the scientific
principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships
within the natural world. The course requires that students identify and analyze natural and
human-made environmental problems, evaluate the relative risks associated with these
problems, and examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Environmental
science is interdisciplinary, embracing topics from geology, biology, environmental studies,
environmental science, chemistry, and geography.
Please visit the College Board-AP Central website for more information (http://apcentral.collegeboard.com).
Semester one fulfills the Life Science graduation requirement and semester two fulfills the Physical Science requirement.