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What is Human Geography?
What is Human Geography?
how humans have understood, used, and changed the surface of Earth
Why should you take the course?
Why should you take the course?
Build lifelong friendships with your peers
Earn college credit
Gain experience taking an AP course
Have fun learning about different cultures
Increase your GPA
Improve writing and note-taking skills
Learn what's happening around the world
Strengthen time management and organizational skills
Your teacher is here to guide you through your first AP course and support you ♡
What do former Hug students have to say?
What do former Hug students have to say?
Survey Highlights: 98% of students would take AP Hug again if they could redo their freshman year, the majority of students found Hug slightly easier than they anticipated, 95% of students would recommend taking AP Hug to incoming freshmen
Frequently Asked Questions about the Course
Is it possible to be involved in extracurricular activities and take the course? Yes! 92% of Hug students are involved in at least one extracurricular activity.
What is the difference between AP Human Geography and World Geography? AP Human Geography is taught as a college-level course and the emphasis is on building analytical skills as we evaluate different concepts in human geography such as migration and culture. In World Geography, students learn about the world as it is categorized into major world regions. Within each region, students will be responsible for identifying major locations and learn about the people and environment in the regions. In both courses students learn more about what is happening around the world. AP Human Geography students focus on higher critical thinking skills as they learn to apply what they are learning to geographic concepts. World Geography does not have an end-of-course exam. AP Human Geography does have a cumulative AP exam in May. Students who earn a passing score on the AP exam will earn college credit for the course.
Will students be able to juggle AP Hug and other advanced courses? Most of the time, yes. It depends on the individual student and if you're unsure about this, I'm happy to talk to you. AP Hug is the only AP course most freshmen take and affects your GPA more than taking other advanced courses. Some students consider AP Hug their most challenging course, but other students find advanced science and English courses more difficult than AP Hug.
How much homework will be assigned? The homework load is most time consuming at the beginning of the year as students are learning to navigate high school and being enrolled in an AP course. Once students learn how to efficiently and effectively take notes, the amount of time spent on homework will go down. Students are not left to figure all this out on their own, and we will spend much time in class helping everyone get the hang of being in an AP course, learn how to properly take notes and study. Expect to spend 30 minutes to 1 hour on homework. Since we are on an A/B schedule, that means you will have that much work to do between classes, not every night. I love to enjoy our weekends off and holidays and want you to do the same and not pile on major projects and time-consuming work over breaks. To reduce the amount of time you are spending outside of class, pay attention during class. Homework assignments will be applying what we learn in class to real-world scenarios.
Do AP exam scores affect high school course credit or GPA? No, AP scores are released in July and regardless of AP exam score, students earn high school credit for a passing grade in the class.
What score needs to be earned on the AP exam in order to earn college credit? It varies based on university. The College Board website allows parents and students to search each university’s AP Credit Policy.
Will we be reviewing in class for the AP exam? Yes, we will finish the course content in April and the rest of time in class we will review for the AP exam.
Will there be any additional exam review sessions? After Spring Break, we begin holding AP exam review sessions during PIT and after school. Recorded review sessions will also be available for students that cannot attend in-person.
Should students purchase a study guide for the AP exam?
Purchasing supplemental review materials is not required or necessary for success on the exam. Class notes, AP Classroom, and the textbook are the most valuable resources for preparing for the AP exam. I know some of you are still interested in a study guide so I personally use and recommend the AMSCO study guide.
AMSCO 2nd Edition of AP Human Geography Study Guide
This is the only study guide that has been updated to match our new course description. There have been some changes to the exam format, especially the written portion of the exam (FRQ’s). This study guide is the only one out that has practice FRQ’s that match the new format.
If you do not want to purchase this study guide, you can borrow a copy from your teacher to use.
What will we learn in AP Hug?
1: Thinking Geographically
2: Population and Migration
3: Cultural Geography
4: Political Geography
5: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
6: Cities and Urban Land Use
7: Industrial and Economic Development
Advice from Former Students
While you most definitely have heard some scary things about APHUG (we all do) I am here to tell you the truth about the class. While at first APHUG seemed very time consuming and hard, I recommended you wait it out for a little while. The first quiz is always difficult especially since it is your first one. If you don’t do great, it is no big deal… life will move on. Mrs. G, and all the teachers are great at adding in a lot of filler daily grades and opportunities for extra credit to raise your grade. I ended up spending much more time on Geometry than I did on APHUG. I would definitely look forward to all the new material and the interacting and working together with your peers. APHUG is a course that is majority of new topics you have NEVER seen before.
Stella
Hug is not hard if you take the time to understand it and pace yourself
Look over concepts more than once to retain information
There’s a lot of information but if you listen in class it will help you remember it better than the textbook
Ethan
Pay attention in class. Your class notes are just as important as your homework because you get information you might not from the textbook.
Never procrastinate. Doing your work ahead of time makes AP HUG much easier than if you wait too long to do your work.
Be nice. In AP Hug, you will talk about sensitive topics. Be sensitive to people's cultures and values and be aware that opinions can differ.
Samuel
Make sure that you're paying attention in class! A lot of the times you’ll hear questions being asked in class that are also on the test.
Mrs.G also does a great job explaining the material that may seem confusing in the textbook
Rishi
Don’t just memorize definitions
One of the biggest mistakes I made was just memorizing the definitions but, what you really should be focusing on in HUG is examples and how to apply them.
Use AP classroom
One of the best ways to study for a MCQ exam is to use the AP Classroom practice exams. They show you what you know and don’t know so you can properly study for the exam.
Never overthink it
On any quiz, MCQ, or FRQ NEVER overthink it. Most of the concepts in this course aren’t hard to understand, they aren’t as complicated as they seem so don’t overthink your answers.
Lara
Learn from your mistakes. This course is very difficult, and you won’t be perfect at everything. You need to make sure you grow from your errors.
Absorb examples. During the entire course, examples are the key way of connecting the information to the real world.
Francisco
DO NOT write everything from the textbook in your notes, you will not need to use 90% of it. Write key examples. Do not take notes on stuff you already know.
Use the AP classroom review videos to your advantage, they are useful.
Start studying a few days before unit tests during PIT.
Do not wait until the last minute to start notes, do a little bit each night from when they are assigned.
Mary
Learn more about the course units, exam and college credit.
Fun Sites to Explore for Geographic Data
Fun Sites to Explore for Geographic Data
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