APHUG Course and Exam Description

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Overview, from the CED:

"This 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)."

College Course Equivalent
The AP Human Geography course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for AP Human Geography. Students should be able to read college-level texts and write grammatically correct, complete sentences.  

APHUG Units
Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes