AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

AP U.S. Government and Politics provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the United States. Students will study U.S. foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behaviors. They will also engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop evidence-based arguments. In addition, they will complete a political science research or applied civics project. Students may earn college credit and/or advanced placement credit for successful completion of the course, depending on the requirements of the individual college the student may attend and the score on the Advanced Placement Examination. This course fulfills the graduation requirement in Government and Citizenship.