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Course Syllabus（For Reference Only）
AP Human Geography 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). The course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography.
Course Design
AP Human Geography: Human Geography is a course designed to fulfill the curriculum expectations of a university course. The course focuses on the processes and cause and effect relationships of human populations. Emphasis throughout the course is on spatial distribution, differences in scale and cultural dimensions influenced by global interaction and integration. Major themes that transcend the course of study at multiple levels of scale include globalization, diffusion, assimilation, acculturation, integration, and interaction.
This course is designed to adhere to the requirements set by CollegeBoard and the AP Program. Students who engage in the course will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in a college level history course as well as the AP Exam.