AP Human Geography

Purpose

The purpose of the AP Human Geography course is to introduce 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 human social organization and its environmental consequences.

They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and

practice.

This course provides a systematic study of human geography including the following topics outlined in the AP Human Geography Course Description:  Nature of and Perspectives on 

• Geography 

• Population 

• Cultural Patterns and Processes 

• Political Organization of Space 

• Agricultural and Rural Land Use 

• Industrialization and Economic Development