AP® Human Geography introduces high school students to college-level introductory human (cultural) geography, as they live in God’s creation and respond to it. Students examine how changes in population have affected cultures, language, gender roles, rural and urban societies, even the ways we worship God. The content is presented thematically rather than regionally and is organized around the discipline’s main subfields: economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography. The approach is spatial and problem-oriented. Case studies are drawn from all world regions, with an emphasis on understanding the world in which we live today. Historical information serves to enrich analysis of the impacts of phenomena such as globalization, colonialism, and human-environment relationships on places, regions, cultural landscapes, and patterns of interaction. Students also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. Students examine all of these topics, compare them with biblical truths, and use problem-solving and decision-making skills to ask and answer geographic and biblical questions.

This course is designed to provide a college-level experience and prepare students for the AP® exam. Students wishing to take the AP® exam are responsible for registering prior to the November 15 deadline. AP® Exams are administered the following May. Students must take the AP® exam in order to receive AP® credit.

This course is approved by the NCAA® and the University of California.