HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 12

This course is taught as AP Human Geography and covers the learning outcomes of Human Geography 12. Students can elect to have the course credited as either Human Geography 12 (to satisfy the Social Studies 11/12 graduation requirement) or AP Human Geography. This election must be made by the end of the course or prior to the submission of university applications, whichever comes first. Notwithstanding such an election, students can write the College Board Exam in May at a cost of $153. Note: when registering for this course, do not select AP Human Geography as an alternate. Human Geography is a discipline that integrates many subjects and addresses both the physical and human-created systems of the world in the study of people, places, and environments. As an ever-increasing world population puts more and more demands on the planet's resources, there is a need for a society that is geographically literate and therefore able to make informed decisions about the sustainability of the Earth's resources and the future of the planet. The geographically literate student can interpret the landscape and understand the interconnections between his or her actions and the earth's physical systems. By the end of the course students will be able to combine spatial concepts and landscape analysis “to analyze human social organization and its environmental consequences.” This course asks students to analyze the critical interplay of culture, economics, politics, and social considerations when examining the relationship between people and the environment. To do this, students need skills in acquiring and accessing databases, in analyzing and interpreting data, and in intelligently representing their findings. Because geography is an integrative discipline, these geographic skills can be applied to a wide range of potential careers.