• While there are no prerequisites, students are expected to read at a college level.

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  • Section I: Multiple Choice

    60 Questions | 1 Hour | 50% of Exam Score

    Individual questions.

    Set-based questions.

    Approximately 30%–40% of the multiple-choice questions will reference stimulus material, including maps, tables, charts, graphs, images, infographics, and/or landscapes, roughly evenly divided between quantitative and qualitative sources.

    Section II: Free Response

    3 Questions | 1 Hour 15 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score

    Each free-response question presents students with an authentic geographic situation or scenario and assesses students’ ability to describe, explain, and apply geographic concepts, processes, or models, as they analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes in applied contexts.

    Question 1 does not include any stimuli.

    Question 2 includes 1 stimulus (data, image, or map).

    Question 3 includes 2 stimuli (data, images, and/or maps).

    At least one of the free-response questions assess students’ ability to analyze across geographic scales to explain spatial relationships.

  • AP Human Geography

    5: 18.0%

    4: 20.0%

    3: 18.0%

    2: 14.0%

    1: 30.0%

AP Human Geography

More Info

  • College Credit Oppurtunites

    Scoring of 3 or higher on the AP Human Geography exam may satisfy that Social Studies class at most universities.

    (Click to see Full List of AP Credit at Colleges)

  • Course Synopsis

    “AP Human Geography is an introductory college-level human geography course. Students cultivate their understanding of human geography through data and geographic analyses as they explore topics like:

    -patterns and spatial organization

    -human impacts/interactions with their environment

    -spatial processes and societal changes.”

    College Board 2024

  • College Majors

    For those considering:

    -anthropology

    -art history

    -cultural studies

    (Click to see the College Board’s List)

Complexity of Material Covered

On average, students gave a AP Human Geography a complexity score of 2.60 out of 5, which places the course in the mild complexity tier.

We recommend planning a balanced schedule consisting of all three tiers of complexity: mild, moderate, and high to have a healthy school-life balance and avoid burnout.

All data was collected anonymously by Clovis West students who previously completed the course. Numbers represents the percentage of students who selected that reponse

Workload of AP Human Geography

On average, students gave AP Human Geography a workload score of 3.60 hours per week. This places AP Human Geography in the moderate workload tier.

We recommend planning a balanced schedule consisting of all three tiers of workload: mild, moderate, and heavy to have a healthy school-life balance and avoid burnout.

All data was collected anonymously from Clovis West students who previously completed the course. Amount of time students spend studying or doing homework per week. Numbers represent percentage of students who selected that response