Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 10:26     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Human geography sounds interesting and very relevant for social science work.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 08:26     Subject: Re:AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
AP Human Geography is a very interesting course and mapping is actually a very small part of it. Other topics include a unit of population (measuring demographic differences, population policies around the world, migration, push-pull factors, etc.); a unit on culture (how culture spreads using things like music or religion or foodways as case studies); a unit on cities and now they are structured, comparing historical growth or cities in the developed vs. developing worlds; industrial and economic development, etc. Super interesting for the most part.

I can't speak to AP Psych so it depends on your child's interests, but I will defend AP Human Geography as a course.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 08:18     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Anonymous wrote:I think human geography is pretty useless. I haven't found any colleges that take credits or give head start. Pysch is probably batter for college credits.


This is not true...
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 08:18     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is "human geography"?


One class uses your head, the other your hands.


Load of crap comment...

If you are interested in learning more about Human Geography - see here:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-human-geography-course-at-a-glance.pdf

Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 21:44     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Human geography sounds much more interesting to me but I'm a social scientist.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 21:37     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
My niece called human geography AP coloring. Take Psychology
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 21:34     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
AP Psych can ALWAYS be used at college as either an elective credit or a social/Psych credit.

Plus with all the mental illnesses going on, I think Psych is much more relevant to teens.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 20:46     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Human geography just sounds ridiculous. Pick the other option.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 20:41     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
human geography is known as the easy AP
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 20:36     Subject: Re:AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
My kid is taking both right now.
Likes AP psych much better as far as substance.

Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 20:31     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
I think human geography is pretty useless. I haven't found any colleges that take credits or give head start. Pysch is probably batter for college credits.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 19:26     Subject: Re:AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
They’re both fine. Your kid should take the one they prefer.
Or if they can find out about the relative strengths of the teachers, perhaps that might help them make a decision.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 18:14     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
Anonymous wrote:What is "human geography"?


One class uses your head, the other your hands.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 18:03     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
What is "human geography"?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 18:00     Subject: AP Psych or AP Human Geography?
my kid is interested in one of these classes for an elective next year. If you have a MCPS student who's taken one of these, I'd love to hear about it.

TIA