<p>Which one is looked at more highly from a college standpoint: AP Government & Politics or AP Art History? I'm trying to chose my course load for senior year...</p>
<p>AP Government is definitely a more rigorous/academic course, but really it is about how things fit into your application. If you're more interested in art or history, AP Art History might be a good fit. But if you like Gov or Politics, definitely take AP Gov.</p>
<p>I don't think either is looked at more highly. Take whichever one you're interested in more.</p>
<p>I agree with kb09026</p>
<p>What if you take Gov/Politics because you think it looks better for college but you don't like it and do badly in the class? Take whichever you will be successful in.</p>
<p>Agree with the posters that say to just pick whatever you want. They're both good courses.</p>
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<p>Perhaps in your HS, but its not true generally. Take Gov if you don't have four years of history/social studies. Art History is an excellent elective, but it is not a core academic History class.</p>
<p>It depends on so many factors. What does your high school curriculum look like? What are your interests? Do the colleges that you're considering accept AP credits for the classes? Etc.</p>
<p>I really dislike the notion that AP Government is more rigorous than AP Art History. I took both and AP Art History has far much more material to learn and was more challenging, but it was a much more enjoyable class for me than AP Government was.</p>
<p>btw: in California, 'civics' is a state graduation requirement, so many kids take Gov. The UCs require a visual and performing arts course for admissions so some applicants fulfill that requirement with Art History. Art History is typically taught over a full year but Gov is only one semester in our local schools. fwiw: both of my kids would definitely say that Art History was the more rigorous course, but its probably just our HS. Since Gov is a senior year class, slack-time sets in. :D</p>
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Perhaps in your HS, but its not true generally. Take Gov if you don't have four years of history/social studies. Art History is an excellent elective, but it is not a core academic History class.
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<p>Yea, I should have been clearer that the standard disclaimers apply: difficulty highly differs from school to school. Here, AP Gov is basically taught as a Common Law course and is very rigorous and difficult. But other schools definitely differ.</p>
<p>It is probably worth it to ask some other students and current seniors to see which has been the most interesting and difficult at your particular school.</p>
<p>BTW: AP Gov is a Junior year course here.</p>