I am not good at history, so would it be bad to take AP Human Geography?
It’s related, but different. Personally, I think the content of this class is relevant and fascinating. As one student said, “When I listen to NPR, almost all of it relates to HG.” It is the why of where. Concepts may be illustrated by historical events or curent ones. I would pick this over history any day!
Actually AP Human Geo is quite different from history. History also isn’t my strong suit; I took both AP World History and AP Human my sophomore year and my grades on tests were significantly better in AP Human. I found it to be less rigorous than AP World. AP Human was more focused on memorizing vocabulary and
studying patterns and processes of humans, while history was about history. And I agree with @gardenstategal I would pick AP Human over history anytime. While history isn’t applicable to daily life, AP Human definitely is and I found it to be really interesting.
You don’t need to be good at history for Human Geography, but, in my experience, prior knowledge of history is really helpful. If you dislike history because of the way it is taught, or just don’t like the courses, HUG should be okay because it’s a lot of vocabulary and applying concepts.Sometimes you might need basic history for a few questions or to use as an example of FRQ’s, but other that that you’re good.
AP Human is often presented as a history class ( at least in my case it was) but it’s really not like any history class. In short you study regions all around the world from their culture, to politics, to environment etc.
AP Human Geography has nothing to do with history. Prior knowledge of history is completely unnecessary. Read the textbook cover to cover, and get a solid 5. - Don’t even have to recall any of it.
HuG is related to history but is not exactly history. It is the study of demographics, environment, population, etc. in relation to geography. You’ll mostly be learning map related jargon and studying cultural diffusion.