(ENVSCI AP) AP Environmental Science is a course based on content established and copyrighted by the College Board. The course is not intended to be used as a dual credit course. Students enrolled in AP Environmental Science investigate the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.
- Recommended Grade: 12
- Required Prerequisites: none
- Recommended Prerequisites: Biology i and Chemistry I
- Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester. Max 2 credits
- Counts as a science course for all diplomas
- Qualifies as a quantitative reasoning course
- Laboratory course