2025 - 2026 MCPS High School Course Bulletin

SOC2022A/SOC2022B AP US History A

0.5 credit per semester

This course is for students desiring a freshman college-level course in United States history. The course is a survey of this national history from 1607 to the present, using a college-level text and requiring college-level writing and discussion. AP U.S. History A/B satisfies the graduation requirement of a year in U.S. History.

Grade Level: 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
No repeats for credit

Additional Course Information:

• Certificate of Merit (CM)
• Advanced-Level
• Advanced Placement (AP)
• National Collegiate Athletic Association Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse (NCAA/IEC)
• Satisfies the U.S. History credit graduation requirement