AP Psych, AP Environmental Texts

Potential
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:43:26 +0000

I’ve decided to self-study AP Psych and AP Environmental for the coming school year. I’m really interested in both subjects but unfortunately, my school does not offer them. It seems like both classes are self-studyable.

For those of you who have taken these courses, I have a few questions:

1) What textbooks are good for these classes? Are there commonly used texts, like Campbell’s for Bio? (I’ve heard that ‘Living in the Environment’ by Miller is a strong book for environmental…any thoughts?)

2) How lab-intensive is environmental?

3) What did you like/dislike about these courses?

4) Do you encourage self-study for these subjects or not?

As a sidenote, I’m a rising senior and I’ve taken AP Bio and I did well on the AP exam. Also, it’s not the AP credit that appeals to me as much as the subject matter itself. However, I figured that if my own curiosity was motivating me to learn about psych and environ., I might as well try to tailor my learning to the AP syllabi to earn credit in the process.

Thanks in advance for any help! I really appreciate it.