Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) is a college level survey course in United States History beginning in the time of colonial America (1491) to the present. The course is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge to deal critically with the problems and issues in United States History. The course incorporates both a chronological pacing and a thematic understanding of the history of the United States.

The course prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands equivalent to those made by full year introductory college courses. Students will learn to assess historical materials – their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship.