AP European History:
According to College Board Online
The goals of the AP European History course are for students to gain knowledge of basic chronology and of major events and trends from approximately 1450 to the present and to develop an understanding of some of the principal themes in modern European history, an ability to analyze historical evidence, and an ability to analyze and express historical understanding in writing.
Themes in European History:
 | The secularization of learning |
| Changes in religious thought and organization |
| Scientific and technological developments and their consequences |
| Major trends in literature and the arts |
| Intellectual and cultural developments as statements of social values and as historical evidence |
| Developments in social, economic, and political thought |
| Development in literacy and communication |
| The diffusion of new intellectual concepts among different social groups |
| Changes in popular culture, such as the development of new attitudes toward religion, family and work |
| The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms |
| The evolution of political elites and the development of political parties and ideologies |
| The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political) |
| The development and growth of nationalism |
| Forms of political protest, reform and revolution |
| Colonialism and imperialism: relationship of European and non-European powers, including decolonization |
| Relationship between domestic and foreign policies |
| Efforts to restrain interstate conflict: treaties, balance-of-power diplomacy, and international organizations |
| Techniques and technology of war |
| The role of urbanization in transforming cultural values and social relationships |
| The shift in social structures from hierarchical orders to modern social classes |
| Hygienic practices, disease, and medicine and their effects on society |
| The development of commercial practices and their economic and social impact |
| The origins, development and consequence of industrialization |
| Changes in the demographic structure of Europe and their consequences |
| Change and continuity in the European family structure and in gender roles |
| The growth of competition and interdependence in national and world markets |
| The relationship between private and state contributions to economic growth; the development of a mixed economy |