AP European History: Comprehensive Course Outline

This foundational unit explores the transition from medieval to early modern Europe through the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. You'll study how the revival of classical learning and new global connections transformed European society.

The Age of Reformation examines the religious, political, and social upheavals that fractured Christian unity in Western Europe and established competing religious institutions.

This unit explores competing models of state power that emerged after the Thirty Years' War, contrasting absolutist systems with constitutional governments.

Unit 4 examines the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, exploring how new approaches to understanding the natural world and human society challenged traditional authorities.

This unit covers the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, examining how revolutionary ideas and conflicts reshaped European politics and society.

Unit 6 examines the transformative impact of industrialization on European economy, society, politics, and culture in the 19th century.

This unit explores nationalism, imperialism, and the evolution of European political thought and culture in the 19th century.

Unit 8 examines the era of the World Wars, the Russian Revolution, and the rise of totalitarian regimes that fundamentally transformed European and global politics.

The final unit examines Europe's recovery from World War II, the Cold War division of Europe, decolonization, European integration, and the challenges of the contemporary era.