Revere High School has reinstated its AP Environmental Studies course due to the large number of students that enrolled in the class.

The College Board, which regulates all AP classes and sets the curriculum on which students test each year, governs this class. Biology and chemistry are prerequisites. A teacher must recommend students for this class as well. Revere High School principal Phil King explained why the class was not available last year.

“It all had to do with enrollment. If we don’t have enough students enrolled for a class, then we really can’t logically have the class,” King said.

King added that the number of students interested in the class last year reached a level that allowed the AP Environmental Studies class to return.

According to AP Environmental Studies teacher Philip Mogus, the course’s structure remains the same as before its time of absence. He spoke of what could change in the class.

“There are a lot of things that come about where we’ve had changes in the past year or two in what goes on out in the environment or environmental issues,” Mogus said.

Most students take the class in their senior year, though some take it as juniors. Mogus voiced that the grade in which one should take the class depends on one’s academic background.

“It is not necessary that you have particular math courses that are higher level math courses. You do not really need that, but you need to be able to run formulas. You need to know how formulas are adjusted and how they pertain [to what we are learning] . . . but if you have some decent algebra behind you, you are fine,” Mogus said.

Students taking the course have a range of classes under their belts, and take AP Environmental Studies for a variety of reasons. Senior Victoria Deng voiced her general interest in science.

“I am interested in learning about the different sciences because I am going into medicine, but I want to expand my field of knowledge first,” Deng said.

Senior Noah Gresser wants to go into civil engineering and believes this class will help him understand his impact on the environment.

“I am just trying to learn the material, and understand more about the environment, and how humans impact the environment,” Gresser said.

Mogus wants to teach his class that living on Earth consists of a group effort and environmental care.

“We all have to live here together. If we are going to be able to live here together, we are all going to have to cooperate in some form,” Mogus said.

The return of AP Environmental Studies allows students to take a class that will provide a rigorous look at the effects humans have on our environment and the laws in place that help protect it. King hopes that the class will teach students valuable information about the world, as the students hope to take better care of it.