Academic Expectations for AP Courses

Teachers of AP courses follow a required course outline and prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful on the Advanced Placement examination which takes place in May. Time and assignments required for each AP course is described on the pages below and may vary from student to student.  Different teachers for the same course may have slightly different procedures, but the time commitment is similar. And according to school policy, students are reminded that they may not drop an AP course until the end of the first quarter and until they show sufficient effort in the class.

English Department Academic Expectations for AP Classes

The AP English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. The AP English Literature and Composition course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature.

Math Department Academic Expectations for AP Classes

AP courses provide students with the mathematics content and analytical skills expected in a college level course. Teachers of AP courses follow a required course outline and prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful on the Advanced Placement examination which takes place in May. The chart below provides an approximation of the time and assignments for each AP course offered in the Mathematics Department and may vary from student to student.

Science Department Academic Expectations for AP Classes

AP courses provide students with the factual knowledge and critical thinking skills expected in a college level course. Teachers of AP courses follow a required course outline and prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful on the Advanced Placement examination which takes place in May.

Social Studies Department Academic Expectations for AP Classes

AP courses provide students with the factual knowledge and critical thinking skills expected in a college level course. Teachers of AP courses follow a required course outline and prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful on the Advanced Placement examination which takes place in May.

The below chart provides an approximation of the time and assignments for each AP course offered in the Social Studies Department.

World Languages Department Academic Expectations for AP Classes

AP courses provide students with the factual knowledge and analytical skills expected in a college level course. Teachers of AP courses follow a required course outline and prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful on the Advanced Placement examination which takes place in May