Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Calculus. It is strongly recommended that students have a separate course in Algebra III and Trigonometry.

Advanced Placement Calculus I is a college level course with topics which include functions, limits and continuity, derivatives, integration, and the applications of these topics. The course is designed to prepare the student for the College Board's Advanced Placement Calculus AB exam and possibly earn credit in college level Calculus.

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Advanced Placement Calculus I.

Advanced Placement Calculus II is a rigorous extension of the work begun in Advanced Placement Calculus I and covers additional topics including vector functions, parametrically defined curves, polar functions, and convergence of sequence and series. This course is designed to prepare the student for the College Board's Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam and possibly earn credit in college level Calculus.

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Algebra II, Geometry, and Data Analysis/Statistics

The purpose of the Advanced Placement Statistics course is to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes: exploring data, planning a study, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. Students who successfully complete the course and advanced placement test may receive credit and/or advanced placement for a one-semester introductory college statistcs course. This course should be offered in the spring semester

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Accelerated Chemistry is strongly recommended.

This is a college level Chemistry course. It is designed to prepare students to take an advanced placement test and earn college credit in Chemistry.

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Accelerated Biology.

This is a college level course in Biology. Students are required to perform all of the twelve laboratory exercises (3 hours each) some of which may extend beyond the school day.

This course may include the dissection of preserved animal specimens. Alternative activities are provided should the student or parent request non-participation. The parent should submit a written request for the alternative activities to the course instructor.

AP Biology Course Expectations

AP Biology Course Spring Syllabus

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Psychology

AP Psychology is a course designed for college-bound students.

This course will be taught from a biological perspective with the emphasis being on understanding the physical origins of behavior. Students will apply their learning's to the following areas of study: sensation and perception; development; states of consciousness; learning and memory; thinking, language and intelligence; motivation and emotion; personality; abnormal behavior and therapy; stress and health; social behavior; and statistical reasoning in everyday life.

This course is designed to prepare the student to take an advanced placement test and earn up to two semesters of college credit in psychology.

Level 4: 1 Credit

The Advanced Placement Program in American History is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in American History. The program prepares students for immediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by introductory college courses. Student should learn to assess historical materials-their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance - and to weigh the evidence and interpretation presented in historical scholarship.

Because of the rigorous demands of this course, students will be expected to devote as much time as necessary to keep current with class assignments and class work. The class requires extensive out-of-class reading.

This course is designed to prepare the student to take an advanced placement test and earn up to two semesters of college credit in American History. This course satisfies the US History course requirements for graduation. It is strongly recommended that students successfully complete Topics in United States History before taking this course.

Level 4: 1 Credit
Recommendation: Satisfactory completion of British Literature. Effective with the graduating Class of 2007, American Literature and British Literature are prerequisite courses to AP English Literature and Composition.

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition is a course emphasizing the development of skills in critical reading of imaginative and discursive literature and in writing about literature and related ideas. It is designed for students capable of doing college level work in English while they are in secondary school, who are writing to devote the energy necessary to complete a course more rigorous and demanding than other high school English courses designed for the college bound student.

Because of the rigorous demands of this course, students are expected to devote as much time as necessary to keep current with class assignments and homework. The course requires extensive out-of-class reading.

This course is designed to prepare students to take an advanced placement test and earn up to two semesters of college credit in English.

Prior to the first day of class, two/three major outside readings may be required.

Level 4: 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Spanish IV

Advanced Placement Spanish is a program whose main objective is for students to achieve a high level of ability in listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The course is designed for students capable of doing college level coursework which contains cultural and literary content while emphasizing conversation and composition. Students must be well prepared and have a high level of motivation and interest sufficient to complete out-of-class reading and writing assignments.

Level 4: 1 Credit

The Advanced Placement Program in European History is designed for qualified students who whish to complete studies in secondary school equivalent to complete studies in secondary school equivalent to college introductory courses in this field. In addition to a basic exposure to the factual narrative, the goals of the Advanced Placement Program in European History are to develop (a) an understanding of some of the principal themes in modern European History and (b) an ability to analyze historical evidence.

Because of the rigorous demands of this course, students will be expected to devote as much time as necessary to keep current with class assignments and class work. The class requires extensive out-of-class reading and writing.

This course is designed to prepare the student to take an advanced placement test and earn up to two semesters of college credit in European History. It is strongly recommended that students successfully complete Topics in European History before taking this course.