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    College Board Advanced Placement Program

    College Board Advanced Placement

    • AP English Language and Composition

      • Learn about the elements of argument and composition as you develop your critical-reading and writing skills. You’ll read and analyze nonfiction works from various periods and write essays with different aims: for example, to explain an idea, argue a point, or persuade your reader of something. The course content is organized into nine units of study that provide one possible sequence for the course. The units define the skills you’ll work on as the course progresses, but your teacher can choose the content and themes that you’ll focus on in each unit.

    • AP English Literature

      • Learn how to understand and evaluate works of fiction, poetry, and drama from various periods and cultures. You’ll read literary works and write essays to explain and support your analysis of them.

        • Unit 1: Short Fiction I
        • Unit 2: Poetry I
        • Unit 3: Longer Fiction or Drama I
        • Unit 4: Short Fiction II
        • Unit 5: Poetry II
        • Unit 6: Longer Fiction or Drama II
        • Unit 7: Short Fiction III
        • Unit 8: Poetry III
        • Unit 9: Longer Fiction or Drama III
    • AP Spanish Language and Culture

      • Develop your Spanish language skills and learn about the cultures in Spanish-speaking parts of the world. You’ll practice communicating in Spanish and study real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.

        • Unit 1: Families in Different Societies
        • Unit 2: The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
        • Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
        • Unit 4: How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives
        • Unit 5: Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
        • Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
    • AP Spanish Literature and Culture

      • Build your language skills and cultural knowledge by exploring works of literature written in Spanish. Using Spanish to communicate, you’ll read, analyze, discuss, and write about works by Spanish, Latin-American, and U.S. Hispanic authors of different periods.

        • Unit 1: La época medieval
        • Unit 2: El siglo XVI
        • Unit 3: El siglo XVII
        • Unit 4: La literatura romántica, realista y naturalista
        • Unit 5: La Generación del 98 y el Modernismo
        • Unit 6: Teatro y poesía del siglo XX
        • Unit 7: El Boom latinoamericano
        • Unit 8: Escritores contemporáneos de Estados Unidos y España
    • AP World History

      • Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the world from c. 1200 CE to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.

        • Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
        • Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
        • Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
        • Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
        • Unit 5: Revolutions
        • Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
        • Unit 7: Global Conflict
        • Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
        • Unit 9: Globalization
    • AP Physics

      • Learn about the foundational principles of physics as you explore Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory, simple circuits. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work to investigate phenomena. Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.

        • Unit 1: Kinematics
        • Unit 2: Dynamics
        • Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation
        • Unit 4: Energy
        • Unit 5: Momentum
        • Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion
        • Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion
        • Unit 8: Electric Charge and Electric Force
        • Unit 9: DC Circuits
        • Unit 10: Mechanical Waves and Sound
    • AP Calculus 

      • Explore the concepts, methods, and applications of differential and integral calculus. You’ll work to understand the theoretical basis and solve problems by applying your knowledge and skills.

        • Unit 1: Limits and Continuity
        • Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
        • Unit 3: Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
        • Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation
        • Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation
        • Unit 6: Integration and Accumulation of Change
        • Unit 7: Differential Equations
        • Unit 8: Applications of Integration