Accelerated and Advanced Placement (AP)

The Accelerated and Advanced Placement (AP) programs provide a rigorous curriculum for students who select a more challenging course of study. Accelerated courses are designed to lay the foundations for Advanced Placement courses. Advanced Placement is a cooperative educational program between secondary schools and colleges/universities. AP courses use college-level curricula to prepare students for the AP exams, which are offered annually in May at a cost of $94 per exam. A student who earns a score of 3 or better on an AP exam may generally receive credit for the equivalent course at one of the 2,000 colleges and universities that give credit for AP exams. The Sioux Falls School District expects students to take the AP exam as a part of the AP course.

AP exams are a significant part of the AP program, but not the only part. Students can benefit from taking AP courses by learning a subject in greater depth, developing skills that are critical to successful study in college, demonstrating to colleges their willingness to undertake a challenging course. Listed below are the Accelerated and AP courses that are offered and the recommended sequence in which to take the course. Students may elect to take an AP course even if they have not had any previous accelerated courses.

Accelerated and Advanced Placement Course Offerings

Art

  • AP Studio Art: Drawing

  • AP Studio Art: 2-D Design

  • AP Studio Art: 3-D Design

Capstone

  • AP Seminar

  • AP Research

Computer Science

  • AP Computer Science Principles

  • AP Computer Science

Language Arts

  • Accelerated English I

  • Accelerated English II

  • AP English Language & Comp.

  • AP English Literature & Comp.

Mathematics

  • Accelerated Geometry

  • Accelerated Algebra II

  • AP Statistics

  • Accelerated Pre Calc

  • AP Calculus

Music

  • AP Music Theory

Science

  • Accelerated Chemistry

  • AP Biology

  • AP Chemistry

  • AP Physics I & II

  • AP Environmental Science

Social Science

  • AP World History

  • AP Human Geography

  • AP MacroEconomics

  • AP United States History

  • AP Government

  • AP Psychology

World Languages

  • AP Spanish Language & Culture

  • AP Spanish Literature & Culture

  • AP Latin