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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.
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