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Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement. Information for Parents and Students. AP Facts: . Comparable to college level courses The AP Exam is mandatory and paid for by Berwick Area School District. Earn college credit or placement. More info at www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy Scored on a 5 point scale

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Advanced Placement

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  1. Advanced Placement Information for Parents and Students

  2. AP Facts: • Comparable to college level courses • The AP Exam is mandatory and paid for by Berwick Area School District. • Earn college credit or placement. More info at www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy • Scored on a 5 point scale • 5=extremely well qualified (traditional A) • 4=well qualified (traditional A-, B+, B) • 3=qualified (traditional B-, C+, C) • 2=possibly qualified • 1=no recommendation

  3. AP Facts Cont… • Score reports are sent to colleges upon request • AP looks EXCELLENT on your transcript • Weighted at 1.08 (highest grade weight possible at BHS) • If you do not take the exam, your APcourse will not be weighted • For general information about AP courses and Exams visit www.collegeboard.com/apstudents

  4. Biology • Prerequisites: Biology I, Chemistry I • Content: • Covers all 55 chapters in a college textbook in fulfillment of the advanced placement curriculum for biology. • Following the exam, students will dissect the fetal pig to finish out the year.

  5. Calculus AB ( aka: Calc 1) • Prerequisites: Advanced Math • Content: This course emphasizes a multi-representational approach to calculus with concepts, results, and problems being expressed graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. Themes of derivatives, integrals, limits, approximation, applications, slope fields, and modeling are covered.

  6. Calculus BC (aka: Calc 2) • Prerequisite: Calculus AB • Content: • This course requires a knowledge of topics covered in Calc AB. • Additional topics of parametric, polar and vector functions, analysis of the graphs, velocity and acceleration, differential equations using Euler’s method and polynomial approximations.

  7. Chemistry • Prerequisite: Chemistry I and Algebra II • Content: • Gases, equations, stoichiometry, organic, nuclear, kinetics, thermodynamics, and coordination chemistry

  8. AP Computer Science (Java) • Prerequisite: Computer Programming II • Content: • Emphasizes object oriented programming methodology. • Concentration on problem solving and algorithm development. • Includes the study of data structures, design, and abstraction

  9. English Language and Composition • Junior Year Course • Content: • Lengthy expository, analytical, and argumentative essays. • Required summer readings.

  10. English Literature and Composition • Senior Year Course • Content: • Intensive writing as a response to the extensive reading of all literary genres from a variety of time periods. • Required summer readings • Demonstrate critical and analytical thought • Participate in frequent discussions to refine the writing process.

  11. Latin: Vergil • Prerequisite: Latin III • Content: • Students will translate, scan, analyze, and interpret 1800 lines from Vergil’s epic poem The Aeneid. • Latin meter, vocabulary (6000 new words), grammar studies, historical figures, Augustan age history, and language mastery skills. • Worth 1 credit and meets 1 period per day

  12. Physics C: Mechanics • Prerequisite: Advanced Math, Physics I • Content: • Lab oriented program designed to supplement physics. • Topics discussed are electricity and magnetism, modern physics and nuclear science. • For students planning to major in math, physics or engineering.

  13. Spanish Language • Content: • Advanced level (5th or 6th semester) • Intended for those students who took Spanish 1 in 8th grade, however, to “test out” of Spanish 4, see Mrs. Isenberg ASAP. • Emphasizing the use of Spanish for active communication, oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar, and composition. • Demonstrate understanding of authentic Spanish language source material.

  14. US Government and Politics • Content: • Analytical perspective on government and politics in the US. • General concepts used to interpret US government with specific examples. • Becoming familiar with various institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute US government and politics.

  15. Questions? April Zluchowski AP Coordinator 759-6400 ext. 3106 azluchowski@berwicksd.org

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