Guidelines for Students in IB and AP Classes

Curriculum Guide 2022 - 2023

Because the College Board is committed to providing access to AP Exams for homeschooled students and students whose schools do not offer AP courses that students would like to sit for, it does not require students to take an AP course prior to taking an AP Exam. An AISC HS student can self-study for an AP exam, and AISC will offer this exam if requested. Note: AISC does not offer access to AP testing for non-AISC students.

AISC offers between 9 and 11 AP courses per year, depending on rotation and requests.

AP Course Offerings at AISC (offered in 2023–2024 if in bold):

● English Language and Composition (alternating years) ● English Literature and Composition (alternating years) ● Spanish Language and Culture ● Economics (Micro and Macro) (alternating years) ● Human Geography (alternating years) ● World History: Modern (alternating years) ● Psychology (alternating years) ● Biology (alternating years) ● Chemistry (alternating years) ● Physics 1 ● Calculus AB/BC ● Statistics ● Computer Science A

Students can earn College Board recognition including AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors, AP Scholar with Distinction, and AP International Scholar by earning scores of 3 or higher on three, four or five or more total AP Exams, based on the exam criteria requirements listed at the College Board’s AP Scholar Awards page.

GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS IN IB AND AP CLASSES

IB and AP courses are designed to be demanding, college-level courses. Students who are interested in taking advantage of the IB or AP programs being offered at AISC should review the following guidelines to assist them in the decision-making process.

● Students must meet the prescribed prerequisites in order to ensure that they possess the appropriate skills to meet the demands of the course. In courses in which there is a prerequisite score, students are expected to reach or maintain that score by the end of the second semester of that prerequisite course.