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AP Courses

Benefits of taking AP Classes...

1) Great preparation for college classes
2) AP classes demonstrate your readiness for college
3) AP classes strengthen your high school transcript (*adds an augmented point)
4) Saves you time and $$$ in college 
5) Earn college credit 
 

WHICH ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES SHOULD I TAKE?
Listed below are popular college majors and career paths, and the recommended Advanced Placement courses to prepare for those majors. Colleges like to see that if you are declaring a major when you apply, you can demonstrate your interest in that major through your course selections in high school. If you see your area of interest here, check out the AP courses in that category you might like to take.

FOR ARTS & HUMANITIES MAJORS & CAREERS

(Examples: Web Development, Historian, Digital Arts, Writer, Communications, Graphic Design, Language Teacher)

  • AP Art History
  • AP Calculus
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP English Language & Literature
  • AP European History
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP Physics
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics
  • AP US History

 

FOR HEALTH MAJORS & CAREERS

(Examples: Physician, Dentist, Nurse, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Premed, Physical Therapy)

  • AP Biology
  • AP Calculus AB & BC
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP English Language
  • AP Macro & Microeconomics
  • AP Physics
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Research
  • AP Seminar
  • AP Statistics

FOR PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES MAJORS & CAREERS

(Examples: Educators, Counselors, Social Workers, Lawyers, Politicians, Government Workers)

  • AP Art History
  • AP English Language & Literature
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP European History
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Macro & Microeconomics
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Research
  • AP Seminar
  • AP Statistics
  • AP US Government
  • AP US History
  • AP World History

FOR BUSINESS MAJORS & CAREERS

(Examples: Accounting, Business Administration, Management, Economics, Finance)

  • AP Calculus
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP English Language
  • AP Macro & Microeconomics
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Research
  • AP Seminar
  • AP Statistics
  • AP US Government
  • AP US History
  • AP World History

FOR MEDIA & SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJORS & CAREERS

(Examples: Psychology, Sociology, Translator, Editor, Urban Planner, Reporter, Public Relations, Journalist, Marketing, Advertising)

  • AP Art History
  • AP Calculus
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP English Language & Literature
  • AP Macro & Microeconomics
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Research
  • AP Seminar
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Studio Art
  • AP US Government
  • AP World History

FOR SCIENCE, MATH, TECHNOLOGY MAJORS & CAREER

(Examples: Environmental Science, Food Science, Architectural Engineer, Forestry, Mathematics, Computer Science)

  • AP Biology
  • AP Calculus
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP English Language
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Physics C & 1

FOR TRADES AND PERSONAL SERVICES MAJORS & CAREERS:

(Examples: Construction, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology)

  • AP Calculus
  • AP Computer Science Principles & A
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Physics C