Rockville HS – Advanced Placement (AP) Program Rockville HS has an extensive Advanced Placement (AP) program. All students are encouraged to enroll and challenge themselves in an AP class. AP classes are college‐level classes through the College Board. Students who earn a 3, 4 or 5 on the end of the year AP exam can earn college credits while as a high student. You do not have to complete an application or be accepted into the AP program to take an AP course. There is an end of the course fee to register to take the AP exam. Course Course Title GR Department Code 6482 (SP) 6484 (DP) 6486 (SP) 6487(DP) 6488 (SP) 6489 (DP) AP Studio Art: the Drawing Portfolio Prerequisite 1 intermediate level art course AP Studio Art: the 2D Portfolio (Studio) Prerequisite 1 intermediate level art course AP Studio Art: the 2D Portfolio (Photo) Prerequisite Photo 1 or Digital Photo and Photo 2 AP Studio Art: the 3D Portfolio Prerequisite Ceramics/Sculpture 2 + 1 intermediate level art course This individualized program focuses on art projects that demonstrate the drawing skill competencies expected of Advanced Placement art 11‐12 applicants, as identified by the College Board. Students assemble portfolios to meet the submission requirements for the AP exam This individualized program focuses on art projects that demonstrate the design principal competencies expected of Advanced Placement art applicants, as identified by the College Board. Students assemble 11‐12 portfolios to meet the submission requirements for the AP Exam. Writing and thinking skills are reinforced through journaling. This section focuses on non‐photo and non‐digital 2‐dimensional artwork. This individualized program focuses on art projects that demonstrate the competencies expected of Advanced Placement art applicants, as identified by the College Board. Students assemble portfolios to meet 11‐12 the submission requirements for the AP Exam. Writing and thinking skills are reinforced through journaling. This section focuses on photography. This individualized program focuses on art projects that demonstrate the competencies expected of Advanced Placement art applicants, as identified by the College Board. Students assemble portfolios to meet 11‐12 the submission requirements for the AP exam. Writing and thinking skills are reinforced through journaling. This course may be repeated once for credit. Teacher recommendation needed. 101530 / 101631 English Language and Composition A/B (AP) Prerequisite English 11 12 1017/1018 English Literature and Composition A/B (AP) Prerequisite English 11 12 3320/3321 AP Statistics A/B Prerequisite Algebra 2 9‐12 This course is designed for motivated students with a command of standard English and a lively interest in the power and versatility of language. Students read complex prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and write for a range of purposes to express ideas with clarity and precision. Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP examination at the end of the course. Exam Fee This course is designed for motivated students with a command of standard English and an interest in reading challenging literature, both classical and contemporary and representative of dominant literary genres and themes. Students apply methods of literary analysis and write for a variety of purposes to increase their precision in expression. Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP examination at the end of the course. Exam Fee Advanced Placement Statistics students engage in the exploratory analysis of data, using graphical and numerical techniques. Data sets are collected using statistical design methods. Students produce appropriate models using probability, simulation, and statistical inference. Models are used to draw conclusions from data and 3452/3453 AP Calculus AB A/B Prerequisite Precalculus (H) 3491/3492 AP Calculus BC A/B Prerequisite AP Calculus AB 3651/3652 AP Biology (DP) Prerequisite Biology and Chemistry (Co) 3751/3752 AP Chemistry (DP) Prerequisite Chemistry and Algebra 2 (Co) 2924/2925 AP Computer Science Principles A/B 2114/2124 AP US History A/B 2104/2105 AP Government A/B analyzed by inferential methods to determine whether the data support or discredit the model. This course is equivalent to a non‐
calculus‐based introductory college statistics course. Calculus AB topics are those traditionally offered in the first year of calculus in college, and are designed for students who wish to obtain a semester of advanced placement in college. The topics studied 9‐12 include limits, continuity, derivatives and integrals of algebraic and transcendental functions and their applications, and elementary differential equations. Calculus BC includes all of the topics in Calculus AB, as well as convergence tests for series, Taylor or Maclaurin series, vector, polar, 9‐12 and parametric functions. Students in BC Calculus may receive two semesters of Advanced Placement in mathematics. College level biology class for highly motivated students that want to dig deeper into the concepts they learned in Biology with a focus on student‐designed experimentation. Students prepare to take the Advanced Placement Biology Examination at the end of the course. 11‐12 Topics in Biology AP include chemistry of life, cytology, cellular energetics, genetics, and diversity of life, evolution, ecology, and behavior. For college‐bound students who want to major in a biological science, and those that hope to test out of Biology to focus on a different major. College level chemistry class for highly motivated students with an interest in the physical science. Students prepare to take the Advanced Placement Chemistry Examination at the end of the course. 11‐12 Topics include atomic theory, chemical bonding, phases of matter, solutions, types of reactions, equilibrium, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamics. The second course in the Code.org pathway, this course engages all students, while maintaining college‐level rigor. AP® Computer Science Principles is designed to introduce students to the central ideas of computer science, to instill ideas and practices of computational thinking, and to have students engage in activities that show how computing changes the world. The course is rigorous and rich in computational content, includes computational and critical thinking skills, and engages students in the creative aspects of the field. Through both its content and pedagogy, this course aims to appeal to a broad audience. There are 4 core unit of study – digital 10‐12 information, the internet, programming, and data. Each unit concludes with a practice performance task that mimics the assessment style of the tasks students are required to complete on their own for submission to the College Board. Recommended for students to have completed English 9 and to have passed or be concurrently enrolled in Geometry. Students do not need to take Foundations of Computer Science A/B to enroll in this class. 9 or College‐level course which surveys from 1607 to the present 11‐12 College‐level course which surveys US Gov’t 10 2240/2241 AP World History A/B 11‐12 College‐level course which surveys from 8000 BCE to the present 2330/2331 AP Psychology A/B 11‐12 College‐level course which investigates and study human behavior 2332/2333 AP Human Geography A/B 11‐12 2316/2315 AP Microeconomic (S1) / AP Macroeconomics (S2) 11‐12 1759/1760 AP Spanish Language Prerequisite Spanish 5 or Spanish for Spanish Speakers 3 1635/1636 AP French Language and Culture (LC) A/B Prerequisite French 5 Introduces systematic study of patterns/processes that shape humans College‐level course which study economics The AP Spanish Language and Culture course engages students in an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students’ awareness and appreciation of products, both tangible (e.g., tools, books) and intangible (e.g., laws, conventions, institutions); practices (patterns of social interactions within a culture);and perspectives (values, attitudes, and assumptions that underlie both practices and products). The AP French Language and Culture course engages students in an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students’ awareness and appreciation of products, both tangible (e.g., tools, books) and intangible (e.g., laws, conventions, institutions); practices (patterns of social interactions within a culture);and perspectives (values, attitudes, and assumptions that underlie both For any other options and questions please see your counselor in the Counseling Office for guidance and information.