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The Program
The Advanced Placement Program® is a cooperative
educational endeavor between secondary schools and colleges and
universities. Since its inception in 1955, the Program has provided
motivated high school students with the opportunity to take college-level
courses in a high school setting. Students who participate in the
Program not only gain college-level skills, but in many cases they
also earn college credit while they are still in high school. AP
courses are taught by dedicated and enthusiastic high school teachers
who follow course guidelines developed and published by the College
Board.
The Program's success is rooted in the collaborative
efforts of motivated students, dedicated teachers, and committed
schools. By participating in the Program, secondary schools make
the commitment to organize and support at least one class that is
equivalent to a first-year college course.
There are currently more than 110,000 teachers
leading AP courses in high schools worldwide. AP teachers are some
of the worlds finest. The Program is strengthened by their participation
in professional development workshops and Summer Institutes and
in the annual AP Reading where thousands of AP teachers and college
faculty gather at college sites across the United States to score
the AP Exams using rigorous guidelines.
The Program's Role
The AP Program plays a creative role as well as
a facilitative one. As an intermediary among participating institutions,
the Program does the following:
- Chooses college faculty and AP secondary school teachers
who develop college-level course descriptions and examinations,
and facilitates this development process.
- Administers and scores examinations based on the learning
goals described in the AP Course Descriptions.
- Sends AP Grade Reports to the students, their schools, and
their designated colleges.
- Prepares publications, online materials, and other resources
to supplement and support the Program's activities.
- Provides conferences, consultants, and curricular materials
to help interested schools establish college-level courses.
- Assists schools and teachers in their efforts to prepare
students through Pre-AP initiatives.
- Conducts research and strives to develop new services and
products that enhance quality education.
AP Program Facts
- The AP Program offers 34 courses in 19 subject areas.
- Nearly 60 percent of U.S. high schools participate in the AP
Program. In those schools, 937,951 students took AP Exams in 2002.
- In 2002, 1,585,516 AP Exams were administered worldwide.
- More than 60,000 teachers worldwide attended AP workshops and
institutes for professional development last year.
- Over 90 percent of the nation's colleges and universities have
an AP policy granting incoming students credit, placement, or
both, for qualifying AP Exam grades.
Not surprisingly, an increasing number of parents,
students, teachers, and schools are turning to the AP Program as
a model of educational excellence.
AP INTERNATIONAL
Mission, Purpose, Goals
The mission of AP International echoes the mission of the
Advanced Placement Program overall: to prepare students for academic
success in college and beyond. AP International is committed to
providing opportunities for students outside the U.S. to take AP
courses and examinations and thus to benefit from the college-level
demands of the program. Like the AP Program overall, AP International
prizes access and equity, promoting open access to AP courses and
exams as an ideal, and endorsing the values of equity and excellence,
hallmarks of the AP Program and the College Board mission.
The AP International team and their Washington
International Education colleagues also work hand-in-hand with the
Office of Overseas Schools at the U.S. Department of State. The
Regional Educational Officers at the State Department are in regular
contact with the College Board and the AP Program and with the international
regional education associations.
Efforts & Initiatives
AP Program Recognition
Approximately 400 world-class universities internationally
accept AP grades in the admission process. Included in that illustrious
list are the universities of Amsterdam, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Lausanne,
Oxford, Paris, Toronto, and Vienna. More than 80 German universities
recognize the Advanced Placement Program and accept holders of secondary
school diplomas from other countries if they also present qualifying
grades of 3 or better on four AP exams. Six universities in Switzerland
and nineteen in Austria have followed the Germans in this respect,
with only minor policy variations.
The AP International Diploma
The Advanced Placement International Diploma (APID) is designed
for students whose higher education plans include applying to a
university outside the United States. It is accepted by universities
worldwide as an indication of a student's readiness for post-secondary
work. It is not, however, used for credit or advanced placement
in universities outside the United States, and is also not a substitutes
for a secondary school diploma.
To earn the International Diploma, students must
earn grades of 3 or higher on at least four full-year (or the equivalent
in half-year) AP examinations within at least three of five academic
areas as follows:
- Two different languages from the "Languages" area
- One from either the "Sciences" or "Mathematics"
areas
- One or more from any other area not previously selected
Future Plans
Plans for the future for AP International include supporting
and expanding current efforts such as the improvement of AP services;
increasing opportunities for AP teacher professional development;
expanding the AP Program worldwide; and increasing recognition and
acceptance of the AP Program internationally.
For more information about the AP Program, you
may contact AP Central at www.apcentral.collegeboard.com or please
call AP Services toll free at (877) 274-6474 or at (609) 771-7300
outside the U.S. and Canada, or write to:
Advanced Placement Program
P.O Box 6671
Princeton, NJ 08541-6671
Click
Here for a direct link to any country with Colleges and Universities
that credit the AP Program
AISC Proposed AP Courses to be offered
listed below for the school year 2008-2009
Advanced Placement
Subject Area |
| BIOLOGY |
COMPUTER SCIENCE A / AB |
PHYSICS C MECHANICS |
| CALCULUS AB /BC |
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
PHYSICS C ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM |
| CHEMISTRY |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE |
WORLD HISTORY |
| FRENCH LANGUAGE |
MACROECONOMICS |
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| PSYCHOLOGY |
MICROECONOMICS |
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Whether or not these courses will be taught will be determined by student interest. Also be aware that Calculus AB and BC, Computer Science A and AB, and both Physics C courses will be taught together so a separate time slot for each AP course will not be required.
AISC high
school curriculum offers the AP COURSES
listed below for the school year 2007-2008
Advanced Placement
Subject Area |
| CALCULUS AB |
CALCULUS BC |
PHYSICS C |
| CHEMISTRY |
BIOLOGY |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE |
| MICRO ECONOMICS |
WORLD HISTORY |
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
| FRENCH LANGUAGE |
COMPUTER SCIENCE A |
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These Universities have informed the College
Board
that they acknowledge qualifying AP Exam scores in their admissions
processes.
| United Kingdom
England
Aston University
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Bournemouth University
City University
Coventry University
De Montfort University
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University
of London
Keele University
Kings College London, University of London
Kingston University
Lancaster University
Leeds Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University
London School of Economics and Political Science, University
of London
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University
Oxford Brookes University
Queen Mary College, University of London
Royal Academy of Music, London
Royal College of Music
Royal Holloway College, University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University College London
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Buckingham
University of Cambridge
University of Central England in Birmingham
University of Derby
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of East London
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Gloucestershire
University of Greenwich
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University of Hertfordshire
University of Hull
University of Kent at Canterbury
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
(UMIST)
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Portsmouth
University of Reading
University of Salford
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Sunderland
University of Surrey
University of Surrey Roehampton
University of Sussex
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Warwick
University of Westminster
University of Wolverhampton
University of York
Scotland
Heriot-Watt University
Queen Margaret University College
Robert Gordon University
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of St. Andrews
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
Wales
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
University of Wales College of Medicine
University of Wales College, Newport
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Wales, Bangor
University of Wales, Lampeter
University of Wales, Swansea
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In addition to the institutions currently listed,
other international higher education institutions use AP Exam
scores
in the admissions process. However, these institutions
may not yet have contacted the College Board.
Colleges and Universities that have accepted
our students since August 2001
USA
Arizona State University
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College
Babson College
Bryant University
Colorado State University
Drexel University
Elizabethtown College
Fairleigh Dickinson University
George Washington University
Georgia Tech
Guilford College
Gustavus Adolphus University
Hartwick College
Hiram College
Knox College
Mankato University
Michigan State University
Montserrat College of Art
Mt. Holyoke University
New Jersey Science and Technology University
Northern Arizona University
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oregon State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
Rensselaer University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
Slippery Rock University
St. Olaf College
SUNY – Binghamton
Tufts University
University of Advancing Technology
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
University of California Riverside
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Hartford
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of the Arts
University of Texas – Austin
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Utica College of Syracuse University
Warren Wilson College
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UK
Bolton Institute
Nottingham Trent University
Southampton Business College
University of Buckingham
University of Central Lancashire
University of Derby
University of Glasgow
University of Reading
University of Sheffield
Canada
Mc Master University
McGill University
Queens University
University of British Columbia
University of Western Ontario
York University
Korea
Catholic University of Korea
Korea University
Kyung Hee University
Sung Kyun University
Yon Sei University
Others
Brussels Free University
Islamic University, Malaysia
Sogang University, Korea
Sophia University, Japan
University of Frankfurt (Universitat Frankfurt Am Main)
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