Advanced Placement Courses

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.

The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program, and corresponding exams that are administered once a year.

Douglas Anderson is proud to offer a wide variety of AP Courses, both in the Arts & Academics.

Fast Facts

• There are 38 AP courses in seven subject categories.
  
  
• Each AP course is modeled on a comparable introductory college course in the subject.
  
  
• Each course culminates in a standardized college-level assessment, or AP Exam.
  
  
• AP Exams are given in May each year at testing locations all over the world.
  
  
• Schools must be authorized by the AP Course Audit to offer approved AP courses and use the AP designation.

Benefits - Taking AP courses and exams can help students:

• Stand out on college applications. AP courses on a student’s transcript show that they’ve challenged themselves with the most rigorous courses available to them. Success on AP Exams show student readiness for college-level coursework.
  
  
• Earn college credit and/or skip introductory courses in college. Most four-year colleges and universities in the United States, as well as many institutions in more than 100 other countries, grant students credit, placement, or both for qualifying AP Exam scores.