All Hawaii Online Courses (HOC) Advanced Placement (AP) Courses are approved by the College Board and are designed for highly motivated college-bound students who have demonstrated academic achievement, higher order thinking skills, and the ability to work independently.

• Students will need to devote at least 8-10 hours a week per course.

• Due to the enormous amount of information to be covered and its level of complexity, AP courses move at a fast pace and are academically rigorous. Students can easily become overwhelmed if they fall behind in their work. Therefore, students must keep up with ALL assignments.

• Students must actively participate in class. AP coursework requires students to work continually and to challenge themselves to work hard and maintain high standards.

• AP courses rely heavily on college-level texts and outside readings. Students will read and write extensively. There are substantial reading assignments each week.

• These courses may utilize college-level computer simulations which will require frequent software updates to plug-ins such as Java and Flashplayer.

• It will be the students' responsibility to learn any topics not covered in class due to time constraints or other extenuating circumstances.

• All students are highly encouraged to take the AP Exam in May.