Advanced Placement Chemistry at Columbine High School allows its students to obtain two semesters of college credit, including credit for lab courses.  

There are two pathways to obtain college credit.  

One pathway is via the AP Chemistry exam offered in early May of each year.  State law requires all public colleges and universities in Colorado to award credit for a qualifying AP exam score of 3 or higher.

The other pathway is via the CU Succeed program.  Colorado state law guarantees that credit obtained through CU Succeed is transferable to any public college or university in Colorado.  The CU Succeed program is administered by the University of Colorado Denver while its students receive instruction in their regular high-school classrooms.

Dr Price is one of few teachers in the state authorized to offer college credit for high-school coursework.

AP Chemistry is not a duplicate of Honors Chemistry or Chemistry courses at CHS.  While individuals can earn one semester of college credit in Honors Chemistry, students of AP Chemistry can earn two semesters of college credit.

So who benefits from AP Chemistry?  Certainly those with an interest in chemistry, other sciences, engineering, and medicine.  Every major at the college level requires some study of sciences, however, and credit earned from AP Chemistry would meet that science requirement:  one can eliminate the college science requirement entirely—including lab courses—by earning credit in high-school AP Chemistry.

And what are we doing today in AP Chemistry?  Comparing reactivities of chlorine, bromine, and iodine.