ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Advanced placement - English language ARts

EFP LITERARY STUDIES 11 / ENGLISH STUDIES 12: 

Advanced Placement Language and Composition

For students who want a challenge, this yearlong course combines Literary Studies 11 and English Studies 12 with Advanced Placement Language and Composition. This is an ideal course for those who love non-fiction, argument, discussions and exploring ideas. Students have the opportunity to discuss and write about topics that matter to them.

The yearlong course gives students credit for Literary Studies 11 and English Studies 12 while providing the opportunity to complete the equivalent of a first-year English course during their grade 11 year. This course will prepare students for the rigours of both academic and creative thought that will help students succeed in university. University credits can be earned by students who score a 4 or 5 (out of 5) on the AP Language exam administered by the College Board every May.

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 12

AP English Literature and Composition is an academic elective that gives students the opportunity to complete the equivalent of a first-year English course during their grade 12 year. Students will intensively study, analyze, and discuss poetry, novels, and drama.  University credits can be earned by students who score a 4 or 5 (out of 5) on the AP Literature exam administered by the College Board every May. 

Literature 12 Studies would certainly be beneficial but is no longer required

ADVANCED PLACEMENT - SCIENCE

In addition to the core senior science courses, and in partnership with Camosun College and the University of Victoria, Claremont offers exposure to first year university courses through Advanced Placement (AP) in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.  Claremont is the only high school in Victoria that is currently offering AP in all three sciences.  AP curriculum is taught at Claremont by Claremont teachers; while the laboratory component for Biology is offered at Camosun College one evening per week. The Chemistry labs are offered at UVic. Students who typically enroll in AP courses are university-bound with an interest in the sciences. Prior AP students report increased success and comfort within first year science courses as they have seen the content previously AND they have experienced campus life through their lab component at either Camosun College or UVic.

Claremont Secondary School provides students with the opportunity to earn credit for first year college and university courses through the Advanced Placement (AP) Program.  Students will earn 4 grade 12 credits by completing the course.  AP Biology, AP Chemistry and AP Physics do not count as an Academic Grade 12 Science Course for Post Secondary Entrance.  See your counsellor for more details.

Course Fees:


If students complete the lab portion and score well on the AP exam, they can also earn post-secondary credits. The AP Biology lab component, which will run concurrently with the course (one evening per week, times to be determined), will be taught and evaluated by Camosun College teaching staff.  The Camosun Application fee of approximately $45.00 will be due in May and the remainder of the Camosun fees will be due in September.

  

The AP Chemistry lab component which will run concurrently with the course (times to be determined), will be taught and evaluated by the University of Victoria Chemistry Department. There will be a fee of $100 for the lab course at UVic. Students may choose to apply the grade earned during the lab at UVic to partially satisfy their first year lab requirements at UVic.

The AP Physics lab component which will run concurrently with the course (times to be determined), will be taught and evaluated at Claremont by Mr. Paananen.

Students must have first completed the corresponding grade 11 and grade 12 courses before taking the appropriate Advanced Placement course. (This information does not apply to AP English courses on the next page.

More information about transferring AP courses for credit can be found at the following website: http://www.bctransferguide.ca/search/ap

AP BIOLOGY 

To be successful in AP Biology, students must have first completed Life Sciences 11 and Anatomy and Physiology 12.

This AP Biology course provides students with conceptual framework, factual knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with the rapidly changing science of biology.  Essential to this course includes the conceptual understanding of the following:  a grasp of science as a process rather than as an accumulation of facts; personal experience in scientific inquiry; recognition of unifying themes that integrate the major topics of biology; and application of biological knowledge and critical thinking to environmental and social concerns. AP Biology

Topics will include molecules and cells, molecular genetics,  heredity and evolution, and organisms and populations.

AP CHEMISTRY

To be successful in AP Chemistry students must have first completed Chemistry 11 and Chemistry 12

This course will provide students with the opportunity to attain a depth of understanding of fundamentals and a reasonable competence in dealing with chemical problems.  Students will develop their abilities to think clearly and express their ideas, orally and in writing, with clarity and logic of connections that chemistry has with other courses and society.

Topics will include the structure of matter, states of matter, reactions, and descriptive chemistry.



AP PHYSICS 

To be successful in AP Physics, students must first have completed Physics 11. 


AP Physics 2 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course that expands on the content delivered in Physics 12.  Students will develop their understanding of physics through classroom study, in-class activities, and lab work.  Students taking Physics 12 concurrently with AP Physics 2 will not have the option to write the AP Physics exam.  Only students who have taken Physics 12 in first semester will have the option to write the AP Physics 2 exam.


Topics will include fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum, atomic and nuclear physics.


Special note:  It is possible for a student to take AP Physics 2 and AP Chemistry concurrently as they occur in the same block.  Content alternates every two weeks.  However, students are not required to take both if a student would prefer to take only one AP Physics 2 or AP Chemistry.