Transcript Advanced Placement - Berwick Area School District

Comparable to college level courses
 The AP Exam is mandatory and paid for by
Berwick Area School District.
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› Earn college credit or placement. More info at
www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy
› Scored on a 5 point scale
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5=extremely well qualified (traditional A)
4=well qualified
(traditional A-, B+, B)
3=qualified
(traditional B-, C+, C)
2=possibly qualified
1=no recommendation
Score reports are sent to colleges upon
request
 AP looks EXCELLENT on your transcript
 Weighted at 1.08 (highest grade weight
possible at BHS)
 If you do not take the exam, your
APcourse will not be weighted
 For general information about AP
courses and Exams visit
www.collegeboard.com/apstudents
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Prerequisites: Biology I, Chemistry I
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Content:
› Covers all 55 chapters in a college textbook
in fulfillment of the advanced placement
curriculum for biology.
› Following the exam, students will dissect the
fetal pig to finish out the year.
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Prerequisites: Advanced Math
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Content: This course emphasizes a multirepresentational approach to calculus
with concepts, results, and problems
being expressed graphically,
numerically, analytically, and verbally.
Themes of derivatives, integrals, limits,
approximation, applications, slope fields,
and modeling are covered.
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Prerequisite: Calculus AB
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Content:
› This course requires a knowledge of topics
covered in Calc AB.
› Additional topics of parametric, polar and
vector functions, analysis of the graphs,
velocity and acceleration, differential
equations using Euler’s method and
polynomial approximations.
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Prerequisite: Chemistry I and Algebra II
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Content:
› Gases, equations, stoichiometry, organic,
nuclear, kinetics, thermodynamics, and
coordination chemistry
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Prerequisite: Computer Programming II
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Content:
› Emphasizes object oriented programming
methodology.
› Concentration on problem solving and
algorithm development.
› Includes the study of data structures, design,
and abstraction
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Junior Year Course
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Content:
› Lengthy expository, analytical, and
argumentative essays.
› Required summer readings.
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Senior Year Course
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Content:
› Intensive writing as a response to the
extensive reading of all literary genres from a
variety of time periods.
› Required summer readings
› Demonstrate critical and analytical thought
› Participate in frequent discussions to refine
the writing process.
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Prerequisite: Latin III
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Content:
› Students will translate, scan, analyze, and
interpret 1800 lines from Vergil’s epic poem
The Aeneid.
› Latin meter, vocabulary (6000 new words),
grammar studies, historical figures, Augustan
age history, and language mastery skills.
› Worth 1 credit and meets 1 period per day
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Prerequisite: Advanced Math, Physics I
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Content:
› Lab oriented program designed to
supplement physics.
› Topics discussed are electricity and
magnetism, modern physics and nuclear
science.
› For students planning to major in math,
physics or engineering.
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Content:
› Advanced level (5th or 6th semester)
› Intended for those students who took
Spanish 1 in 8th grade, however, to “test out”
of Spanish 4, see Mrs. Isenberg ASAP.
› Emphasizing the use of Spanish for active
communication, oral skills, reading
comprehension, grammar, and composition.
› Demonstrate understanding of authentic
Spanish language source material.
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Content:
› Analytical perspective on government and
politics in the US.
› General concepts used to interpret US
government with specific examples.
› Becoming familiar with various institutions,
groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute US
government and politics.
April Zluchowski
AP Coordinator
759-6400 ext. 3106
[email protected]