Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board. AP offers undergraduate university-level curricula and examinations to high school students. Colleges and universities in the US and elsewhere may grant placement and course credit to students who obtain qualifying scores on the examinations.

Advanced Placement exams
Logo since 2017
Acronym	AP
Developer / administrator	College Board
Year started	1952 (1952)
Duration	Mostly 2–3 hours
Score / grade range	1–5 (details)
Score / grade validity	Scores archived after 4 years, but remain valid
Offered	Yearly
Countries / regions	United States and Canada
Fee	2024 exams (USD): $98 (US, Canada, DoDEA schools) $128 (elsewhere) $146 (AP Capstone)
Website	ap.collegeboard.org

Advanced Placement
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Exams • Awards
AP Capstone
Seminar (AP Capstone Part 1) Research (AP Capstone Part 2)
Current subjects
Art History Biology Calculus (AB and BC) Chemistry Chinese Language and Culture Comparative Government and Politics Computer Science A Computer Science Principles English Language and Composition English Literature and Composition Environmental Science European History French Language and Culture German Language and Culture Human Geography Italian Language and Culture Japanese Language and Culture Latin Macroeconomics Microeconomics Music Theory Physics 1: Algebra-Based Physics 2: Algebra-Based Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Physics C: Mechanics Precalculus Psychology Spanish Language and Culture Spanish Literature and Culture Statistics Studio Art (2-D, 3-D, and Drawing) U.S. Government and Politics U.S. History World History: Modern
In development
African American Studies Anatomy and Physiology Business Principles World History: Ancient
Former subjects
Computer Science AB International English Language French Literature Latin Literature Latin: Vergil Music Listening and Literature Physics B Physics C Russian Language and Culture

Education in the United States
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Summary
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Issues
Accreditation Primary and secondary Post-secondary Financing Educational attainment Law Literacy Policy Post-secondary issues Bubble Cost and financing Credentialism Elite overproduction Graduate unemployment Student financial aid Student loans Reform Charter schools Inequality Achievement gaps Racial achievement gap Desegregation busing Gender achievement gap School choice School corporal punishment Sexual harassment Foreign involvement
Levels of education
K–12 - Early childhood (Primary – Secondary) – Post-secondary Organizations
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The AP curriculum for each of the various subjects is created for the College Board by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that academic discipline. For a high school course to have the designation as offering an AP course, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum as specified in the Board's Course and Examination Description (CED). If the course is approved, the school may use the AP designation and the course will be publicly listed on the AP Course Ledger.

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