Explore AP Courses with Projects
Learn which AP courses use project based learning as an instructional approach or include projects or performance tasks as part of the AP Exam score.
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The Benefits of AP Courses with Projects
AP Business with Personal Finance
Through entrepreneurial projects, simulated work-based experiences, and case studies, students build business, decision making, and personal finance skills that prepare them for careers in diverse settings. Students bring learning to life through two projects—launching a business idea with the Business Canvas Project and giving advice in a financial advisor project. Developed in collaboration with college faculty and industry leaders, this Career Kickstart™ course also gives students the opportunity to earn college credit.
AP African American Studies
AP African American Studies is an interdisciplinary course that helps students develop critical source analysis skills, especially historical, literary, visual, and data analysis. Students complete a three-week individual project, choosing, researching, and presenting their findings on a topic of their own interest. It’s an ideal way for students to try AP for the first time. The course is designed to provide every student with a strong foundation in facts and evidence about African American history and culture.
AP Computer Science Principles
Engage students who are new to computing through real-world topics, such as coding, data, and the impact of technology. AP Computer Science Principles introduces students to foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology affect everything from healthcare to music—and no prior coding experience is needed. Students design and build a computer program to solve a problem, enable innovation, explore a personal interest, or express their creativity.
English 10: AP Seminar
Taking AP Seminar in 10th grade sets students up for success in future high school courses, college, and beyond. An English course taught in the AP Seminar style, this interdisciplinary course helps students develop foundational writing, presentation, collaboration, and academic research skills, as they explore topics of their choosing. Each student’s AP score is based on two performance tasks: a Team Project and Presentation and an Individual Written Argument and Presentation. Many schools are offering AP Seminar as English 10 because it aligns with their state standards and can be integrated into their existing curriculum frameworks. This approach offers a wide range of students early access to AP through relevant coursework and project based assessments.
AP Research
Building on the inquiry and analysis skills developed in AP Seminar, AP Research engages students in a yearlong, independent research project. As the second course in the AP Capstone Diploma™ Program, students investigate a topic of personal interest and present their findings through an academic paper and a presentation with an oral defense.
AP Capstone Diploma Program
Help students truly stand out to colleges with this program featuring two yearlong courses: AP Seminar and AP Research. Students explore real-world topics of interest as they build vital skills for college success, such as critical thinking, analysis, collaboration, and written and oral presentation. They can also earn one of two different AP Capstone™ awards, which are valued by colleges across the United States and around the world.
AP Art and Design Courses
In AP Art and Design courses, students develop the skills that artists and designers use to create a portfolio of work. Their AP score is based on their portfolio, which includes works of art and their responses to prompts about those works.
Professional Learning Opportunities
The AP Project Based Learning Series, a one-year professional learning program, helps teachers in select AP courses adopt and implement a project based learning approach. It’s designed to anchor their AP course in projects that integrate the content and skills in the course framework. Workshops in the AP Project Based Learning Series are designed and delivered by PBLWorks, the premier organization in Project Based Learning (PBL) teaching methodology.
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