Advanced Placement Programs

The College Board offers AP classes to high school students nationwide. Students take courses throughout the year and sit for exams administered by the College Board. Passing the test grants college credit, allowing students to skip certain courses in college. Channel View School for Research provides ten AP courses, offering a challenging curriculum that showcases commitment to academics. These classes require students to think analytically, write critically, and maintain high academic standards. Participation is recommended for serious, dedicated students. See below for class details and requirements.

AP Benefits

  1. Maintain a passing average throughout the course, as well as on all interim and term reports.

  2. Participate in mandatory study sessions at the instructor's discretion throughout the year to prepare for the AP exam.

  3. Complete lab reports and essays above and beyond the requirements of an honors student.

  4. Complete practice AP exams.

  5. Complete additional readings, such as primary source readings, to learn the analytical approach.

  6. Be held to a higher level of achievement in written and class work.

  7. Maintain the highest level of academic integrity throughout the program.

  8. At the end of the course, determine his/her readiness for the exam.

AP Exam Requirements

In order to participate fully in the course students MUST enroll in the class through the College Board. Students entering their first AP course will create a new College Board account. Students who have already registered for an AP class during a previous school year will use the same account. These are private student accounts that will follow students into their college careers and keep a record of each student’s AP exam scores and PSAT/SAT Scores. Therefore, these accounts must be created using a private email account, not the NYC DOE account that students use to access Google Classroom. Students should create a professional email account for this purpose. Students must write down their email username and password as well as their College Board username and password and keep this information in a safe place. Channel View does not have the ability to reset these accounts if the username and/or password is lost.


Each AP teacher will provide students with a unique “Join Code” for the class. At the beginning of the school year, students will log into their College Board accounts and use these Join Codes to enroll in their AP classes and register for the AP exam. Class assignments will be posted to their College Board AP Classroom account. In addition, if a student does not join a class by the exam-ordering deadline, they will not be able to register for the AP exam. Parents and students should access the College Board account and ensure that the student is enrolled in all of their AP classes.

Courses

  • The AP English Language and Composition course aligns with an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum, which requires students to develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays that proceed through several stages or drafts. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Throughout the course, students develop a personal style by making appropriate grammatical choices. Additionally, students read and analyze the rhetorical elements and their effects in non-fiction texts, including graphic images as forms of text, from many disciplines and historical periods.

  • AP Capstone™ is an innovative diploma program from College Board that equips students with independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges. AP Capstone is built on the foundation of two AP® courses—AP Seminar and AP Research—and is designed to complement and enhance the in-depth, discipline-specific study experienced in other AP courses.

    In the AP Seminar, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources to develop credible and valid evidence-based arguments. AP Seminar is a prerequisite for AP Research.

    Completing AP Seminar and all its required assessment components is necessary for students to develop the skills to be successful in AP Research. In AP Research, students cultivate the skills and discipline necessary to conduct independent research and inquiry to produce and defend their scholarly work.

    AP Capstone aims to empower students by:

    • Engaging them with rigorous college-level curricula focused on the skills necessary for successful college completion;

    • Extending their abilities to synthesize information from multiple perspectives and apply skills in new situations and cross-curricular contexts

    • Enabling them to collect and analyze information with accuracy and precision

    • Cultivating their abilities to craft, communicate, and defend evidence-based arguments

    • Providing opportunities for them to practice disciplined and scholarly research skills while exploring relevant topics that appeal to their interests and curiosity

  • The AP Spanish Language and Culture course emphasizes communication (understanding and being understood by others) by applying interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills in real-life situations. This includes vocabulary usage, language control, communication strategies, and cultural awareness. The AP Spanish Language and Culture course strives not to overemphasize grammatical accuracy at the expense of communication. The course is taught almost exclusively in Spanish to facilitate the study of language and culture.

    The AP Spanish Language and Culture course engages students in an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students’ awareness and appreciation of cultural products (e.g., tools, books, music, laws, conventions, institutions); practices (patterns of social interactions within a culture); and perspectives (values, attitudes, and assumptions).

  • AP Biology is an introductory college-level biology course. Students cultivate their understanding of biology through inquiry-based investigations as they explore the following topics: evolution, cellular processes — energy and communication, genetics, information transfer, ecology, and interactions.

  • AP World History is designed to be the equivalent of a two semester introductory college or university world history course. In AP World History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical periods from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods historians employ: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical comparisons; and utilizing reasoning about contextualization, causation, and continuity and change over time.

    The course provides five themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems; and development and transformation of social structures.

  • AP U.S. History is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university U.S. history course. In AP U.S. History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop the same skills, practices, and methods historians employ: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical comparisons; and utilizing reasoning about contextualization, causation, continuity, and change over time.

    The course also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society.

  • The AP Computer Science Principles course is designed to be equivalent to a first-semester introductory college computing course. In this course, students will develop computational thinking skills vital for success across all disciplines, such as using computational tools to analyze and study data and working with large data sets to analyze, visualize, and draw conclusions from trends. The course engages students in the creative aspects of the field by allowing them to develop computational artifacts based on their interests. Students will also develop effective communication and collaboration skills by working individually and collaboratively to solve problems and will discuss and write about the impacts these solutions could have on their community, society, and the world.

  • The AP Psychology course introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. While considering the psychologists and studies that have shaped the field, students explore and apply psychological theories, key concepts, and phenomena associated with such topics as the biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning and cognition, motivation, developmental psychology, testing and individual differences, treatments of psychological disorders, and social psychology. Throughout the course, students employ psychological research methods, including ethical considerations, as they use the scientific method, evaluate claims and evidence, and effectively communicate ideas.

  • The AP Statistics course introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Four themes are evident in the content, skills, and assessment in the AP Statistics course: exploring data, sampling and experimentation, probability and simulation, and statistical inference. Students use technology, investigations, problem-solving, and writing to build conceptual understanding.