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The Advanced Placement (AP) program provides rigorous academic college preparatory coursework in the major subject fields. Courses are offered in English, Social Studies, Science, Foreign Languages, Math, Performing Arts and Fine Arts. AP courses are open to highly motivated students, primarily in 11th and 12th grades; a few courses are open to underclassmen as well. The College Board recognizes recognizes a student who takes a minimum of five AP courses and scores at least a 3 on each AP exam with the designation of AP Scholar. AP courses are open to any student who is interested in academic rigor.AP courses are recognized for college credit by many universities in the United States and abroad. For more information about the AP program, see www.collegeboard.com. To find colleges and universities with AP credit policy information, go to http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp

AP Class Expectations provides abstracts of the Advanced Placement courses at Oakton High School.  Each course link describes Workload, Expectations of Students, Core Topics, and Evaluation.  The information will allow students to make more informed decisions about their course schedules.

Oakton provides AP/Honors FAQs to facilitate in the decision making. For more information, click on the course below:

Students planning to register for AP courses must complete the AP Contract and submit to counselor at time of registration. There is a fee for taking the AP exam and students must complete the registration form.

For more information, please review Welcome to AP at Oakton video (may take a few minutes to load).

 

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