AP CLASSES

AT ROBERT F. WAGNER SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, STUDENTS CAN PREPARE FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL STUDIES AND EARN COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) COURSES. OUR OFFERINGS INCLUDE:

• CALCULUS AB
  COVERS LIMITS, DERIVATIVES, INTEGRALS, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS, EMPHASIZING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN GRAPHICAL, NUMERICAL, AND ANALYTICAL METHODS.

• COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES
  INTRODUCES COMPUTING CONCEPTS, INCLUDING ALGORITHM DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, AND USING DATA TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE DISCOVERIES.

• ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION
  FOCUSES ON ANALYZING AND WRITING ABOUT FICTION, POETRY, AND DRAMA TO UNDERSTAND HOW WRITERS USE LANGUAGE CREATIVELY.

• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  EXPLORES SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND EARTH’S SYSTEMS, ENERGY TRANSFER, AND HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

• PHYSICS 1: ALGEBRA-BASED
  COVERS NEWTONIAN MECHANICS, ENERGY, WAVES, AND CIRCUITS WHILE BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH EXPERIMENTS.

• UNITED STATES HISTORY
  EXAMINES U.S. HISTORY FROM 1491 TO THE PRESENT, ANALYZING SOURCES AND CRAFTING ARGUMENTS ON KEY HISTORICAL THEMES.

• HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
  STUDIES PATTERNS AND PROCESSES THAT SHAPE HUMAN INTERACTION WITH EARTH’S SURFACE, USING SPATIAL AND LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS.

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