<p>I would like to have a general consensus as to whether your AP classes are a year-long or a semester. Background - My school used to have year-long AP classes until last year where budget reasons called for semester AP classes instead of year-long AP's (but of course, our football team got all new gear and such in light of "budget restrictions.") We are a small school, so we only offer four AP's - AP Calculus AB, AP US History, AP English Composition and AP English Literature. When some of us concerned students asked why they were cut down, the administration informed us that, "all of the other schools only have them for a semester, so we should be doing likewise as well." I personally believe that some AP's can be done in a semester, but classes like Calc in a semester scares the willies out of me (even though I always have made an "A" in all of my previous math courses.) So, how do your AP's go?</p>
<p>I concur in the fact that some AP's can be finished in a semester. However, for that to happen, it requires highly motivated students, a good teacher, and a will to learn at a rapid pace. The AP's that I believe that can not be learned within a whole semester are the language and Physics C (both M and E&M).</p>
<p>In my city, the AP's are generally a year long. However, I have to note that the actual material covered is one semester long. The second semester is used to review the materials.</p>
<p>we have semester AP courses but they are combined with others to create a full year course. For example, we combine Comparative Government and US government to form AP Government. We also combine macro + micro economic to make AP economics. I'm def. sure that Calc AB can be learned in a semester since that is what occurs in college anyways.</p>
<p>At our school, only AP US Gov and AP Macro econ are combined. this is done because all students must complete one semester of gov and econ to graduate. HOWEVER, the teacher lectures on gov all the way to the AP test and on "AP econ" after the test. thus, nobody actually takes the econ test. the semester deal doesnt really exist, it really is just a year of econ.</p>
<p>but calc AB can be easily taught in one semester. im taking calc 1a at a community college this summer. this class is the equivalent of calc AP AB and we are going extremely fast to cover all the material in a summer and are doing so quite well. so then, im sure you can cover all of calc AB in one semester. you should only worry that u forget the stuff after one semester come AP time..</p>
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Yeah, forgetting the stuff is what scares me the most! I will make like a 99 in the class and make a 2 on the exam; luckily, I am really motivated to learn on my own anyway (studying SAT Biology right now for October test.)</p>
<p>Psych, Macro, Micro, US Gov't, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M are all semester courses at my high school. (The Physics are packaged into a year-long course, with the first semester being Mechanics and the second Electricity/Magnetism.</p>