I know this has been done before, but...

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<p>What are some APs you wish were oferred/would have taken? I have a few...</p>

<p>AP Western Philosophy</p>

<pre><code>Survey of philosophical thought. Plato, Aristotle, Bible, Cicero, Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rosseau, Kant, Thoreau, Wollstonecraft, Nietzsche, Woolf
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<p>AP Western Literature and Civilization</p>

<pre><code>Survey of the formative works of western literature. Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Sappho, Vergil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Cicero, Chaucer, Dante, Milton, Boccaccio, Montaigne, Donne, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Dostoevsky.
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<p>Please, why has there not been an AP Philosophy yet? </p>

<p>Other possibilies:</p>

<p>AP Linguistics, AP Ancient History, AP Sociology</p>

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<p>I really like the Western Philosophy course idea. Heh, you have Hobbes, Locke, and Rosseau- why not Hegel, or Marx? Clearly highly influencial.</p>

<p>Many of the works you discuss in your proposed Wesern Lit and Civ course are in the Latin course. Isnt there an entire AP course devoted to Virgil? Ovid, Cicero, and so forth I believe are on the Latin Lit course. And I dunno... I wouldnt be too excited about reading all of those greek lit guys.</p>

<p>I'm a bit disappointed that there isnt a look at Eastern Civilization and Philosophy. Its clearly a strong thread, but its never been picked up, you know?</p>

<p>Linguistics would be cool. Being a theatre geek, I've always thought there should be some kind kind of play AP, a look at Shakespeare, Comedy of the Absurd, all sorts of stuff. It'd be great.</p>

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<p>Hegel, Marx, Wittegenstien, Emerson, Unamuno, Marcus Aurelius, ...there are so many</p>

<p>For the APWestern Lit, I'm talking about reading the masterpieces in translation. This would give access to the lit for non latin/greek/spanish/russian/italian/german/etc. The latin course is very grammar/vocabulary/translation oriented...this would be more literary/humanistic. And you should be excited about reading those greek lit guys! They wrote some of the best works I've ever read. (I <3 Sophocles)</p>

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<p>The International Bacc. (IB) program has a course called Theory of Knowledge which basically analyzes all the major western philosophers, very much like the "western philosophy" course you described.</p>

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<p>Really? I hate my school.</p>

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<p>I'd like the following languages:</p>

<p>(Most likely)
A.P. Arabic
A.P. Modern Hebrew
A.P. Polish
A.P. Hindi
A.P. Korean</p>

<p>(Somewhat likely)
A.P. Danish
A.P. Swedish
A.P. Norwegian
A.P. Icelandic
A.P. Filipino</p>

<p>(Not likely)
A.P. Catalan
A.P. Basque
A.P. Finnish
A.P. Swahili
A.P. Farsi</p>

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<p>AP portuguese- I'm really interested in this language, and I know it's similar to Spanish, but I find Spanish culture to be very dull</p>

<p>AP African History- No one seems interested in the Africans, but I think a history of Africa would be really interesting. It would be so cool to learn about all the different tribes and stuff</p>

<p>AP dramatic writing- I would love to study poetry, playwriting, etc. A really in-depth class, where you don't just get to write, but you get to read some of the best dramatic writing in the world and analyze it</p>

<p>AP biochemistry- We just touched upon this topic in ap biology, and it was my favorite part of the entire class. It would be great to really get to dive into this topic.</p>

<p>AP engineering- This would introduce engineering topics. You would get to understand what engineering is all about.</p>

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<p>Damn, I can't believe I forgot Portuguese.</p>

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<p>AP Painting</p>

<p>AP Writing (and only writing, no reading)--a class where we write all the time, and we constantly analyze strategies for improving our writing. That would be so helpful</p>

<p>AP Piano</p>

<p>AP Gaelic</p>

<p>btw, did you know that cb has an AP music theory course?</p>

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<p>AP African History
AP Human Anatomy & Physiology
AP Genealogy
AP Astronomy</p>

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<p>vtoodler-</p>

<p>yea I know about AP Music Theory...and it's a VERY hard course...</p>

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<p>yea bluthunder- it's nice to see someone has neglected ap african history.</p>

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<p>"vtoodler-</p>

<p>yea I know about AP Music Theory...and it's a VERY hard course..."</p>

<p>Why is it hard? What makes it so difficult?</p>

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<p>"Why is it hard? What makes it so difficult?"</p>

<p>Are you currently in band? If not it's even harder...</p>

<p>Pitch recognition by ear, tuning by ear, triads, chords, partials, etc.</p>

<p>It can get complicated at times...</p>

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<p>AP Calc 3, AP Linear Algebra</p>

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<p>AP Geosystems/Earth Science - I always wondered why they didn't have one for earth science.
AP Number Theory - THe number theory should be covered as an introductory course to number theory.
AP East Asian History(Korea, China) - Too much European stuff. We should learn Asian stuff to balance the influence.
AP Oceanography - The ocean is such a fascinating thing to study.
AP Greek- They have latin so why not greek.</p>

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<p>AP Logic and Set Theory</p>

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<p>I agree big time on the AP Philosophy and even AP Sociology
I think the languages should be expanded
I would like to see AP Classical History (Greek/Roman)
More AP Maths (AP Differential Equations, AP Number Theory, AP Real Analysis, AP Discrete Math)</p>

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<p>How about an AP Creative Writing course? It could be structured similarly to the AP Studio Art courses. You make a portfolio of your best short story/poetry/essay writings and send them into the AP readers. And in order to make sure your talent is not derived from someone else, during the exam period one would be given a creative theme to write a short story or poem, a certain amount of time, and that creative work would be sent in to be judged against your revised pieces. The impromptu piece could count 20%, prepared 80%.</p>