2013 - 2014 Course Selection Guide Book - Claremont Secondary ...

AP CALCULUS AB (4420)
Claremont Secondary – Course Guide 2013-2014
The AP Calculus AB course provides students with an opportunity to earn credit for university
level calculus (for example: Math 100) while still in high school. It covers all of the topics
offered in Calculus 12 in addition to areas between curves, volumes of rotation, and slope
fields. Students who enrol in AP Calculus AB will write the Calculus 12 exam in January and
the AP exam during the AP examination session in May. Students who successfully complete
AP Calculus earn 4 credits for Calculus 12. Students will also earn first year university math
credits, provided they achieve an AP exam score of 4 or 5. AP Calculus AB is only offered in
first semester.
AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION (3009)
An AP course in English Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled
readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, mostly non-fiction, and in becoming
skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Students study the relationships
between a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects. They will also get to
compose compositions on topics which interest them. English majors, students interested in
pursuing law, advertising and communications, environmental science, languages, history,
psychology, or sociology will appreciate this preparation for writing and reading at the postsecondary
level.
Prerequisites: To be taken in conjunction with English 11 E – Yearlong (3009)
AP ENGLISH 12 (4060)
Must also select Literature 12 (4036)
Continuing the work done in Literature 12, English 12 Advanced Placement combines English
12 and Advanced Placement Literature and Composition allowing students the opportunity to
take the AP exam in May. Students learn and apply methods of literary analysis and write with
a variety of purposes to increase precision in expression. Texts are drawn from multiple
genres, periods, and cultures with a major focus on modern stories, plays and poems. Students
will read thoroughly, taking time to understand a work's complexity. Those who successfully
complete AP English Literature will be scheduled to write the English 12 provincial exam in
June, thus completing the English 12 graduation requirement. Credit for first year English is
granted at many Canadian and American universities for achieving an AP standing of 4 or 5 on
the exam.
Prerequisite: Literature 12 (Student will receive 8 credits if combined with Literature 12)
CRIMINOLOGY 154 (4114)
(DUAL CREDIT – CAMOSUN COLLEGE)
Offered in conjunction with Camosun College, Criminology 154 provides an examination of the
Canadian criminal justice system, and its components. Upon completion of this course
students will be able to, map the progress of an accused person through the criminal justice
process and identify the various options the system has for holding offenders accountable for
their crimes. Units include: policing, the court process, sentencing and corrections.
Criminology 154 counts for course credit at Camosun College and as credits for University
Transfer. Guest speakers and field trips are a major part of the curriculum. The course takes
the concepts from Law 12 and looks at them in greater detail. If you liked Law 12 you will love
Criminology 154. The course is offered at no additional cost to the students and Law 12 is not a
prerequisite, but recommended. This course will be offered in semester 2 in the 2012-2013
allowing students to take Law 12 in semester 1.
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