Editing Advanced Placement (section)

==Courses==

===Current subjects===
There are currently 40 courses and exams available through the AP Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/index.html|title=AP Central - Course Home Pages|website=apcentral.collegeboard.com|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505000235/http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{collist|
'''''Arts'''''
*[[AP 2-D Art and Design]]
*[[AP Art and Design|AP 3-D Art and Design]]
*[[AP Drawing]]
*[[AP Art History]]
*[[AP Music Theory]]
'''''English'''''
*[[AP English Language and Composition]]
*[[AP English Literature and Composition]]
'''''History and Social Sciences'''''
*[[AP African American Studies]]
*[[AP Comparative Government and Politics]]
*[[AP European History]]
*[[AP Human Geography]]
*[[AP Macroeconomics]]
*[[AP Microeconomics]]
*[[AP Psychology]]
*[[AP United States Government and Politics]]
*[[AP United States History]]
*[[AP World History: Modern]]
'''''Math and Computer Science'''''
*[[AP Computer Science Principles]]
*[[AP Computer Science A]]
*[[AP Calculus AB]]
*[[AP Calculus BC]]
*[[AP Precalculus]]
*[[AP Statistics]]
'''''Sciences'''''
*[[AP Biology]]
*[[AP Chemistry]]
*[[AP Environmental Science]]
*[[AP Physics 1|AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based]]
*[[AP Physics 2|AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based]]
*[[AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism]]
*[[AP Physics C: Mechanics]]
'''''World Languages and Cultures'''''
*[[AP Chinese Language and Culture]]
*[[AP French Language and Culture]]
*[[AP German Language and Culture]]
*[[AP Italian Language and Culture]]
*[[AP Japanese Language and Culture]]
*[[AP Latin]]
*[[AP Spanish Language and Culture]]
*[[AP Spanish Literature and Culture]]
'''''Capstone'''''
*[[AP Capstone#AP Research| AP Research]]
*[[AP Seminar]]}}

===Courses in development===

In 2024, the College Board announced pilot programs for several new AP exams as part of the AP Career Kickstart program:
*AP Cyber: Networking<ref name=":2">{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/outreach-and-collaborations/career-kickstart/cybersecurity-pilots | title = Career Kickstart Cybersecurity Pilots | publisher = College Board | year = 2024 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/career-kickstart-instructional-overview.pdf| title = Cybersecurity Pilot Instructional Overview | publisher = College Board | year = 2024 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/help-center/what-are-details-comptiaap-cybersecurity-partnership| title = What are the details of the CompTIA/AP Cybersecurity partnership?| publisher = College Board | year = 2024 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref>
*AP Cyber: Security<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
*AP Business Principles/Personal Finance<ref>{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-business-principles-personal-finance/adopt | title = Introducing AP Business Principles/Personal Finance | publisher = College Board | year = 2024 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://group-app.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/posts/images/9yis4imDXS_nbea_general-free_post__AP+Business+Principles_Fall+2023_Overview.pdf | title = Introducing AP Business Principles | publisher = College Board | year = 2023 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref>
*AP Anatomy and Physiology<ref name="AP1">{{cite web | url = https://www.schoolnewsnetwork.org/2023/01/23/ap-for-all-sophomores-this-school-is-doing-it/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSpoiler%20alert%3A%20We%20are%20actually%20launching%20a%20class%20in%20AP%20anatomy%20and%20physiology%2C%E2%80%9D%20Coleman%20announced | title = AP for all sophomores? This school is doing it | publisher = School News Network | year = 2023 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hapsweb.org/publications-news/haps-blog/2022/04/18/advanced-placement-ap-to-launch-in-fall-2024/ | title = Advanced Placement A&P to Launch in Fall 2024 | publisher = Human Anatomy and Physiology Society | year = 2022 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref>
In the announcement, the College Board additionally noted that "We plan to build out multiple career and technical education (CTE) pathways in information technology (networking, cybersecurity, coding) and additional pathways in business and health sciences."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/outreach-and-collaborations/career-kickstart#:~:text=We%E2%80%99re%20currently%20building%20career%20and%20technical%20education%20(CTE)%20courses%20in%20cybersecurity%20and%20business/personal%20finance.%20We%E2%80%99re%20exploring%20additional%20courses%20in%20health%20sciences%2C%20information%20technology%2C%20and%20more | title = Career Kickstart | publisher = College Board | year = 2024 | access-date = December 26, 2024}}</ref>

In 2018, when the AP World History exam was discontinued, the College Board announced their commitment to developing two replacement courses, '''AP World History: Ancient''' and [[AP World History: Modern]], but so far only the Modern course has launched, with the Ancient course still in development.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-world-history-ancient-high-school-interest-forms.pdf | title = AP World History: Ancient | publisher = College Board | year = 2018 | access-date = December 23, 2024}}</ref>

===Discontinued courses===

Over the decades that the AP program has run, several AP courses and exams have been discontinued or replaced, including
* [[AP Computer Science AB|Computer Science AB]] (discontinued 2009)
* [[AP International English Language|International English Language]] (discontinued 2002)
* [[AP French Literature|French Literature]] (discontinued 2009)
* [[AP German#AP German Literature|German Literature]] (discontinued 1983)
* [[AP Latin Literature|Latin Literature]] (discontinued 2009)
* [[AP Latin: Vergil|Latin: Vergil]] (discontinued 2012)
* Music Listening and Literature
* [[AP Physics B|Physics B]] (discontinued 2014)
* [[AP Russian Language and Culture|Russian Language and Culture]] (discontinued 2010)