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AP Research CCP ENGL 1110 English
Grade 12 Composition
Course Number 171
Full Year Course - 1 credit Grades 10-12
Prerequisite: Recommendation Course Number CCP193
Estimated Fee: A.P. Test Registration Semester Course – 3 college credits 1 high school
Recommended For: College Bound credit
Career: CORE Prerequisite:
Estimated Fee: TBD
AP Research allows students to deeply explore Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
an academic topic, problem, or issue of Career: CORE
individual interest. Through this exploration,
students design, plan, and conduct a year-long This course focuses on the writing process and
research-based investigation to address a on the composition of expository writing
research question. assignments, including personal,
In the AP Research course, students further informational, and critical essays. Students
their skills acquired in the AP Seminar course will read and analyze expository and
by understanding research methodology; imaginative texts (fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
employing ethical research practices; and or drama). Because of duplication in course
accessing, analyzing, and synthesizing content, students who have taken ENGL 1110
information as they address a research English Composition I (B) should not take this
question. Students explore their skill course. (3 contact hours)
development, document their processes, and
curate the artifacts of the development of their CCP ENGL 1120 English
scholarly work in a portfolio. The course
culminates in an academic paper of 4000-5000 Composition
words (accompanied by a performance or Grades 10-12
exhibition of product where applicable) and a Course Number CCP193
presentation with an oral defense. Semester Course – 3 college credits 1 high school
Students enrolling in this course are expected credit
Prerequisite: ENGL 1110 or ENGL 1111
to take the AP exam in May. Estimated Fee: TBD
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
Career: CORE
This course analyzes argumentative strategies,
models, and texts. Students will focus on the
research process: identifying sources through
electronic and print-based research strategies,
evaluating research materials, and integrating
and synthesizing research material. The
course culminates in the production of a fully
documented argumentative paper.
(3 contact hours)
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