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Course Title: Advanced Placement Chemistry with Lab Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103330 Term(s) Full Year
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Chemistry with a 90% or higher or Open to 11, 12
teacher recommendation Grades:
Requirement(s): Summer work for this course: Students are strongly
recommended to complete a review of first year chemistry
concepts which include nomenclature, writing net-ionic
equations, and stoichiometry. Materials and resources for
this review are provided.
Students are required to complete the designated Advanced
Placement exam at their own expense (2018-2019 cost $94).
Description: This course is designed to provide students with a learning experience equivalent to that of an introductory
college course in chemistry and includes those topics covered in a typical college-level chemistry course. AP Chemistry
differs significantly from Honors Chemistry with respect to the range and depth of topics covered, the emphasis on chemical
calculations and the mathematical formulation of principles, the nature and variety of laboratory work done by students,
and the time and effort required of students. Students are prepared to meet the challenge of the AP Chemistry exam offered
in early May.
Every incoming student is expected to come to AP Chemistry with a thorough understanding of the concepts taught in first
year chemistry. A recommended review packet is made available in the spring and should be completed before beginning
the AP Chemistry course in the fall. Students that can successfully complete this packet will have the prerequisite
understanding required for this course.
Course Title: Organic Chemistry Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103350 Term(s) Full Year
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Academic Chemistry or Honors Chemistry Open to 11, 12
with 80% or higher Grades:
Description: This course is designed to provide an introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry. It is primarily
for those students interested in a medical or science related field in college. Course topics include: structure and bonding,
the nature of organic compounds, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, stereochemistry, and functional
groups. Laboratory investigations supplement and reinforce topics covered.
Course Title: Physical Science Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103400 Term(s) Full Year
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 11, 12
Grades:
Description: Students are provided with a survey of the basic concepts of physics, such as heat, light, sound, motion,
energy, electricity, magnetism, and related chemical principles. Students are presented with current developments in
technology and their applications within society. Emphasis is placed upon the improvement of reading, writing, and
mathematical skills. Laboratory experiments are provided to reinforce the basic skills and develop good lab techniques.
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