Q: What is the AP Course Audit?
Q: Is the AP Course Audit required?
Q: What's involved? Who needs to participate, and what do they need to do?
Q: Do I have to complete the AP Course Audit process before I start teaching this course?
Q: What is the AP Course Audit?
The AP Course Audit is an authorization process that provides teachers and administrators with guidelines and requirements for offering AP courses. It also ensures that AP courses across high schools meet the same college-level criteria.
Q: Is the AP Course Audit required?
Yes. Every school wishing to label a course an "AP" course must participate in the AP Course Audit.
Q: What's involved? Who needs to participate, and what do they need to do?
The AP Course Audit requires the online submission of two documents: the AP Course Audit form and the teacher's syllabus. The AP teacher and the school principal or designated administrator submit the AP Course Audit form, acknowledging the curricular and resource requirements. The syllabus, detailing how the AP course requirements will be met, is submitted by the AP teacher for review by college faculty.
Q: Do I have to complete the AP Course Audit process before I start teaching this course?
It is necessary to start the course audit process in order to gain access to the AP Digital Portfolio — a web-based application where teachers create a classroom and confirm students' submission of performance tasks as part of the assessment for this course.
Q: Where can I get help preparing my course syllabus?
The AP CSP Course Audit site provides teachers with the tools to create and submit their syllabus for authorization, including curricular requirements, a syllabus development guide, and four annotated sample syllabi. Teachers can choose to create their own syllabus, adopt and submit a sample syllabus, or work with an endorsed provider and obtain a syllabus ID number to receive course authorization.
Go to AP Course Audit for more FAQs, resources, and information about the process.