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Advanced Placement

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Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement (AP) is a College Board program that offers Minnesota high school students the opportunity to take rigorous, college-level courses and the potential to earn college credit while in high school. Students engage in intense discussions, solve problems collaboratively, and learn to write clearly and persuasively.

AP Courses
Instructors--Centennial High School teachers--are highly trained and utilize research-based strategies to reach all students. The content in AP courses is structured similarly to college coursework. These courses prepare students for further education.

AP Exams
AP exams are open to all students, not just those who have taken an AP course, so home-schooled, online students and others may take an AP exam for credit. Students who complete an AP course and/or take the end-of-course examination may qualify for college credit from postsecondary institutions, provided their score meets the institution’s credit policy. Students should check with individual colleges for the most current list of the AP courses each institution accepts for college credit. AP exam subsidies are available for public and non-public school students for both fee-reduced (low-income) and non-fee-reduced students.

Courses Offered

  • Biology
  • Calculus*
  • Computer Science Programming
  • English Literature
  • Human Geography
  • World History

* Calculus is an AP course for the 26-27 school year and then will change to Concurrent Enrollment with the University of Minnesota after that. 

AP Test Schedule

Test Schedule Information