AP and Honours Course Transition
Everyone is welcome to select an Honours or AP course during course selection. Please note that entry into Honours and Advanced Placement may become a competitive process if there are more student requests that seats available in the course. In this case, we will look at previous course achievement, teacher recommendations and any Honours assessment results.
SCIENCE
Advanced Placement courses have limited enrolment and first priority will be given to students who have completed the Grade 11 Honours. Students who have not taken Honours 11 classes will be considered for Advanced Placement on a space-availability basis. In such cases, students will be required to make up missed Grade 11 Honours level work.
MATHEMATICS
For admission into Math Honours and AP courses, students should have demonstrated an interest, ability and willingness to try to solve more complex math problems. Students will also be expected to write math contests.
ENGLISH
For admission into English Honours and AP courses, students should have demonstrated interest, ability, and willingness to be readers and writers.
SOCIAL STUDIES
For admission into Social Studies Honours and AP courses, students should have an interest in current affairs and world issues, and should have demonstrated strong literacy skills, and a good work ethic.
VISUAL ART
Admission into all Art Honours courses, beginning in Grade 10, will be based on teacher recommendation, an A in Grade 9 Art, and submission of a portfolio for adjudication.
MODERN LANGUAGES
Students who receive a B or higher in French 8 and receive the endorsement of their French teacher are recommended to take French 9 Honours. Students who are successful in French 9 Honours are recommended for French 10 Honours. In order to take AP French, students MUST have taken French 10 Honours and French 11 Honours. Students who receive 80% or higher in Mandarin 11 may take AP Chinese Language and Culture 12.
TECHNOLOGY
For admission into AP Computer Science courses, students should have a strong background in math and have an interest in computer science.
BUSINESS EDUCATION
For admission into AP Microeconomics or AP Macroeconomics, students should have a strong background in Mathematics for Microeconomics and Social Studies for Macroeconomics.
CAPSTONE
South’s AP Capstone program consists of students taking one version of AP Seminar in Grade 11 and students taking AP Research in their Grade 12 year. Those students who get a score of 3 or higher on both AP Seminar and AP Research will be given the designation of AP Capstone Certificate, while students getting a score of 3 or higher on 4 additional AP exams will be given the AP Capstone Diploma designation.
