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AP Course and Exam Timeline

The availability of information and resources for implementing redesigned courses varies by course. Please see details below.

What’s Changing

2013–14

AP Spanish Language and Culture

2014–15

AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2
(formerly AP Physics B)

AP U.S. History

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	Professional Development The AP Program offers a wide range of professional development options to ensure that teachers have access to the resources and training they need to update their curriculum. Options include subject-specific online workshops and events, as well as face-to-face AP Summer Institutes and AP workshops, facilitated by trained AP Consultants who demonstrate practical ways of implementing course revisions.
	Fall 2012–Spring 2013 One-day, face-to-face workshops are available for AP Chemistry and AP Spanish Language and Culture. Eighty percent of the sessions focus on the current courses; 20 percent focus on previewing the redesigned courses. The workshop AP Chemistry: Transitioning to Inquiry-Based Labs is available. Register to explore inquiry investigations, science practices, and strategies for modifying traditional labs.
	Summer 2013 June–August AP Summer Institutes are available for AP Chemistry and AP Spanish Language and Culture. Participants will learn about the redesigned courses and exams and receive guidance and strategies to support student success. AP Summer Institutes are available for the current AP Physics B and AP U.S. History. Eighty percent of the sessions focus on the current courses; 20 percent focus on previewing the redesigned courses.
	Fall 2013–Spring 2014 One-day, face-to-face workshops are available for AP Chemistry and AP Spanish Language and Culture. Participants will learn about the redesigned courses and exams and receive guidance and strategies to support student success. One-day, face-to-face workshops are available for the current AP Physics B and AP U.S. History. Eighty percent of the sessions focus on the current courses; 20 percent focus on previewing the redesigned courses. Also available are one-day workshops that focus on critical aspects of the redesigned courses.
	Summer 2014 AP Summer Institutes are available for the following courses. Participants will learn about the redesigned courses and exams and receive guidance and strategies to support student success. AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 AP U.S. History
	Fall 2014–Spring 2015 One-day, face-to-face workshops are available for AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, and AP U.S. History. Participants will learn about the redesigned courses and exams and receive guidance and strategies to support student success.

	Resources The AP Program will create and post online numerous curricular materials to help teachers transition to the redesigned course. There are course and exam descriptions that include a discussion of the AP Exam, a representative sampling of exam questions, and the curriculum framework; practice exams featuring a wide range of questions; lab manuals, and more.
	Spring 2013 February AP Chemistry Course and Exam Description AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam Description AP Chemistry Guided-Inquiry Experiments: Applying the Science Practices (teacher version) is now available online. This new lab manual has answers, so the AP Program has secured it. All course authorized AP Chemistry teachers were sent a password Feb. 21, 2013 in an email. Please go to the AP Chemistry page to download the PDF. For help, email the AP Program.
	Summer 2013 AP Chemistry Practice Exam AP Spanish Language and Culture Practice Exam
	Spring 2014 February AP Physics 1: Algebra-based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-based Course and Exam Description AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description
	Summer 2014 AP Physics 1: Algebra-based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-based Practice Exam AP U.S. History Practice Exam