About Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are options for capable students who want to enrich and challenge themselves in particular subjects by working on university-level material while still in high school. Students can earn university credit and must be committed to thinking and working at a high level. Students can choose a single AP course or a combination of AP courses that suit them (provided they have the prerequisites).
Students can also challenge any of the AP courses, even if that course is not offered at their home school. Students wishing to challenge must independently prepare and notify their school's student services office by November 15. For a list of possible AP courses to challenge, see the AP College Board
website.
Obtaining University Credit
University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina, along with almost all Canadian universities, grant credit to students earning a score of four or five in AP courses. Most American universities give credit for scores of three, four or five. The student's score is based entirely on either a standardized written exam in May or, in Art & Design and Drawing, on a portfolio submitted in May. This university credit is for a first-year class, which saves students tuition and gives them more flexibility in their timetables.
Highlights
- Internationally recognized
- University-level course work
- Potential to earn university credits
- Variety of courses offered in Saskatoon Public Schools
- Rigorous academic opportunity
AP Credit Courses
Art & Design and Drawing
- Centennial Collegiate
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
- Marion M. Graham Collegiate
Biology
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
- Tommy Douglas Collegiate
Calculus
- Centennial Collegiate
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
- Marion M. Graham Collegiate
Computer Science
English
- Centennial Collegiate
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
- Tommy Douglas Collegiate
Micro-Economics
Physics
- Centennial Collegiate
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
Psychology
- Centennial Collegiate
- Evan Hardy Collegiate
Statistics
Advanced Placement Fees
There is no registration fee for an Advanced Placement (AP) course. However, Art & Design and Drawing does have a materials fee. Some students choose to take an AP course for credit and benefit from the learning experience but may choose not to write the exam.
Students who choose to write the AP exam in May will be charged a fee for the exam. Fees are invoiced to the student's school account once they commit to writing the exam(s). The deadline to make a commitment to write the exam and pay the associated fee is March 15 in the same year of the exam. These fees cover the cost of the AP College Board exam.
Saskatoon Public School students registered in an in-person exam or are challenging an exam pay $125 per exam.
- Late order exams will be charged $50 per exam.
- Cancelled exams will be charged $50 per exam.
Out-of-division (non-Saskatoon Public Schools) students who are challenging an exam pay:
- $175 per exam challenge if ordered before November 15
- $225 per exam challenge if ordered between November 16 and March 15.
Students interested in challenging a College Board Advanced Placement exam should contact student services at Evan Hardy Collegiate at 306-683-7706 or
studentservicesevanhardy@spsd.sk.ca no later than November 15 of the academic school year they wish to write the exam.
