We don't know exactly what was in the AP African American class but I will assume it's different than the AP German class, AP Chinese class, AP Spanish class, or AP French class because AP African American would have been covering topics already being discussed in classes like AP U.S. History...topics I do know are covered in AP U.S. History.
Yet, other ethnic groups have their own AP identity class.
I would like to see an AP Indigenous class at least in North Dakota and South Dakota high school education systems. Oh wait, there are already honors indigenous classes and honors indigenous literature classes.
Yet, AP classes are good for those getting credit for classes they would have been required to take during their freshmen and sophomore years of college. I never viewed AP classes as a way to make your college application credentials look nicer to help gain entry into a University although some do.
Instead, I viewed AP classes as a big money saver. It's the primary reason I and my friends took AP classes along with allowing us to get into our college degree classes much sooner because we had already earned college credits for biology, chemistry, physics, and languages.
wrbtrader
AP German is a class on the German language not Germany
AP Chinese is a class on the Chinese language not Chinese ethnicity...
AP French is....about French.
I dont understand your analogy... AP African American is just pulling from AP World History and AP U.S. History and does not make sense as an AP class but is a college class or major which students can choose.
AP classes are a major way to make your application look nicer. Every college will say rigor of ones classes is a major factor in reviewing an application. Someone getting >4.0 taking Honors and AP classes is looked on more favorably than someone taking breezy not challenging classes and getting all As. You dont get into a top 30 or 40 college without some AP /honors classes or advanced classes really. Not all the credits carry into college as it depends on the school. For example if you go to a school to major in biology, AP Psychology and AP World History might not receive the credit but AP Calculus and AP Bio will. SO you have to see what each college recognizes.
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