AP Courses

Latin

Fundamentals of Latin, Latin 1, Latin 2, Latin 3, Latin Readings, AP Latin, Advanced Latin - Directed Study

WHA offers a full range of Latin courses, from 4th grade through AP® Latin. Students have routinely scored well on both the AP Latin exam and other National Latin exams. Fundamentals of Latin Fundamentals of Latin is a springboard class which introduces School of Logic students with little or no Latin background to the basics […]

Section: AP Courses, Languages   |   School: School of Logic, School of Rhetoric

Chemistry

Chemistry, Chemistry (Pre-AP/Honors), AP Chemistry

Chemistry This is a complete first-year high school chemistry course. It will provide students with an understanding of the properties of, and interactions between, different types of matter. Students will understand fundamental concepts concerning atoms, elements, and compounds. They will also comprehend the trends within the periodic table and how the atomic structure of elements […]

Section: AP Courses, Sciences   |   School: School of Rhetoric

Biology

Biology, Honors Biology, Marine Biology, AP Biology

Biology This is an introductory course in biology. Taught from a Christian worldview using classical methodology, students will study the nature of life, including the chemical basis of living cells. We will study cell structure, function, division and genetics. Evolutionary theory will be discussed with care and consideration given to diverse opinions. An overview of […]

Section: AP Courses, Sciences   |   School: School of Rhetoric

AP Statistics

AP® Statistics is intended to provide a college level foundation in introductory statistics. Topics covered include: explore, model, and describe data, designing studies, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, estimating with confidence, significance testing, comparing populations, and inferences for distributions of categorical data. The course endeavors to give students a deeper understanding of how data is […]

Section: AP Courses, Math   |   School: School of Rhetoric

AP Art History

This course surveys the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the splatterings of Jackson Pollock. The course is taught at a college level, and has four aims: Students will gain a Christian understanding of the nature of art as such via the insights of Francis Schaeffer’s colleague at […]

Section: AP Courses, Humanities

AP Computer Science Principles

How do computer science principles fit with a classical Christian education?  We’re glad you asked. According to the official description (found here), “AP Computer Science Principles offers a multidisciplinary approach to teaching the underlying principles of computation.”  It addresses the “big ideas” of computer science, including programming, abstractions, algorithms, large data sets and more.  Students […]

Section: AP Courses, Humanities   |   School: School of Rhetoric

AP Calculus AB

This Advanced Placement® course will cover differential and integral calculus.  Topics covered include  functions and graphs, limits, continuity, derivatives and differentiability, applications of the derivative, curve sketching, related rates, implicit differentiation, parametric equations, Riemann sums, indefinite and definite integrals, techniques of integration, applications of integration, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and numerical approximations to definite […]

Section: AP Courses, Math   |   School: School of Rhetoric