Advanced Placement Programs at TIOS

TIOS is proud to have been designated as an authorized AP World School.

Advanced Placement courses are currently offered in three subject areas at TIOS:

1. Calculus AB
2. Physics 1
3. English Language and Composition

The AP Program provides students with the opportunity to enhance their OSSD studies in these subject areas and to earn advanced placement at university.  All AP courses culminate in a final, standardized examination that takes place at TIOS in the month of May.

Why take one of the above three AP courses?

AP courses enable students to pursue university-level studies while still a student at TIOS.  According to The Princeton Review, the benefits of taking AP courses include:

1. Preparation for university studies: Fully understanding and experiencing the rigour and requirements of university studies can ease a student’s transition from high school to university.
2. Demonstration of academic ability: Excellent achievement in AP courses in high school will demonstrate an ability to cope with the requirements of university study.
3. Enhance your chances of university offers of admission: AP courses on an Ontario Student Transcript will show Admissions Officers your enthusiasm for academic studies.
4. Study what you love: AP courses enhance the Ontario curriculum and give students the opportunity to specialize in areas of particular interest to them.
5. Earn your degree earlier: For universities that offer AP credit, these courses taken in high school can fast-track your bachelor’s degree in university.

Course descriptions

1. AP Calculus AB: Calculus AB is an introductory university-level Calculus course.  Students cultivate their understanding of differential and integral Calculus through engaging with real-world problems represented graphically, numerically, analytically and verbally and using definsitions and theorems to build arguments and justify conclusions as they explore concepts like change, limits, and the analysis of functions.
2. AP Physics 1: Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory university-level Physics course.  Students cultivate their understanding of Physics through classroom study, in-class activity and hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory work as they explore concepts like systems, fields, force interactions, change and conservation.
3. AP English Language & Composition: English Language & Composition is an introductory university-level composition course.  Students cultivate their understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evident, reasoning and organization, and style.