The Yorktown Advanced Placement (AP®) CapstoneTM Program, offered by The College Board, enhances the opportunities for inquiry and student-centered learning through collaborative research, teamwork, critical thinking, and communication. This program emphasizes student interests and academic balance, while providing accessible AP courses for all students. Yorktown High School offers 32 AP courses in many content areas, and AP Capstone courses are skill-based courses that focus on student-centered inquiry.
AP Capstone comprises two AP courses — AP Seminar and AP Research — and is designed to complement and enhance the discipline-specific study in other AP courses. The AP Capstone program provides unique research opportunities to all students, and expands access to AP courses by encouraging students to master the argument- based writing skills that the AP Capstone program develops. Students who undertake these courses are AP Capstone candidates, a distinction recognized by colleges and universities across the country.
Students earn the AP Seminar and Research Certificate after successful completion of both courses (see image). AP Capstone candidates who also pass four other AP exams in any content area earn the AP Capstone Diploma. Students can also access AP Consult, a support class for students enrolled in their first AP course or 2 or more AP courses.
AP CAPSTONE TIMELINE
Students in grades 10-12 can enroll in AP Seminar in the 2023-24 school year. AP Consult will be available starting 2023-24. AP Research will be proposed as a sequential course in the 2024-25 school year for students in grades 11-12.