The Advanced Placement (AP) World History Informational will be set on Thursday, May 15 in the MUR to introduce the course to incoming tenth graders.

Next year, the course will be taught by Patrick McDevitt in E15. The class is more rigorous and there are different expectations compared to normal world history. 

“The biggest difference between a mainstream world history class and the AP world history class is that AP covers just a much larger time period,” McDevitt said. “So the amount of material in an AP class is much more and then also the pace at which we move is a lot faster.”

This course is also usually the first AP class students take, so many may not know what to expect. 

“I don’t know if I’d say it’s necessarily extremely difficult,” McDevitt said. “In terms of getting ready to pass the AP exam, students can expect to have to carve out a lot more time to study the material we’ve covered all year if they want to do well on that exam.”

For AP World History students next year, being a newer course at Woodside, McDevitt provided suggestions for incoming students.

“I think the best advice would be to make sure that you have time in your schedule and you can pace yourself appropriately.” McDevitt said. “If you have time in your schedule, and you can do a little bit each day and spread that out over the year, your experience is going to be a lot better.”

The AP World History Informational provided for students is meant to let them learn more about the course and have information going into next year. 

“I just want to introduce myself to the students who will be sophomores next year,” McDevitt said. “I wanted to cover GPA bumps and what that looks like in an AP class…also the option to earn college credit by passing the AP exam…I also wanted to spend a little time going over the summer assignment and just field any questions.”