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The AP Art History framework included in the course and exam description outlines distinct skills, called art historical thinking skills, that students should practice throughout the year—skills that will help them learn to think and act like art historians.
AP ® Art History. Course and Exam Description (CED) may be useful in providing evidence for satisfying these curricular requirements. Required Evidence. These statements describe the type of evidence and level of detail required in the syllabus to demonstrate how the curricular requirement is met in the course.
These course planning and pacing guides highlight how the components of the AP Art History Curriculum Framework — the big ideas and essential questions, enduring understanding and essential knowledge statements, learning objectives, and works of art within the image set — are addressed in the course.
The syllabus, detailing how course requirements are met, is submitted by the AP teacher for review by college faculty. The curricular and resource requirements, derived from the AP Art History curriculum framework, are outlined below.
College Board
The AP Art History course is equivalent to a two-semester introductory college course that explores the nature of art, art making, and responses to art.
Explore the history of art across the globe from prehistory to the present. You’ll analyze works of art through observation, discussion, reading, and research.
