Advanced Placement & Dual Enrollment
Advanced Placement ProgramAP Summer Assignments for 2026-2027 now posted! (click here)
Bishop Kenny offers 26 Advanced Placement (AP) courses which offer students the opportunity to complete college-level work while in high school and earn college credit. AP courses engage students in higher-level inquiry, research, and real-world applications in the disciplines they study.
AP students may also join the Capstone Diploma program, an innovative program that ties together the skills developed across multiple disciplines to prepare students to be critical thinkers and expert researchers.
AP Course Offerings
Capstone Diploma Program
- AP Seminar (10th or 11th grade)
- AP Research (11th or 12th grade)
English
- AP English Language and Composition (11th grade)
- AP English Literature and Composition (12th grade)
Social Studies
- AP World History (10th grade)
- AP United States History (11th grade)
- AP United States Government & Politics (12th grade)
- AP Macroeconomics (12th grade)
- AP Human Geography (11th or 12th grade)
- AP Psychology (11th or 12th grade)
Mathematics
- AP Statistics (11th or 12th grade)
- AP Calculus AB (12th grade)
- AP Calculus BC (12th grade)
Science
- AP Biology (11th or 12th grade)
- AP Chemistry (11th or 12th grade)
- AP Environmental Science (11th or 12th grade)
- AP Physics C: Mechanics (11th or 12th grade)
World Languages
- AP Spanish Language and Culture (12th grade)
- AP Latin (12th grade)
- AP German (12th grade)
Performing Arts
- AP Studio Art: Drawing
- AP Studio Art: 2D Design
- AP Studio Art: 3D Design
- AP Music Theory
Technology
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Computer Science A
Requirements to Participate in AP
Students must have a 3.5 GPA and meet the grade criteria in pre-requisite coursework to apply for certain AP courses. For more information, visit the Course Catalog.
Dual Enrollment OfferingsBishop Kenny offers two dual enrollment programs:
- Dual Enrollment option in place of Religion 4 (senior year): DE Freedom & Virtue (Fall Semester) and DE Catholic Social Teaching (Spring Semester). These courses are taught on the Bishop Kenny campus and offered through Barry University.
- Dual Enrollment option for aeronautics and drone training/certification: DE Principles of Aeronautical Science (Fall Semester) and DE Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (Spring Semester). These courses are taught on the Bishop Kenny campus as part of the NJROTC Program and are offered through Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.