AP Latin

The key document for each AP course is the course and exam description. Start by reviewing it to understand the objectives and expectations of the course and exam.

Download the AP Latin Course and Exam Description.

AP Latin curricular requirements:

The course is structured to incorporate the entire reading list published in the AP Latin Course and Exam Description (CED).

The course provides opportunities for students to practice and develop the skills in each skill category: 

• Skill Category 1: Reading and Comprehension
• Skill Category 2: Translation
• Skill Category 3: Contextualization
• Skill Category 4: Textual Analysis
• Skill Category 5: Argumentation

The course provides ongoing opportunities for students to demonstrate comprehension of passages of Vergil and Caesar not included in the required reading lists and passages from other authors read at sight.

AP Latin resource requirements:

The school ensures that each student has access to his or her own copy of the required passages of Vergil’s Aeneid and Caesar’s Gallic War in Latin and the entire works in English.

Because world language instruction targets proficiency building, which can be accomplished in multiple ways with or without a specific textbook, the AP Latin course does not have a list of example textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of AP Latin.

This annotated sample AP Latin syllabus shows how the curricular requirements can be demonstrated in a syllabus and what level of detail you’ll need to include.

AP Latin Sample Syllabus 1 (.pdf/518KB)

Review this document for help creating your syllabus.

Syllabus Development Guide: AP Latin (.pdf/142.17 KB)

This resource includes the guidelines reviewers use to evaluate syllabi along with three samples of evidence for each requirement. This guide also specifies the level of detail required in the syllabus to receive course authorization.