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What istheAP Capstone™ program?  \n2. What isAP Seminar, and what isAP Research?  \n3. Why offer AP Seminar as English 10?  \n4. Are there any student prerequisites for AP Seminar or AP Research?  \n5. Are there any teacher requirements for theAP Capstone program?  \n6. What resources are available to help me teach these courses?  \n7. What are professional learning objectives for Summer Professional Development?  \nSection II-AP Capstone Registration  \n8. How do I register for this workshop?  \n9. What is the cost to attend?  \nSection I – Program Overview  \n1. What istheAP Capstone™ program?  \nAP Capstone™ is a College Board program that equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges. 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.  \nStudents who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing receive the AP Capstone Diploma™. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research but not on four additional AP Exams receive the AP Seminar and Research Certificate™.  \nThe AP Seminar and AP Research home pages have detailed information on all aspects of the program.  \n2. What isAP Seminar, and what isAP Research?  \nAP Seminar is a yearlong course that has students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives. Students learn to synthesize information from different sources, develop their own perspectives in research-based written essays, and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team.  \nAP Research lets students deeply explore an academic topic, problem, or issue of interest to them. Students design, plan, and conduct a yearlong research-based investigation to address a research question, documenting their process with a portfolio. The course ends with a 4,000-to 5,000-word academic paper and a presentation with an oral defense.  \n3. Why offer AP Seminar as English 10?  \nTaught in the AP Seminar style, English 10: AP Seminar provides teachers with a unique instructional framework. The course helps students build a powerful foundation for critical and transferable research skills: investigation, collaboration, writing, and presentation. And students who take it fulfill a core course graduation requirement.  \nFor additional information on this implementation model, please visit  \n[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-seminar/english-10](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-seminar/english-10) .  \n4. Are there any student prerequisites for AP Seminar or AP Research?  \nFor AP Research students must have successfully completed the AP Seminar course. There are no prerequisite courses for AP Seminar.  \n5. Are there any teacher requirements for theAP Capstone program?  \nProfessional development is required for each course. The summer before the first year of teaching the course, you must complete a 30-hour workshop. During the winter of the first year of teaching the course, you must complete around 10 hours of additional online training. Training is specific to each course and must be completed for both AP Research and AP Seminar. 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