Future AP Latin Revisions
We periodically update courses and exams to reflect new developments in their disciplines and more clearly communicate required course content and skills.
We’re revising AP Latin to be more specific about the required skills and knowledge and to reflect the diverse range of authors and topics typically covered in intermediate college-level Latin courses. These revisions will more closely align AP Latin with current second-year or intermediate college-level courses.
The earliest the revisions will launch is the 2025-26 school year (May 2026 exam).
What’s Going to Change?
Course Revisions
- Updating selections from Vergil’s Aeneid books 1, 2, 4, and 6, and adding selections from books 7, 9, 11, and 12.
- Replacing Caesar with Pliny the Younger.
- Decreasing syllabus texts by approximately 6,000 words.
- Adding units and class time for teacher’s choice reading (3,000 words suggested).
- Adding project-based learning opportunities for 4 non-syllabus passages chosen by College Board each year.
- Reducing the number of units from 8 to 6.
- Consolidating the 5 skill categories into 3.
- Revising the course framework to include a required vocabulary list (1,000 words).
- Adding essential knowledge statements to the course framework about grammar, morphology, stylistics, genre, and historical and cultural context.
Exam Revisions
Multiple-Choice Section
- Increasing the section time from 60 to 65 minutes.
- Increasing the number of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from 50 to 52.
- Introducing a new question type: 20 discrete sight reading questions based on brief Latin stimuli. Each will include a single stimulus from non-syllabus Vergil and Pliny selections, from authors and topics underrepresented in the traditional Latin corpus, or of Latin written for the exam.
- Adding 4 short MCQ sets (3 questions each) based on sight and syllabus readings. The short-set sight reading will include stimuli from non-syllabus Vergil and Pliny selections.
- Removing the 2 long MCQ sets based on sight reading.
- Reducing the number of questions in the long MCQ sets based on syllabus readings to 10.
Free-Response Section
- Reducing the section time from 120 to 115 minutes.
- Removing the 15-minute reading period.
- Reducing the number of short answer question sets from 2 to 1.
- Reducing the number of translation questions from 2 to 1.
- Removing the analytical essay that asks students to analyze 2 passages.
- Adding 1 new 2-part comprehension/translation and short essay question on a syllabus reading.
- Adding 2 new 2-part comprehension and short essay questions, each based on a different project passage.
Learn More in the Course Framework
To preview the future course and exam in more detail, download the revised course framework (.pdf).
What to Expect
We’ll email AP Latin teachers and update this page with more information and resources, including:
- A detailed preview of the launch timeline
- Professional development opportunities to help teachers get ready
- A revised course and exam description (CED)
- Robust instructional resources and AP Classroom updates aligned with the revisions
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FAQ
Why are you revising AP Latin?
We periodically update courses and exams to reflect new developments in their disciplines and to more clearly communicate required course content and skills.
We’re revising AP Latin to be more specific about the required skills and knowledge and to reflect the diverse range of authors and topics typically covered in intermediate college-level Latin courses. These revisions will more closely align AP Latin with current second-year or intermediate college-level courses.
Do AP Latin teachers need to prepare for these revisions for the 2024-25 school year?
No. These revisions won’t affect the 2024-25 school year. We’ll email AP Latin teachers and update this page when we finalize the launch timeline.
When will the revisions launch?
The earliest these revisions will launch is the 2025-26 school year (May 2026 exam). We’ll email AP Latin teachers and update this page when we finalize the launch timeline.
Will AP Latin teachers need to resubmit in the AP Course Audit?
Yes. All new and returning AP Latin teachers will need to complete the AP Course Audit the year the revised course launches. We’ll email teachers and administrators with details after we finalize the launch timeline.
When will the revised CED be available?
The revised CED will be available in the spring before launch.
Will there be new AP Classroom resources for the revised course and exam?
Yes. We’ll update AP Classroom resources—including AP Daily videos, progress checks, topic questions, and the question bank—the summer before launch.
Will there be new practice exams?
New practice exams will be available beginning in the summer before launch.
What professional learning opportunities will be available to help teachers prepare for the new content?
We’ll offer AP Summer Institutes and other professional learning opportunities for teachers closer to the launch year.
Will the textbooks teachers currently use for AP Latin work with the revised course?
We will work with publishers to update their materials so that schools can purchase new textbooks that fully cover the revised course.
Who was involved in the revisions?
Multiple committees of experienced AP educators and college faculty contributed to the AP Latin revisions.
Did you consult colleges and universities, and will they still have the same credit policies?
We consulted universities during the revision process and included many faculty members on the development committee.
We also reviewed credit and placement policies for colleges and universities that receive the most AP Latin score submissions. These revisions will preserve most current credit and placement policies and make it easier to apply them.