Before an AP course is offered by a school, it must go through—and pass—a course audit.

“Any course that a school labels “AP” must go through a process called the AP Course Audit, which ensures that each AP course meets specific standards. After a course is authorized through the audit, it will appear in the AP Course Ledger, the official list of all AP courses… Each individual school should develop its own curriculum for courses labeled “AP.” We don’t mandate curricula for AP courses; instead, we provide each AP teacher with a set of expectations that college and secondary school faculty nationwide have established for college-level courses—expectations that they should meet or exceed in their course design.” (See this page for the reference and more information.) 

When you see “AP” in a course’s name, you know that the course conforms to a college-level curriculum standard. All HSLDA Online Academy AP courses pass the AP course audit before they are taught to students.