AP Research
Design and complete a yearlong inquiry that uses an appropriate method, evaluates evidence, produces an academic paper, and culminates in presentation and oral defense.
Course map
Open a section, then choose the exact idea.
Use the words you remember, a section name, or a topic code.
BI1Question and Explore1 topic
Move from a meaningful area of interest to a focused, feasible question that warrants sustained scholarly investigation.
BI2Understand and Analyze1 topic
Read scholarship closely and analyze evidence, methods, assumptions, reasoning, and disciplinary context.
BI3Evaluate Multiple Perspectives1 topic
Compare relevant perspectives and evaluate the credibility, limitations, implications, and relationships among them.
BI4Synthesize Ideas1 topic
Integrate evidence and reasoning into a coherent account that supports defensible findings, conclusions, or new understanding.
BI5Team, Transform, and Transmit1 topic
Communicate research effectively, respond to questions, reflect on choices, and explain how the inquiry developed.
PROJECTAcademic Paper, Presentation, and Oral Defense5 topics
Plan the yearlong inquiry as an ethical sequence of proposal, method, evidence, writing, presentation, and defense milestones.