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Central Bucks High School students are required to take four credits of English during grades 9-12.  The required sequence of courses provides students with instruction in each basic area of language arts: reading, composition, literature, and oral communication.

All seniors must take a one-credit course, English 12 or Advanced Placement English Literature.  For students with a special interest in English and communications, enrichment electives are recommended rather than the acceleration of course sequence. 

The honors program is for college-bound students applying to colleges designated as most competitive, especially if students are planning to major in English, communications, or law.  Students in the most rigorous program should also consider electives such as SAT preparation.

English 12 (18 weeks, 1 credit) 
Honors (0210), Standard (0220) 
English 12 is a language arts and communications skills course which integrates literature study with oral communications, composition, and research skills.  Students will analyze how literary elements reinforce one another and contribute to the larger scope of the work.  Students will examine the interrelationships that exist between text, self, and the world.  Students will produce sophisticated literary analysis writing pieces that demonstrate a deep understandingi of the connection between text and the human experience that justifies literature as a unique and important tool for examining and understanding humanity.

AP English Literature and Composition - 27 weeks, 1.5 credits - (0200)

This course is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Examination.  Acceptable scores on this annual exam can result in credit and/or advanced placement status at many of the nation's colleges.

Students learn how to read literature perceptively and how to express responses to it.  Students will study a representative sampling of works from several genres and literary periods.  Students learn to respond to language with increasing sensitivity and discrimination.