Advance Placement by Gender

15th February, 2008

Here is an interesting breakdown of women Vs men taking different AP classes in College. Here is the Link

As we embark on the 21st century I wonder what the Gloria Steinham's of the world have to say to this. As mothers did we fail to enthuse our little girls to take science and math?

For those who didn’t look at the Advanced Placement course taking reported here in the Chronicle, here is a breakdown of subjects by gender.

In these subjects, the percentage of females exceeded that of males, sometimes vastly.

—-Art History: 67 percent female

—-Biology: 58 percent

—-Chinese: 55 percent

—-English language and comp: 63 percent

—-English literature: 64 percent

—-Environmental science: 56 percent

—-European history: 54 percent

—-French language: 70 percent

—-French literature: 71 percent

—-Human geography: 55 percent

—-Italian: 65 percent

—-Japanese: 54 percent

—-Psychology: 65 percent

—-Spanish language: 64 percent

—-Spanish literature: 67 percent

—-Studio art: 70 percent

—-US history: 55 percent

—-World history: 55 percent

And here are the subjects in which females lagged:

—-Calculus BC: 41 percent

—-Chemistry: 47 percent

—-Computer science: 17 percent

—-Macroeconomics: 45 percent

—-Microeconomics: 43 percent

—-Music theory: 43 percent

—-Physics B: 35 percent

—-Physics C (electricity): 22 percent

—-Physics C (mechanics): 27 percent

And in these subjects, the gender breakdown was about even:

—-Calculus AB

—-German

—-Government and politics

—-US Government and politics

—-Latin

—-Statistics