For those who haven’t seen the article on Advanced Placement course-taking in The Chronicle, here is a breakdown of subjects by gender.
In the following 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
U.S. history: 55 percent
World history: 55 percent
And here are the subjects in which females lagged:
Calculus BC: 41 percent female
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
U.S. Government and politics
Latin
Statistics
