My son is considering taking AP Spanish in his senior year next year. Class sign-up is coming in a few weeks. He might have opted for Spanish IV, but the high school sometimes does not have enough kids to offer that class. He likes the idea of improving his Spanish skills. None of us speak Spanish at all except for whatever son learned in Spanish I through III, which were simple 'A’s for him. His real aim is to be a jazz studies instrumental major. He is number 1 in his class of 189 right now, and a crummy grade could risk that spot. He has the standard junior year full of APUSH, APChem, Honors English (part of a 4-year Humanities sequence leading to AP English Lit), Spanish III, Pre-Calc, and a music elective with summer homework in APChem and APUSH and honors English. He would like to have maybe 10 more hours per week free in his senior year than he has in the junior year. Senior classes probably are the AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, Honors Physics, Government, Spanish(AP?), AP Macroeconomics. Is AP Spanish like another APUSH, or is it easier, or does it sound like his senior schedule could be lighter than his junior schedule. It needs to be lighter so he can practice his instrument more and make it out to auditions. The AP Spanish would be some sort of remote or on-line course, not at his school, but an option supported by his school. How is the summer workload for AP Spanish as well?