<p>Does your school not have prerequisites for AP classes? At daughters school you would have had to have two years worth (yes, years worth, not semesters) to be allowed into Studio AP. Beginning art teaches many fundamentals that must be practiced and understood before attempting something as challenging as Studio AP. You should check with the teacher and ask to see examples of what the beginning students do in Art I, Art II and what students are doing in Studio AP. You might gain some appreciation to how difficult a class it may be.</p>