The New 2025-26 AP CSA Curriculum

Learn more about AP Computer Science A revisions launching in the 2025-26 school year.

Course Revisions

• The Inheritance Unit (Unit 9) is gone.
• Units 1-8 & 10 are now consolidated into 4 units. The order of topics has been rearranged.
• A new topic has been added! As part of Unit 4, students are to use the File and Scanner classes to read a file. These are some of the methods that are introduced:
  int nextInt() returns the next int read from the file or input source if available.
  String nextLine() returns the next line of text as a `String` read from the file or input source.
  boolean hasNext() returns `true` if there is a next item to read in the file or input source; returns `false` otherwise.
  

Exam Revisions (May 2026 exam)

Multiple-Choice Section 

• 42 questions—an increase from 40. 
• 4 answer choices per question—a decrease from 5. (Yay!)
• 55% of overall exam score—an increase from 50%. 

Free-Response Section

• 4 shortened questions with 25 scored points—a decrease from 36 scored points. 
• Removing arrays from Question 3 (Data Analysis with ArrayList). This question will focus only on ArrayLists. 
• 45% of overall exam score—a decrease from 50%.

How do I prepare?

Cobi Computer Science will release the updated AP CSA Curriculum in mid-March 2025, complete with teacher resources and new videos.

Stay tuned!

Related Link:

College Board's Revision Announcement: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-computer-science-a/future-revisions

The new AP CSA Course and Exam Description:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-computer-science-a-course-and-exam-description-effective-fall-2025.pdf