Prerequisite Requirements

Completion of math Secondary 1 Honors, 2 Honors, and 3 Honors with B grades or higher without too much test remediation. AP Calculus AB students are also welcome.

Expectations

AP Calculus lab is required if coming directly from Secondary 3 Honors. Homework load is no more than AP Calculus AB.

Course Description

This course is roughly equivalent to both first and second semester college calculus courses and extends the content learned in AB to different types of equations and introduces the topic of sequences and series. The AP course covers topics in differential and integral calculus, including concepts and skills of limits, derivatives, definite integrals, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and series. The course teaches students to approach calculus concepts and problems when they are represented graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally, and to make connections amongst these representations. Students learn how to use technology to help solve problems, experiment, interpret results, and support conclusions.

College Credit

Passing the AP exam with a 5 earns you 8 college credits that count towards 2 semesters of college calculus. Passing the AP exam with a 3 or 4 usually earns you 8 college credits as well, but those credits count towards 1 semester of college Calculus and 4 more elective math credits.