AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus AB follows the guidelines set by College Board. At the end of the course students will have the opportunity to take the AP Exam for this course and may earn college credit based on their score and what their college will accept. The AP Exam will occur at the beginning of May and all course work will be designed to prepare students for takign the AP Exam.

The following topics will be covered in the course (Calculus 1)

• Unit 1 - Limits and Continuity

• Unit 2 - Differentiation: Definition and Basic Derivative Rules

• Unit 3 - Differentiation: Composit, Implicit, and Inverse Functions

• Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation

• Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

• Unit 6: Integration and Accumulation of Change

• Unit 7: Differential Equations

• Unit 8: Applications of Integration