Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry (‘A’ or better, teacher approval, signed AP Agreement) or Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry Honors (‘C” or better, teacher approval, signed AP Agreement), Teacher Signature on card

1.0 Credit: Full Year

Grade(s): 10, 11, 12

Fee: Cost of AP Calc AB Textbook; AP Exam Fee: TBD

AP exams of 3 or higher can earn college credit.

A graphing calculator is required for this course.

This course follows the College Board’s suggested curriculum designed to parallel college-level calculus courses. AP Calculus BC provides students with an intuitive understanding of the concepts of calculus and experience with its methods and applications, and also requires additional knowledge of the theoretical tools of calculus. This course assumes a thorough knowledge of elementary functions, and covers all of the calculus topics in AP Calculus AB as well as the following topics: vector functions, parametric equations and graphs, polar coordinates and functions, advanced techniques of integration, advanced applications of the definite integral, polynomial approximation and series. 

Students must remain enrolled for the entire school year to receive AP credit and the corresponding weighted grade.