36600/36630 *AP® Calculus AB

Course Name: *AP® CALCULUS AB

Course Number: 36600/36630

Open to: Grades 11-12

Length: 2 Semesters

Credits: 1 credit

Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

NOTE: Be advised that students are required to complete a basic review and set of assignments during the summer prior to taking this course.

Content: The course will include a brief review of trigonometry, analytic geometry, and theory of functions. Differentiation and integration of algebraic and transcendental functions, with the application of each, comprise the main content of the course. The material covered in this course is equivalent to that which is covered in a first-semester college calculus course, Math 171, at UW Oshkosh, CAPP credit is pending for 17-18. Students who choose to take the AP® exam will have covered the material on the AB Calculus exam.

Activities: Lectures, small group discussions, computer/calculator activities, individualized instruction.

Cost: A TI-89 graphing calculator is required. There is an exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

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