351 Advanced Placement Calculus BC H

Gr 12 | |7 Credits | Year-Long | 6x per Cycle

*Prerequisite: WHS Pre-Calculus Honors

This is a rigorous college-level calculus course. The topics covered in this course are the equivalent of a full year of college calculus. Many colleges grant two semester’s advanced placement credit to students who successfully complete the course and who score sufficiently high on the BC Advanced Placement Examination. This course covers all topics taught in Calculus AB plus additional topics in the BC syllabus. Details on the content are contained in the course description booklet published by the CEEB and ETS. Extensive use of graphing calculators will be made. Students taking this course will be expected to have successfully completed WHS’ Pre-Calculus course at the honors level. The ability to work independently and to learn math by reading and experimenting on one’s own are expected of students in this course.  Students who have completed Calculus Honors or AP Calculus AB are not eligible for this course.

Essential Skills:

• Determine expressions and values using mathematical procedures and rules.

• Translate mathematical information from a single representation or across multiple representations.

• Justify reasoning and solutions.

• Use correct notation, language, and mathematical conventions to communicate results or solutions