Calculus BC AP

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PREREQUISITE: Precalculus honors or very exceptional students from pre-calculus. (Students who do not like math are not advised to take this course.) Suggested PSAT Score - 57 Math.
DESCRIPTION: The curriculums of BC Calculus is specified by the College Board and agrees with the curriculum of the first two semesters of calculus in most colleges.

Topics include:
  • derivatives
  • applications of derivatives
  • integration
  • transcendental functions
  • methods of integration
  • polar coordinates
  • vectors (2-dimensional only)
  • infinite sequences and infinite series
  • power series
HOMEWORK: Students will have homework every night in which the students will be expected to extend the material presented in class. Homework is collected.
TESTS: There will be two exams per six weeks.
SPECIAL PROJECTS: A weekly project called a "problem session", consisting of four questions taken from previous AP exams, is assigned every week. Students generally take from one to two hours to complete the problems.
SPECIAL MATERIALS: A scientific calculator is required; however, a graphing calculator of at least the capability of a TI81 is strongly suggested.
NOTE: This course is a college course and is not designed as a preliminary course. Students are expected to take the AP exam at the end of the year.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AB AND BC CALCULUS: In the two calculus courses designated by the College Board, the letters AB, BC refer to three sets of topics, the A topics which are primarily pre-calculus concepts, the B which are the integral and differential calculus and the C which include polar coordinates, sequences and series and vectors.