Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AB) CALCULUS AB:  This course focuses on a variety of rules and strategies for finding limits, derivatives, and integrals.  Applications of these concepts include optimization, related rates, area, volume, and separable differential equations.  Emphasis is placed on using differentiation and integration in different contexts with problems presented graphically and numerically as well as algebraically.  This course prepares students to take the College Board’s Advanced Placement Calculus AB exam.  A TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator is required for all students.

Length: Year

Offered:Fall/Spring

Number of Periods per Semester: One

Grade Level: 9-10-11-12

Course Prerequisites: Pre-Calculus/Trig

Application: None

Tryout : None

Counselor Approval Required:None

Dual Credit: No, Possible AP Credit

Weighted: Yes, Full Point

Diploma Path:  Counts as a Mathematics Course for all Diplomas

Quantitative Reasoning: No

Other:  Advanced Placement and dual credit courses use collegiate texts and are likely to have higher textbook and consumable fees.