Equivalency Details

Calculus BC can be offered by schools that are able to complete all the prerequisites before the course. Calculus BC is a full-year course in the calculus of functions of a single variable. It includes all topics covered in Calculus AB plus additional topics. Both courses represent college-level mathematics for which most colleges grant advanced placement and credit. The content of Calculus BC is designed to qualify the student for placement and credit in a course that is one course beyond that granted for Calculus AB.

This course is for students majoring in mathematics, science or engineering. The theory of calculus, as well as problem solving and applications, is stressed. Students explore topics including algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions. Additionally, students learn to solve trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions and curve sketching. Students learn to apply limits and continuity, applications of derivatives and antiderivatives. The definite integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus are also discussed.