AP Calculus
This is a college preparatory course that offers extreme rigor in a specialized field of study. It will enable the student to be successful on the Advanced Placement AB Calculus exam and/or in college calculus. Topics covered will be: limits, differentiation, and basic integration techniques. An emphasis will be placed on real world applications as they relate to the various engineering fields as well as development of problem-solving skills.
"Regular"
4615 AP Calculus AB
4616 AP Calculus BC
True
120
Tina Fugate
or
Robin Schott
Algebra I, Pre-AP Algebra II, Geometry, Pre-AP Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus
- Preparation for Calculus
- Limits and Their Properties
- Differentiation
- Applications of Differentiation
- Integration
- Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions
- Applications of Integration
Referenced Standards
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (4th ed.). (2005). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA
Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (2003). Oklahoma State Department of Education-PASS-{www.sde.state.ok.us}
All AP Courses undergo an AP Course Audit through College Board. Please refer to their website for further information.
Suggested Text and Supplemental Materials
Larson, Ron, Hostetler, Bob, Edwards, Bruce. (2006). Calculus with Analytic Geometry (8th ed)/Calculus of a Single Variable (8th ed). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Larson, Ron, Hostetler, Bob, Edwards, Bruce. (2006). Calculus with Analytic Geometry (8th ed)/Calculus of a Single Variable (8th ed)-Instructor’s Resource Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Varberg, Dale, Edwin J. Purcell, and Steven E. Rigdon. (2007). Calculus (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Thomas, George B., Jr., and Ross L. Finney (1996). Calculus with Analytic Geometry (9th ed.). Boston: Addison-Wesley.
Finney, Ross L., Franklin D. Demana, Bert K. Waits, and Daniel Kennedy. (2007). Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic: AP Edition (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall.
