Calculus AB and Calculus BC are both designed to be college-level calculus courses. As such, the main prerequisite for both AB and BC Calculus is Pre-Calculus.
Here are the major topics you’ll cover in an AP Calculus AB course:
• Limits and Continuity
• Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
• Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
• Contextual Applications of Differentiation
• Analytical Applications of Differentiation
• Integration and Accumulation of Change
• Differential Equations
• Applications of Integration
These are the major topics you’ll cover in AP Calculus BC:
• Limits and Continuity
• Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
• Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
• Contextual Applications of Differentiation
• Analytical Applications of Differentiation
• Integration and Accumulation of Change
• Differential Equations
• Applications of Integration
• Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-Valued Functions
• Infinite Sequences and Series