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Well, this doesn’t really have to turn into a debate about what is covered in a standard introductory physics course sequence (hint: there isn’t a standard sequence), but if you look through the course catalogs of various colleges you’ll find more often than not that the third course is devoted to topics such as waves and optics, among other things. Look at an intro physics textbook’s table of contents (the main texts used are “Physics for Scientists and Engineers,” “Fundamentals of Physics,” and “University Physics”) - you won’t see things like waves in the classical mechanics section. Besides, you still overlook the fact that professors can and do skip topics in their courses - so your statement that AP Physics C is a “poor joke imitation” clearly is incorrect as there exist college courses that do the same thing (and they are not rare occurrences). Here’s another example: the introductory classical mechanics course at the university I attend skipped the topic of power (and yes, there is a section on it in classical mechanics portion of the textbook), which cannot be considered even a remotely obscure topic for introductory physics in contrast to the ones you listed. You can look at the powerpoints [url=<a href=“EEE+ Home | UCI”>EEE+ Home | UCI]here[/url</a>] if you don’t believe me.</p>
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That’s what the AP course audit is for. Anyways, both kids end up taking the same test in May, and the credit is determined by the test, not the course.</p>
<p>Edit: And all of this has little to do with the terrible arguments used in these articles. No one here has yet tried to justify how Dartmouth can deny credit for the entire AP and IB curriculum based on some students’ performance on an exam taken months after the AP Psychology exam’s administration.</p>