Future Political Science Major, What AP Classes Should I Take?

preamble1776
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:52:26 +0000

I mean, there are definitely real world applications for Calculus.

Integration and Derivation are the basis of Position, Velocity, and Acceleration which can be tacked onto a number of different situations that occur everyday.

You can track the growth of different ecosystems with logistic functions and bacterial growth with exponential growth functions.

Bank accounts with interest rates can also be calculated with particular functions that track certain types of growth and decay.

Related rates of change can be used to determine how long it takes to fill your bath tub or how much damage an oil spill is going to cause in the ocean, etc. etc.

If you feel Stats is your best bet - by all means, take Stats. I love Calculus, so I’m a little bit biased in terms of what I think people should do in terms of math, but listen to your own sound judgment.