Tale AP Calculus BC without AP Calculus AB?

TheMathProf
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:11:39 +0000

I would not take AB without precalc, as much of the conceptual thinking is developed there.

As to the original poster, I would check to see how AP is structured at your S’s school. At some schools, the BC course presupposes the taking of AB and extends those ideas further after completing the BC curriculum, doing only minimal “review” of AB. At those schools, I wouldn’t recommend taking BC instead of AB.

But it sounds like more schools offer the “take AB or BC” type option, in which case, success in the Honors Precalculus class at a high level should well prepare him for BC.