<p>Hi. I am a new poster with a somewhat specific question. My child is working on her senior year schedule and has to decide between taking AP Calc AB or AP Calc BC and she is interested in applying to UofM. Right now her interest area is business (but would do Economics if she weren't able to get into Ross). I looked through the UofM website but it wasn't really clear to me what credit you would get for AP Calc. </p>
<p>It looks like a 4 or 5 on the AP Calc AB test covers the prerequisite for applying to Ross and it looks like no further math is required for the BBA degree. It isn't as clear to me for the Econ degree. It looks like you might need the equivalent of Calc II for the Econ degree which means you would need to get a 4 or 5 on the AP Calc BC test. Am I understanding this right? If you only took AP Calc AB (and got a 4 or 5) you would have to take Calc II at Michigan to get an Econ degree?</p>
<p>Yup, you are correct with everything. Whether she takes AB or BC would depend on her ability in mathematics. If she got an A or A- throughout her previous courses and especially in pre-calculus, I would recommend BC. But if anything lower than an A-, I would recommend AB. I only advise this since calculus is a whole new area in math and without a strong ability, it would be hard to master two semesters of calculus at a pace faster than at the collegiate level. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>take BC because if you get credit which is Math 121, you won’t have to take math 115 at michigan. AB calc only gives math 120 and for an econ degree and higher econ classes, they don’t accept math 120</p>
<p>Thank you rockbiter for the info. My daughter did get A’s in pre-calculus so would likely be able to do OK in Calc BC but it does seem to move through a lot of material quickly. It seems slightly strange to me that a Ross BBA only requires the equivalent of Calc I and Econ requires the equivalent of Calc II. Anyone have opinions on taking Calc II at UofM. Is it one of those crazy weeder classes? Would she be much better off taking AP Calc BC in high school to get it over with and make sure she would qualify for either the Business or Econ degree?</p>
<p>cross-posted with michOOS4 – thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Sorry for being so dense about this but I think I now understand the Math requirements for Econ. It looks like if you do take the credits for AP Calc AB, you would need to take Math 116 (which is Calc II). If you don’t take the credits for Calc AB, you would need to take Math 115 which would be somewhat of a repeat class from high school. So either way, if you take AP Calc AB as your highest math in high school, you will need to take a math class at UofM if you want an Econ degree. If you take AP Calc BC (and get a 4 or 5), you will not have to take a math class at UofM to get the Econ degree.</p>