<p>So I took AP Physics B as a junior and i was wondering how harder Physics C will be in comparison to Physics B. Is there a lot of new material to master, or is a lot of it a review with going into more detail? If you were able to handle Physics B, was Physics C possibly even easier to handle since you already knew most of the material or will Physics C be a whole new level?</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I haven’t taken either class.</p>
<p>AP Physics B technically covers a wider breadth of topics (you don’t have to worry about thermodynamics, optics, nuclear physics, or wave physics in C), but the increased math level can make stuff harder. For example, I’ve heard that Gauss’s law can be a right pain in the ass. The fact that you took B should make your life a lot easier; C covers a lot of B material.</p>
<p>I’ve taken both and Physics C for mechanics was mostly the same things as Physics B with a few topics added in such as moments of inertia and rotational motion (angular velocity, angular momentum, etc). The electricity and magnetism on the other hand is mostly new material with the electricity and magnetism knowledge from physics B as a starting point. To be totally honest, I felt physics C was much easier than physics B due to the less broad nature of the class, but electricity and magnetism does require some work to master the concepts.</p>