<p>rodney: yeah, I got that, which is why I put the ~ sign out front, i.e., I assumed it would cover some/most of the AB material, but not in depth. The point being is that the ~AB material is approximately half the BC course (or college semester's worth) taken over a whole HS year.</p>
<p>NEmom: Econ requires a knowledge calc, but so can psychology, for example, for future researchers.</p>
<p>AB calculus is actually not all that difficult -- many kids say that it's easier than precalculus. The more difficult topics come up in the second half of calculus -- the part that's on the BC exam but not the AB exam.</p>
<p>So if your son has access to an AB-type course, it probably won't be a disaster for him to take it. </p>
<p>Anyone who does not like math or who has difficulty with it should steer clear of economics. It's full of math. (My daughter is an econ major.)</p>
<p>Northeastmom, does your son know which humanities he might major in? If it is psychology, get the foundation in statistics -- my husband was a stats/econ major.</p>
<p>Marian: My D, a math-hater, definitely finds Calc easier than precalc -- heck, she even likes math this year and is taking BC.</p>
<p>momreads thanks. He does not know what he wants to major in. If it is psych, I assume that he'll need to take stats and maybe calc in college. Is that correct?</p>
<p>Definitely he will need stat if it's psychology. Now, if he were to go the pre-med route (using psychology as his major field), he would need the calculus in college, as med schools usually require calculus.</p>
<p>momreads, thanks. I just assumed that psych majors needed to take calc too. He is definitely not going to be interested in med school, but I would not close the door on psych as a major (not leaning toward that right now, but he does not even know what psychology is really about). I can also see business or econ as a possible major, and for both of those I assume that calc and stats are required for either of those majors.</p>
<p>Is math easy for him? D. does not care much for math either, but it is her easiest subject. So, both AP Calc (in HS) and Statistics in college were easy classes, that she did not need to spend much time. So, taking both in case like this is not a problem. Definately, much easier for her, than, for example, taking AP Calc & AP History (History was a struggle). I am saying that he needs to assess his ability and time that he will need for homework.</p>
<p>MiamiDAP, no, for my son math does not come easily. If he has a very strong teacher he can get As and Bs. If he has a weaker math teacher and needs to teach himself from the text it becomes a huge struggle!</p>
<p>My humanities-focused D took BOTH AP Calc and AP Stats senior year. She found Stats easy, enjoyed the challenge of calc (found herself using a different part of her brain).</p>
<p>orchestramom, thanks. I really think that the hs will strongly discourage taking both at the same time. Frankly, I think that both are possible. I think that the school also would limit it to one or the other, bc if a weak math student were getting a D or F in one within the first 3-5 weeks, the school and student still have the option of transferring to the other math class and they can catch up. This would not be something that the school announces to all of the students, but in a rare instance I have seen it happen.</p>