<p>I didn't take Calc in high school and I'm wondering how they fit 3 semesters of college-level calculus into 2 high-school courses. At my college, and I think a lot of other colleges, it goes:</p>
<p>Calc 1: Differentiation, integration
Calc 2: Integration, Series, Taylor/Mclaurin polynomials, conics, parametrics
Calc 3: Vectors/multivariable calculus</p>
<p>i did the same thing in high school. I think BC skimps on multivariable but not positive ~_~</p>
<p>Calc BC is basically Calc 2. It barely covers multivar, if at all.</p>
<p>What exactly do you mean by vectors?</p>
<p>Vectors can be a lot of things, depending on what type of problems you’re doing.</p>
<p>But yes, BC is definitely Calc 2.</p>
<p>^
Vectors are Vectors.</p>
<p>He probably means basic Vector stuff like Dot Product, Cross Product, Magnitude, etc. but it also gets more complex with Vector Field, Conservative Vector fields, Line Integrals, etc. Definitely sounds like Calc 3.</p>
<p>Yeah, I mean I learned about magnitude and unit vectors in Calc (and Pre-Calc) but I didn’t learn about dot product and cross product until I took AP Physics C this year.</p>
<p>Calc AB/BC seems to be better understood in terms of the quarter system.</p>
<p>Quarter 1:Calc A: Derivatives
Quarter 2:Calc B: Integrals
Quarter 3:Calc C: Series/Sequences/like 5 seconds of vectors</p>
<p>The only things BC adds to AB are series/sequences, vectors, and polar calculus.</p>
<p>The vectors and polar calculus are not in depth at all.</p>
<p>Multivariable is not included in BC lol </p>
<p>There are a few other things, like LHosptial and Euler’s method which are BC only also.</p>
<p>AB=Calc I
BC=Calc I+Calc II</p>
<p>^Yeah that’s essentially it. Sequences/series is the only major topic in BC (in addition to AB material). New methods of integration, and minor stuff like Euler and L’H</p>
<p>Ap calculus = death</p>