What is the equivalent of AP PHYSICS C to a college course?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I’m currently a junior with no physics background, but I have AP Cal AB. (Don’t know if it helps to know that I do well in Calculus) Next year, I’ll be taking the only AP Physics at my school, which is AP PHYSICS 1 (algebra-based), and AP Cal BC. I want to take a physics course at a community college during the summer for dual enrollment. So here’s the description of the class(es):

*PHYS 001A - GENERAL PHYSICS (6 weeks) <— this is the class that I’m going to sign up for.
Calculus-based study of classical mechanics, including unit systems, particle kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work and energy, linear and angular momentum, and rigid-body rotation and equilibrium.

PHYS 001B - GENERAL PHYSICS
Prerequisite: Phys 001A and Math 005A.
Calculus-based study of gravitation, fluid mechanics, oscillations and waves, and thermodynamics.

PHYS 001C - GENERAL PHYSICS
Prerequisite: Phys 001B and Math 005B.
Calculus-based study of electricity and magnetism, and geometrical and physical optics.

I’ve tried emailing them, but no one answered me back. I am seriously not familiar with the whole curriculum of physics, therefore, I don’t know if “PHYS 001A” has the majority of AP PHYSICS C’s curriculum. Anyone that took AP PHYSICS C, can you tell me if all of the 3 classes that I put up there are considered as a whole year of AP PHYSICS C. Any information would be so helpful to me.

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1A looks similar to AP Physics C: Mech and 1C is similar to AP Physics C: E&M. 1B at other colleges is generally the 3rd semester, covering topics beyond AP like waves, optics, modern physics.

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My college’s physics curriculum is almost exactly that and AP credit gets awarded like @skieurope said, 1A for Mech and 1C for E&M.

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One note - if you are planning on taking the SAT2 for physics, the material in 1B will be on that test as well. Son was unpleasantly surprised last spring that studying for his Physics C APs didn’t fully prepare him for the SAT2 because optics, waves & the like weren’t part of the Physics C curriculum. Cancelled his May registration and took the SAT2 last October.

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Slightly off topic, but no student should be surprised by that. The CB never claims that the AP Physics syllabus (or any AP class) matches what the Subject Test tests.