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AP® Calculus AB is roughly equivalent to one semester of a college calculus course. AP® Calculus BC is roughly equivalent to two semesters of a college calculus course. The courses should be taught and tested at the same level of difficulty for the common material.  \nThe College Board’s 2020 Course and Exam Description is a valuable resource. The Curriculum Framework may be found at AP® Central on the AP® Calculus AB (and BC) Course Home Pages:  \n[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-ab/course](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-ab/course)  \n[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-bc/course](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-bc/course)  \n[The most recent structural change was to organize the course into units. The](The most recent structural change was to organize the course into units. The)[ ](The most recent structural change was to organize the course into units. The)AP® Calculus AB course includes 8 units. The AP® Calculus BC course includes  \n10 units, extending concepts from AP® Calculus AB in Units 6, 7, and 8 to include more advanced integration techniques; encompassing the calculus of parametrically defined curves, polar curves, and vector-valued functions; and introducing infinite series and Taylor polynomials. This link explains the difference between the courses:  \n[https://blog.collegeboard.org/difference-between-ap-calculus-ab-and-bc](https://blog.collegeboard.org/difference-between-ap-calculus-ab-and-bc)  \nThe Big Ideas  \nThe Course and Exam Description is centered on three Big Ideas. 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The four mathematical practices are:  \nPractice 1: Implementing Mathematical Processes  \nPractice 2: Connecting Representations  \nPractice 3: Justification  \nPractice 4: Communication and Notation  \nEvery topic links to a Big Idea, a mathematical practice, and suggested skills. The required course content for each topic can be linked to ","cbCainQTlXr0L06Z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainQTlXr0L06Z","pdf",3336309,"English","# Teaching AP® Calculus: A Primer\n## AP® Calculus AB and BC course overview\n## Big Ideas, Enduring Understandings, and learning objectives\n## The four mathematical practices\n## Suggested skills and topic alignment\n## AP® Calculus exam: format and timing","[{\"question\":\"How do AP® Calculus AB and AP® Calculus BC compare in course coverage?\",\"answer\":\"AP® Calculus AB is roughly equivalent to one semester of a college calculus course, while AP® Calculus BC is roughly equivalent to two semesters. 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