Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus (also known as AP Calc, Calc AB / BC, AB / BC Calc or simply AB / BC) is a set of two distinct Advanced Placement calculus courses and exams offered by the American nonprofit organization College Board.
AP Calculus AB covers basic introductions to limits, derivatives, and integrals.
Calculus AB can be offered as an AP course by any school that can organize a curriculum for students with advanced mathematical ability.
However, students may continue to work on Section II Part A during the entire Free-Response time, although without a calculator during the later two thirds.
[26] The free response section is hand-graded by hundreds of AP teachers and professors each June.
This total is compared to a composite-score scale for that year's exam and converted into an AP score of 1 to 5.
The AB sub-score is based on the correct number of answers for questions pertaining to AB-material only.