Advanced Placement Courses and Exams

For students who attended secondary school in the United States, Advanced Placement courses are a very common way to study Calculus. There are two flavors, Calculus AB and Calculus BC.  Roughly, Calculus AB corresponds to Dartmouth's MATH 3 (see the  Math 3 syllabus for more detail) while Calculus BC covers the material in MATH 3 and the first half of MATH 8 (see the Math 8 syllabus).

Scoring well on the AB or BC exam yields credit and advanced placement.

Exam Score Credit Placement
AB (or AB subscore on the BC exam) 4 or 5 MATH 3 MATH 8
BC 4 or 5 MATH 3 and MATH 8 MATH 9 or 11

 

If you took one of these courses (or a similar one) but did not take the AP exam (or scored below a 4), you can always take our local placement exam gain additional credit.  Someone with Calculus AB experience should take our MATH 3 Credit Exam while someone with BC experience should take our MATH 8 Credit Exam.