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The A version has been around as long as the AB version. For those unfamiliar, A is roughly equivalent to 1 college semester and AB was roughly equivalent to 2
by zZorgz 8y ago
The A version has been around as long as the AB version. For those unfamiliar, A is roughly equivalent to 1 college semester and AB was roughly equivalent to 2 college semesters, just like AP courses for other subjects.
I was a developer in various imperative/OO languages already before I took the AB course, and I still found it to be challenging.
I think for many that have never done any programming or CS, the A version course may still be decent. It does fall short under Big O, but there should also be some extra buffer time to do something else in the year outside the AP material. That depends on the quality of the instructor though.
- burfog 8y agoIt's not like that for the other subjects. Chemistry has just "Chemistry", good for two college semesters. Physics has four classes! There isn't an "A" or "B" or "AB", but there is a "C"! You can choose "Physics C Mechanics" and "Physics C Electricity and Magnetism", each worth a college semester. (you can do both) Alternately you can choose "Physics 1" and "Physics 2", which are each worth a semester for non-science non-engineering majors. Economics has both "Macroeconomics" and "Microeconomics". It's not "A" and "AB", nor is it "A" and "B".
- zZorgz 8y agoFair. I was thinking of Calculus which was similar though and had AB and BC? It’s been a while. Physics C has two distinctive parts as you noted.