Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 2, along with AP Physics 1, is a year-long AP course mainly taught in

the United States and Canada and designed by the College Board to replace AP Physics B in the 2014–
2015 school year. Though similar to AP Physics B, AP Physics 1 and 2 are divided into two semesters and
the topics are more in-depth. The courses were formed through collaboration between current
Advanced Placement teachers and The College Board, with the guidance from the National Research
Council and the National Science Foundation.[1] Similar to AP Physics C, the material covered emulates
that of a second semester university undergraduate physics course offered at a typical American
university,[2] but with an algebra-based curriculum, as AP Physics C is calculus-based.