IB Math Studies SL 1
One year; One credit; Grades 10-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Regular
Prerequisite: Integrated Math 2
Homework: Average
Fulfills IB Math Studies Standard Level requirement, Year 1
Students in this course will extend their understanding of algebra and functions introduced in previous courses. Content is studied within the context of our data-driven, technologically rich society and algebra is shown to be both relevant and useful. Topics include functions, data analysis, mathematical modeling, parametric equations, matrices, trigonometry, exponential functions and logarithms, systems of equations, and polynomials. Students investigate open-ended questions and regularly discuss the limitations of mathematical models. Technology is used extensively in this course to explore concepts within a real-world context and algebraic thinking is applied through numerical, graphic, symbolic, and verbal means. Students successfully completing this course normally proceed to IB Math Studies SL 2.
IB Math Studies SL 2
One year; One credit; Grades 11-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Regular
Prerequisite: Integrated Math 3 or IB Math Studies SL 1
Homework: Average
Fulfills IB Math Studies Standard Level requirement, Year 1
This course is designed to introduce students to a broad range of topics. These include structure and logic, relations and functions, computation, and flow charts, business techniques, elementary statistics, probability, geometry, triangular trigonometry, and simple analytical techniques applied to problem solving and practical applications. Each student must produce a project which demonstrates his/her understanding of at least one mathematical concept learned in the course. This 2000-word paper typically involves research, data gathering and analysis. Because of the expected time commitment, students are therefore encouraged to choose a topic that interests them. Students completing the course will have the option of sitting the IB Math Studies SL Examination.
Pre-Calculus
One year; One credit; Grades 10-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Regular
Prerequisite: Integrated Math 3 or Integrated Math 3 Plus
Homework: Average
Fulfills IB Math Standard Level requirement, Year 1
This course is designed for students with a solid mathematical background and an interest in further study in business and industry, economics, medicine, ecology, mathematics, and the sciences. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of functions and their graphs to create mathematical models. Content is presented in the context of its utilization rather than through theory and includes the study of polynomial, rational, logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions, their composition and transformation, and regressional analysis to describe situations that are best modeled by the above functions. Students learn to appreciate the power of functions and develop models to describe complex relationships. Students successfully completing this course normally proceed to AP Calculus or IB Math SL.
AP Statistics
One year; One credit; Grades 11-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Advanced
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus
Homework: Heavy
AP Statistics offers students a non-calculus-based course in Statistics. AP Statistics introduces students to the major concepts of collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Depending on the students' choice of university, students who successfully complete the course and external examination may receive credit for a one-semester university statistics course. The course will study the four major concepts of statistics. In the first area, Exploring Data, students will interpret, summarize, and compare graphical displays of distributions of univariate data. The students will also explore bivariate data and categorical data. In the second area, Planning a Study, students will consider data collection, surveys, conducting experiments and generalizing their results. In the third area, Anticipating Patterns, students will study probability as relative frequency, the laws of probability, normal distribution, and sampling distributions. Finally in the fourth area, Statistical Inference, students will consider confidence intervals, significance tests, and the special case of the normal distribution.
IB Honors Math Analysis
One year; One credit; Grades 10-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Honors
Prerequisite: Integrated Math 3 or Integrated Math 3 Plus
and teacher recommendation
Homework: Heavy
Text: Students must purchase textbook, Pure Mathematics.
Fulfills IB Math Higher Level requirement, Year 1
and IB Math Standard Level requirement, Year 1
This course is designed to provide a rigorous background of mathematical thought and a reasonable level of technical ability for those wishing to take the IB Higher Level exam. It is intended to provide a sound mathematical basis for those students planning to pursue further studies in such fields as mathematics, chemistry, physics, engineering, economics, or business administration. Students will write mathematics in the form of portfolio work, investigations, extended problem solving, and problems in real world contexts. Course content will include number and algebra, coordinate geometry, geometry and trigonometry, functions, vectors and analytic geometry. Students normally proceed to IB Math HL or AP Calculus.
IB Math SL
One year; One credit; Grade 11-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Honors
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus or IB Honors Math Analysis
Homework: Average-Heavy
Fulfills IB Math Standard Level requirement, Year 2
This course is intended to provide a sound mathematical basis for those students planning to pursue studies in such fields as science, economics, or business administration. The course provides a background of mathematical thought and a reasonable level of technical ability for those not wishing to take AP Calculus or IB Math HL. It is a demanding course since it contains a variety of mathematical topics and requires a strong mathematical background. Course content will include the topics begun in IB Honors Math Analysis or Pre-Calculus. New topics of matrices, probability and statistics, analytical geometry, and additional topics in calculus will be covered. Students who complete this course will have the option of sitting for the IB Math Standard Level Examination.
AP Calculus AB
One year; One credit; Grades 11-12
Credit/Degree of Difficulty: Advanced
Prerequisite: IB Honors Math Analysis with a grade of C or better
or Pre-Calculus with a grade of B or better and teacher recommendation.
Homework: Heavy
This course is designed for students with a strong ability and interest in mathematics. Objectives of this course are to develop the student's computational powers and insight into the process of analysis, to provide an insight into the broad spectrum of the application of differential and integral calculus, and to provide an incentive to pursue a further study of mathematics. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions to concepts of limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration. Those who complete this course will have the option of sitting for the Advanced Placement Calculus AB Examination.
IB Math HL
One year; One credit; Grade 12
Degree of Difficulty: Advanced
Prerequisite: IB Honors Math Analysis with a grade of B or better
and teacher recommendation
Homework: Heavy
Text: Student must own the textbook, Pure Mathematics.
Fulfills IB Math Higher Level requirement, Year 2
This course completes the second year of the IB Higher Level mathematics program and is intended for those students who have exceptional mathematical ability. Not only does the student require a genuine interest in mathematics but s/he must also enjoy meeting the challenges and problems which it produces. Those intending to study mathematics or physics at the university level should take this course. Students intending to study engineering, chemistry, computer science, economics, or business will find the course helpful. Course content is primarily theoretical and will include number and algebra, vectors, matrices, calculus, and probability theory as well as an in-depth study of calculus. Students will be expected to complete portfolio work as required by the IB. Students completing the course will have the option of sitting for the IB Math Higher Level and/or the Advanced Placement Calculus BC Examinations.
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