High School Course/Curriculum Offering
#4100P Algebra IB
Course Fee:This course enables students to cover the material of Algebra I over a two-year period. Algebra IA includes an extended review of Pre-Algebra and then explores solving equations and inequalities, graphing and analyzing linear functions and relations, and simple statistics and probability. Algebra IB includes a short review of Algebra IA and explores polynomials and their factoring, quadratic and exponential functions, radical and rational expressions and equations, statistics and probability. These two courses count as one year toward the mathematics requirement.
Pre-Requisites: A grade of C- or better in Algebra IA and a C- or better in the 1st semester is required to enroll in the 2nd semester
Co-Requisites: A scientific calculator
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#4160P Algebra II
Course Fee:This course presents function notation, linear equations, factoring, quadratic equations and radical expressions. Students work with complex numbers, curve sketching, conic sections, exponential functions, logarithms, sequences and series, matrices and simple statistics.
Pre-Requisites: grade of C- or better in Algebra I and Geometry
Co-Requisites: A graphing calculator such as a TI-83 plus, TI-83 plus silver, TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver is recommended for this course.
Textbooks: Algebra 2, California edition. Glencoe, 2005
#5420P American Government
Course Fee:Encompasses the means available for political participation in the United States government, the levels within the federal and local governments, and the role of American government in global concerns. It includes philosophical and constitutional foundations, political behavior, and major public policy issues. Students acquire skills in research, data interpretation, and analytical thought. Students also participate in a “mock congress” helping develop a better understanding of the legislative process.
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#4250AP AP Calculus
Course Fee:The purpose of this course is to provide a basic education in general calculus principles comparable to that found at the first-year college level. The student will be well prepared for college level calculus and can use this knowledge as a foundation for further mathematical studies. It is designed for the student who desires to further study math at the college level. Calculus focuses its study on limits and their properties, various methods of differentiation and their applications, and methods of integration and their applications. Students will also work with important classes of functions such as logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions. Students will encounter maximum/minimum problems, related rates problems, Reimann sums, volumes and surface areas of rotation problems. Students will be well prepared to take the AP Calculus AB examination.
Pre-Requisites: grade of C or better in Pre-Calculus or Instructor’s Approval
Co-Requisites: A graphing calculator such as a TI-83 plus, TI-83 plus silver, TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver is required for this course.
Textbooks: Calculus of a Single Variable, 6th ed. Larson, Hostetler, Edwards, 1998