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Course: Adv. Algebra I A,B/Algebra I A,B
Category: P G W
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Pre-Algebra B or equivalent
Overview: This is a two semester course for the first year of algebra. The first semester emphasizes the language of algebra, operating with rational numbers, inequalities, monomials, and polynomials. The second semester emphasizes functions and graphs, lines and slopes, systems of open sentences, radicals, quadratics, and factoring.
Course: Adv. Algebra/Trigonometry A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 10-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Adv. Geometry (grade of "B" or better)
Overview: This two semester, college preparatory course examines linear, circular, trigonometric, and logarithmic functions; matrices, vectors, and linear systems; and trigonometric formulas, graphs, inverses, and their applications. The second semester examines polar coordinates; sequences and series with introduction of limits; graphs of lines and conics; probability and descriptive statistics.
Course: Adv. Geometry A,B/Geometry A,B (Basic)
Category: P G W
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra I
Overview: This two semester course develops methods of logical thinking areas used to develop a collection of useful statements about plane figures and relationships between them. All basic geometric content and many applications are presented--points, lines, distances, angles, and other figures. The second half develops methods of logical thinking used to examine statements about plane figures and relationships between them. All basic geometric content and many applications are presented--points, lines, distances, angles, and other figures.
Course: Algebra I W (P)/Algebra I W
Category: P G W
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Pre-Algebra B or equivalent
Overview: This is the first semester of a two-year course in Algebra. The first semester emphasizes the language of algebra, operating with rational numbers and inequalities.
Course: Algebra I X (P)/Algebra I X
Category: P G W
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra I W
Overview: This is the second semester of a two-year course in Algebra. This semester emphasizes monomials, polynomials, and factoring.
Course: Algebra I Y (P)/Algebra I Y
Category: P G W
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra I X
Overview: This is the third semester of a two-year course in Algebra. This semester emphasizes functions and graphs, lines and slopes, systems of open sentences, and radicals.
Course: Algebra I Z (P)/Algebra I Z
Category: P G W
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra I Y
Overview: This is the fourth semester of a two-year course in Algebra. This semester emphasizes quadratics and rational expressions.
Course: Algebra II A,B (P)
Category: P
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 10-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Adv. Algebra I or Adv. Geometry
Overview: This two semester course studies operations of powers, exponents, radicals, quadratics, and polynomials. The second semester studies exponents, exponential and logarithmic functions, probability, statistics, and trigonometric functions and identities.
Course: Basic Mathematics
Category: W
Credits: 5-10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Director Approval
Overview: This course enables the student to practice and improve fundamental skills in everyday arithmetic. Student learns basic math concepts of numeration, computation, and problem solving.
Course: Basic Math
Category: G W
Credits: 5-10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Director Approval
Overview: This course develops basic mathematical skills in personal and business related tasks. Areas of study include gross and net income; cash purchases; checking, savings, and charge accounts; loans; auto, housing and insurance costs; record keeping; and business math central to personnel costs, production, purchasing, sales, marketing, warehousing, and accounting.
Course: Calculus A, B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Pre-Calculus B (grade of "B" or better)
Overview: This two semester, college preparatory course examines derivatives, the chain rule, derivatives of trigonometric functions, applications of derivatives (concavity, points of inflection, maxima and minima) definite and indefinite integrals, application of definite integrals, transcendental functions, and methods of integration. The second semester examines conic sections and other plane curves, parametric equations for conics, hyperbolic functions, inverse hyperbolic functions, polar equations of conic sections and other curves, integrals in polar coordinates, infinite sequences and infinite series, power series and taylor polynomials, vectors, vector functions and motion, and differential equations--first order, second order and higher order equations.
Course: Integrated Math I A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Pre-Algebra B or equivalent
Overview: This college preparatory course examines integrated mathematics, which includes concepts from algebra, geometry, logic, probability, and statistics.
Course: Integrated Math II A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Integrated Math I
Overview: This college preparatory course examines integrated mathematics, which includes concepts from algebra, geometry, logic, probability, and statistics.
Course: Integrated Math III A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 9-12
Prerequisite: Integrated Math II
Overview: This college preparatory course examines integrated mathematics, which includes concepts from algebra, geometry, logic, probability, and statistics.
Course: Intermediate Algebra A,B
Category: G W
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 10-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra I or Geometry
Overview: (Not recommended for college bound Math/Science majors.) (Can not be used as a prerequisite toward fourth year of math.) This two semester course studies operations of powers, exponents, radicals, quadratics, and polynomials. The second half studies exponents, exponential and logarithmic functions, probability, statistics, and trigonometric functions and identities.
Course: Math Analysis A, B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra II B (grade of "B" or better)
Overview: This two semester, college preparatory course examines linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions, inequalities in one and two variables, exponents and logarithms, trigonometric functions, equations and applications including sine curves, cosine curves, and trigonometric identities. The second semester examines triangle trigonometry: solving right triangles, law of sines, law of cosines, trigonometric additions formulas, matrices, combinatorics, probability including the binomial probability theorem, probability of combinations, and descriptive statistics.
Course: Mathematics 7
Category: Jr. H.S.
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 7
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra II B (grade of "B" or better)
Overview: This course enables the student to improve fundamental skills in everyday arithmetic, including basic operations of decimals and percents and solving problems with geometric shapes.
Course: Mathematics 8
Category: Jr. H.S.
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 8
Prerequisite: Required
Overview: This course enables the student to practice and improve fundamental skills in everyday arithmetic, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals.
Course: Pre-Algebra A, B
Category: G W
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 7-12
Prerequisite: Director Approval
Overview: This two semester course enables the student to practice and improve fundamental skills prerequisite to those encountered in formal algebra. Course content includes percents, measurements, conversions, formulas, and pre-algebra tasks and applications.
Course: Pre-Calculus A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Adv. Alg II/Trig B
Overview: This two semester, college preparatory course examines polynomial functions, exponents and logs, trigonometric functions (equations and applications) triangle trigonometry (law of sine and cosine) trigonometric addition formulas, and solving trigonometric equations. The second semester examines analytic geometry, polar coordinates, geometric representation of complex numbers, powers of complex numbers, roots of complex numbers, vectors and determinants, sequences, series, limits and iterated functions, and introduction to calculus, including finding derivatives of curves, using derivatives in curve sketching, extreme value problems, and velocity and acceleration.
Course: Probability and Statistics A,B
Category: P
Credits: 10
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra II
Overview: This two semester, college preparatory course provides a solid background in descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, and discrete and continuous distributions.
Course: Statistics
Category: P
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra II
Overview: This one semester, college preparatory course examines all standard topics in statistics through two-way analysis of variance. Concentration is on the basic concepts with secondary emphasis on their application.
Course: Trigonometry
Category: P
Credits: 5
Grade Level: 11-12
Prerequisite: Mastery of Algebra II
Overview: This one semester, college preparatory course examines trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, analytic trigonometry, graphing of functions, and additional topics such as Law of Sines and Cosines.

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