The first part of this course is designed to familiarize students with a variety of algebraic ideas and techniques needed in high mathematics along with reviewing previously learned concepts. There is great emphasis on application of many fundamentals learned in advanced algebra. Topics include the basic algebraic operations, exponents, radicals, solution of equations, and systems of equations, logarithms, simple and compound interest, effective rate, inequalities, conic sections, functions, inverses, symmetry, matrices, and determinants. The second part of this course is designed to prepare students for AP Calculus, covers practical applications and theoretical properties of circular and trigonometric functions and their inverses, including solution of triangles, and elementary surveying. Use of trigonometric identities, the polar and rectangular coordinate system, and solutions of trigonometric equations are also covered.
Students routinely use a graphing calculator.
Students seeking a math-related career should enroll. Topics include methods of data collection, organization of data, presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variation, laws of probability, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and making inferences from samples. Discrete Math . . . The main themes of the course are counting techniques, matrices, and recursion. Topics are taken from graph theory, social choice, linear programming, game theory, logic, coding theory, queuing theory, set theory, growth patterns, election theory, and mathematical induction.