高等数学
The Further Mathematics HL course (SL before 2014) is designed for students with a high degree of competence and interest in mathematics, and who "intend to study mathematics at university, either as a subject in its own right or as a major component of a related subject." Students who take this course most often also take Mathematics HL and knowledge of all material from the Core curriculum of Mathematics HL is necessary and presumed, as well as knowledge of at least one of the four Options offered in Mathematics HL. The curriculum for Further Mathematics HL includes all of the topics from all four of these Options, for which 144 hours of instruction are allotted, and additional topics from geometry and linear algebra, for which 96 hours of instruction are allotted. There are no optional topics in Further Mathematics HL.