Pre-Calculus
Course Description:
This rigorous course is for the serious math/science students who will take Calculus in their senior year in high school or freshman year in college. Areas of emphasis are: mathematical induction, extension of the qualitative ideas of function by the study of special functions (greatest integer, circular and trigonometric, polynomial, rational), analytic geometry (rectangular and polar coordinate system), conics, parametric curves, and DeMoivre’s theorem. Structure and method of proof are emphasized.
This course is offered as a CP(332), Honors(331), and a Dual Enrollment(330) with URI.
Length of Course: 1 Semester
PBGR: 1.0 Mathematics
Prerequisite
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Standards Addressed
High School: Number and Quantity
- The Real Number System - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.RN
- Quantities - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A
- The Complex Number System - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.CN
High School: Algebra
- Seeing Structure in Expressions - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.SSE
- Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Expressions - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.APR
- Creating Equations - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.CED
- Reasoning with Equations & Inequalities - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.REI
High School: Functions
- Interpreting Functions - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.IF
- Building Functions - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.BF
- Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.LE
High School: Geometry
- Trigonometry - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.SRT
High School: Trigonometric Functions
- Extend the domain of trigonometric functions using the unit circle. - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF
- Model periodic phenomena with trigonometric functions - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF
- Prove and apply trigonometric identities. - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF
Dual Enrollement Option: Pre-Caluculs EE
