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03C - Personal Finance Online / Correspondence |
| Helps students build the mathematical skills needed to confront everyday situations successfully: shopping; buying a car; traveling; banking; and calculating wages, insurance, rent, and taxes. NOTE: Online course requires Microsoft Word. |
11A - Algebra Level I: First Semester Online / Correspondence |
| Topics include properties of the fundamental operations, operations with integers, evaluating expressions, combining like terms, removing parentheses, linear equations and inequalities, exponents, factoring, fractional expressions, and verbal problems. NOTE: Course requires a graphing calculator or automatic grapher. An automatic grapher (PC-based only) is included with the course materials. |
12A - Algebra Level I: Second Semester Online / Correspondence |
| Continues Mathematics 11A. Topics include rectangular coordinate systems, slopes of lines, linear equations and their graphs, systems of equations and their solutions, functions and functional notation, fractional equations, complex fractions, radicals and radical equations, the Pythagorean Theorem, quadratic equations, and verbal problems. NOTE: Course requires a graphing calculator or automatic grapher. An automatic grapher (PC-based only) is included with the course materials. Prerequisite: Mathematics 11A or one semester of high school algebra. |
21A - Algebra Level II: First Semester Online / Correspondence |
| Develops an understanding of basic operations with real numbers, equations and inequalities, graphs of points and lines, functions and variations, polynomials, rational expressions, complex fractions, irrational and complex numbers, and quadratic equations. Prerequisites: Mathematics 12A or two semesters of high school algebra. |
21G - Geometry: First Semester Online / Correspondence |
| An integration of algebra and geometry that stimulates appreciation of the structure of mathematics. Topics include undefined terms and basic definitions, and how both are employed to develop and prove theorems, including the application of deductive and fundamental concepts of algebra. Other topics include parallel and perpendicular lines, congruence and applications of triangles, polygons, and intensive coverage of parallelograms and other quadrilaterals. Prerequisite: Mathematics 12A or one year of high school algebra. |
22A - Algebra Level II: Second Semester Online / Correspondence |
| Helps students achieve greater understanding of and competence in equations in two variables, polynomial functions, analytic geometry, variation, exponential and logarithmic functions, sequences and series, trigonometric functions, triangle trigonometry, and probability and statistics. After completing this course, students should not have any trouble with most algebraic processes. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21A or three semesters of high school algebra. |
22G - Geometry: Second Semester Online / Correspondence |
| Continues Mathematics 21G. Comprehensive study of the right triangle (with emphasis on the Pythagorean Theorem and elementary trigonometry); circles and tangents, arcs, chords, angles, and segments related to circles; areas and volumes of geometric figures and solids; and coordinate geometry. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21G or one year of high school algebra and one semester of high school geometry. |
41C - Calculus: First Semester Correspondence |
| A course for students wanting to go beyond advanced algebra and trigonometry. Equivalent to one semester of high school calculus. Appropriate for students planning math or science careers. Topics include functions, limits, derivatives, and integration. Students gain an understanding of calculus's basic techniques and some of their most important applications. Prerequisites: Four semesters of high school algebra, two semesters of high school plane geometry, and familiarity with basic trigonometry. |
41P - Precalculus: First Semester Correspondence |
| Prepares students for college-level calculus, technical school, or employment in industry. Reinforces and extends concepts learned in Algebra II: relations and functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, sequences and series, data analysis, and mathematical reasoning and problem solving. Prerequisites: Four semesters of high school algebra and two semesters of high school geometry |
42C - Calculus: Second Semester Correspondence |
| Continues Mathematics 41C. Topics include logarithmic and exponential functions, techniques of integration, implicit differentiation and circular functions, and applications of the derivative and the differential. Prerequisite: Mathematics 41C or one semester of high school calculus. |
42P - Precalculus: Second Semester Correspondence |
| Prepares students for college-level calculus, technical school, or employment in industry. Develops a firm foundation in analytical and computational trigonometry; definition and graphing of circular functions, inverse functions, polar coordinates, and basic identities; solution of trigonometric equations with numerous applications; and computational and problem-solving skills. Prerequisites: Four semesters of high school algebra and familiarity with geometry of the circle and triangle. |
51A - AP Calculus, First Semester Online |
| This course, in combination with the subsequent semester (Math 52A), is designed to help students achieve appropriate advanced placement and/or credit into the sequence of calculus courses offered at the college level. It will also prepare students for the AP Calculus AB exam given in May of each year. Topics covered include fractions, graphs, and limits; derivatives; and integrals. Required technology: high speed Internet connection (strongly recommended), graphing calculator (TI-89 strongly recommended), and access to a scanner (to submit work electronically). Prerequisites: two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and one year of precalculus that includes trigonometry. |
52A - AP Calculus, Second Semester Online |
| This course, in combination with the previous semester (Math 51A), is designed to help students achieve appropriate advanced placement and/or credit into the sequence of calculus courses offered at the college level. It will also prepare students for the AP Calculus AB exam given in May of each year. Topics covered include fractions, graphs, and limits; derivatives; and integrals. Required technology: high speed Internet connection (strongly recommended), graphing calculator (TI-89 strongly recommended), and access to a scanner (to submit work electronically). Prerequisite: Math 51A or equivalent. |
