Mathematics
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 9
Prerequisite: Score of 1 or 2 on NYS Grade 8 Assessment or teacher recommendation
This is the first year of a two-year program that will prepare students to succeed on the Common Core Algebra Regents Exam. Algebra A will focus on Statistics, Problem Solving, Linear Equations and Inequalities, and Functions. Upon successful completion of Algebra A, students will proceed to Algebra B.
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 10
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra A
This is the second year of a two year program that will prepare students to succeed on the Common Core Algebra Regents Exam. Algebra B will focus on Polynomials, Quadratics, Exponents and Exponential Functions. At the end of the year students will take the Common Core Algebra Regents Exam.
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 8 (based on recommendation), 9, 10
Prerequisite: Score of 3 or 4 on NYS Grade 8 Assessment or teacher recommendation
The first year of a three-year study of integrated mathematics. Algebra provides tools and ways of thinking that are necessary for solving problems in a wide variety of disciplines, such as science, business, social sciences, fine arts, and technology. This course will assist students in developing skills and processes to be applied using a variety of techniques to successfully solve problems in a variety of settings. In June of the Algebra year, students will take the New York State Regents examination in Algebra.
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 9-11
Prerequisite: Algebra
Within this course, students will have the opportunity to make conjectures about geometric situations and prove in a variety of ways, both formal and informal, that their conclusion follows logically from their hypothesis. This course is meant to employ an integrated approach to the study of geometric relationships. Geometry is meant to lead students to an understanding that reasoning and proof are fundamental aspects of mathematics and something that sets it apart from the other sciences.
NON-REGENTS GEOMETRY
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 10 or 11
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra B or Algebra I
This course will strengthen Algebra skills that are needed for successful completion of Regents Geometry. Students will also be introduced to the foundations of Geometry.
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 10-12
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I and Geometry
This course is a continuation and extension of Algebra I. While developing the algebraic techniques that will be required of those students that continue their study of mathematics, this course is also intended to continue developing alternative solution strategies and algorithms. TI Inspire technology will be used extensively. In June, students will take the required Algebra 2/Trigonometry Regents Exam as a part of this course
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 11-12
Eligible for NCCC Bridge credit
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra 2 course
Pre-calculus is an advanced course in mathematics, which consists mainly of the study of functions. Topics include linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs. Additional topics may include analytic geometry, matrices and determinants, and sequences. This course prepares students for a college-level course in calculus. TI Inspire technology will be used extensively.
CALCULUS
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 12
Eligible for NCCC Bridge credit
Prerequisite: PreCalculus
This course is designed to expose students to Calculus material before taking Calculus in college. It will cover topics including limits, derivatives and integrals. Students who intend to take Calculus in college should take this course {including, but not limited to, majors in math, science, engineering, computer science}
AP STATISTICS
1 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 11-12
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra 2 & Trigonometry course and NYS exam or teacher recommendation
The AP Statistics course is equivalent to an introductory, non-calculus-based college course in statistics. The course introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. There are four themes in the AP Statistics course: exploring data, sampling and experimentation, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. Students use technology, investigations, problem solving, and writing as they build conceptual understanding.
FINANCIAL ALGEBRA
0.5 credit (one semester)
Grade Appropriate: 11 - 12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the NYS Algebra Regents exam
Financial Algebra is a combination of "personal " and "corporate" business mathematics. Topics include gross income, net income, checking and savings accounts, cash purchases, charge accounts, credit cards, loans, automobile transportation, housing costs, insurance, investments, record keeping, personnel, production, purchasing, distribution, sales, marketing, warehousing, services, accounting, accounting records, financial management, and corporate planning.
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE ALGEBRA
0.5 credit (one semester)
Grade Appropriate: 12
Eligible for NCCC Bridge Credit
Prerequisites: Senior; Must have successfully completed the Geometry course (but not necessarily the NYS Geometry Regents exam).
This course reinforces basic algebra concepts while incorporating real world numbers and assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. Students will solve equations, evaluate algebraic expressions, solve and graph linear and quadratic equations and linear inequalities, graph lines, and solve systems of linear equations and linear inequalities as well as factoring and solving quadratic equations. Applications to real-world problems are also explored throughout this course.
1.0 credit (full year)
Grade Appropriate: 10-12
Eligible for NCCC Bridge Credit
Prerequisite: Passed Common Core Algebra I Regents and/or teacher recommendation
Introduces the concepts of problem solving using computers. Students will learn methodologies and techniques of computer programming using a modernprogramming language. Topics include simple data types, control structures, an introduction to array and string
data structures, and algorithms, as well as debuggingtechniques and the social implications of computing.