This course is designed to provide a background of mathematical thought and a reasonable level of technical ability for those wishing to take a more calculus-oriented IB Mathematics course. It is intended to provide a sound mathematical basis for those students planning to pursue further studies in such fields as mathematics, science, economics, and business administration. The course requires completion of a portfolio of at least one mathematical problem given by the instructor. This course prepares students to complete the IB Mathematics SL examination.

This course is designed to be a non-theoretical, practical course in applied statistics. It is highly recommended for students planning to major in areas such as biology, psychology, sociology, economics, and medicine. This course benefits students planning to attend college or technical school. Topics included in this course are: measures of central tendency, variability, reliability, correlations, simple hypothesis testing, treatment of experimental data, and regression.

The course concentrates on mathematics that can be applied to contexts related as far as possible to other subjects being studied, to common real-world occurrences and to topics that relate to home, work and leisure situations. The course includes project work, a feature unique within this group of courses: students must produce a project, a piece of written work based on personal research, guided and supervised by the teacher. The project provides an opportunity for students to carry out a mathematical investigation in the context of another course being studied, a hobby or interest of their choice, using skills learned before and during the course. This process allows students to ask their own questions about mathematics and to take responsibility for a part of their own course of studies in mathematics. The students most likely to select this course are those whose main interests lie outside the field of mathematics, and for many students this course will be their final experience in formal mathematics. All parts of the syllabus have therefore been carefully selected to ensure that an approach starting with first principles can be used. As a consequence, students can use their own inherent, logical thinking skills and do not need to rely on standard algorithms and remembered formulae. Students likely to need mathematics for the achievement of further qualifications should consider an alternative mathematics course.

AP Calculus prepares students to succeed in four-year colleges and universities and provides opportunities for students to earn college credits while in high school. This course is a college-level mathematics course that prepares students to continue their study of calculus in college. Content includes elementary differential and integral calculus, including analytic geometry as required for development of the concepts of calculus. Students work with functions represented in a variety of ways; develop an understanding of the connections among these representations, derivatives, and the use of derivatives to solve a variety of problems. Technology is used to help solve problems, conduct experiments, interpret results, and verify conclusions. This course prepares students to complete the AP examination for Calculus AB, or BC, respectively.