COURSE NAME: Precalculus Honors
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PREREQUISITE: Honors Algebra II with a grade of B or better; regular Algebra II with a 95 average; should really like math.
DESCRIPTION: Honors Precalculus delves very deeply into the topics: trigonometry, functions, exponents, logarithms, polynomials, conic sections, sequences, series, polar coordinates, inequalities, and coordinate geometry. The topics probability and vectors are briefly covered.
HOMEWORK: One-half to one hour of work per night on the average. Students should not be taking more than 3 honors courses concurrently. Students who feel they are smart enough to learn without doing any homework should not take this course as much of the learning is done by discovery.
TESTS: Tests comprise 75% of the grade taken in this course. This may be a difficulty for students who do not test well; there is no retest policy.
SPECIAL SUPPLIES: A graphing calculator is required.
REQUIREMENTS: Some library research may be required. Students need to be willing to talk in front of the class, teach some material.
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