IB Mathematics: Analysis & Approaches SL – Year One
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the IB program, Algebra II and Geometry
Course Number: MAB231
Credit: 1 credit
Grade Placement: Grade 11
Course Location: Home Campus
This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 5 Mathematics. The aims of this course are to enable students to develop logical, critical, and creative thinking, to develop an understanding of the principles and nature of advanced mathematics, to employ and refine their powers of abstraction and generalization, and to appreciate the multiplicity of cultural and historical perspectives of mathematics. This course will emphasize the study of polynomial, radical, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. In addition, the course will include polar and parametric equations and sequences and series. This is the first year of a two-year course.