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Description: Students enrolled in this course will spend three quarters of the year learning and mastering topics in
trigonometry and conclude the year with a quarter of analytical geometry which includes studying parabolas, circles,
ellipses, and hyperbolas. Unlike the precalculus course, students only review algebra to help them with their
understanding of trigonometry and the extra time is used for slower pacing. This level of trigonometry is for students
who are not intending to take a calculus course in high school. The study of trigonometry includes: solving for angles
and sides in right and non-right triangles, applying the trigonometric ratios, graphing the trigonometric functions and
describing the effects transformations have on these functions. Students will also solve trigonometric equations using
inverse functions and graphs, study the properties of simple harmonic motion, model periodic phenomena, and prove
relationships among trigonometric functions.

Course Title: Business Calculus Credit Value: 1.0

Course 102505 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Number:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Pre-Calculus with a 70% Open to Grades: 11, 12
or higher or completion of Pre-Calculus with an
80% or higher or Completion of Trigonometry &
Analytical Geometry with 90% or higher or
teacher recommendation.
Career Finance Science, Technology, Engineering and
Cluster(s): Information Technology Mathematics
Description: Calculus is the study of how things change. This calculus course is designed for the student who plans to
pursue a non-science related field in college, or to develop a calculus background prior to enrolling in Calculus at the
college level. Business Calculus begins with a brief review of precalculus concepts then moves to the study of limits,
derivatives, and integrals. These concepts will be applied to polynomial, power, rational, exponential, and logarithmic
functions. In addition, this course includes an introduction to calculus of several variables. This course covers the same
content as CHS Business Calculus, but differs in both the pace and rigor. Business Calculus places emphasis on application
of calculus concepts rather than calculus theory.
Course Title: College in High School Business Calculus Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 102510 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Pre-Calculus with a Open to Grades: 11, 12
70% or higher or completion of Pre-Calculus
with an 80% or higher or teacher
recommendation AND a passing score on the
ALEKS placement test ($25 fee in 2020-2021)
Requirement(s): Enrollment in the College in High School Program at the University of Pittsburgh (2020-2021
cost $300; $75 per credit)
Career Cluster(s): Finance Science, Technology, Engineering and
Information Technology Mathematics
Description: Calculus is the study of how things change. CHS Business Calculus begins with a brief review of
precalculus concepts then moves to the study of limits, derivatives, and integrals. These concepts will be applied to
polynomial, power, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. In addition, this course includes an
introduction to calculus of several variables. CHS Business Calculus is a College in High School course designed for the
student who plans to pursue a non-science related field in college or to develop a calculus background prior to enrolling
in Calculus at the college level. Through successful completion of the coursework and the College in High School exams,
a student will earn four college credits that can be transferred to different colleges. Placement into this course is
contingent upon earning a passing score (as determined by the University of Pittsburgh’s College in High School
Program) on the ALEKS placement test and CHS enrollment.
This course differs from the AP Calculus classes in rigor as well as content depth. Less emphasis is placed on
trigonometric functions and the derivation and proof of theorems, while more emphasis is placed on the use and

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