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Personal Finance CP - 246510 AP Calculus BC – 248116
10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
1 Year Course 1 Year Course
UC Requirement c UC Requirement c
CSU Requirement Math CSU Requirement Math
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MHS School Site(s) LHS, THS, MHS, BCHS
Description: This course is open to junior and senior Description: AP Calculus BC is a full-year course in the
level students only. The Personal Finance courses is an calculus of functions of a single variable. It includes all
introductory course that will provide students with an topics covered in Calculus AB, plus the rigorous
in depth understanding of finance and investing so that definitions of limits, sequences and series,
they will be able to use these applications in everyday parametrically defined curves, polar curves and other
life. Topics covered include basic personal finance, advanced techniques of integration. The content of
mortgages, insurance, real estate transactions, and Calculus BC is designed to qualify the student for
fraud. Students will be required to work with their placement and credit in a course that is one course
peers and develop projects throughout the year to beyond that granted for Calculus AB. This course uses
demonstrate their understanding of the material. a “5-point A” grading system. Students are strongly
Recommended pathway: A grade of “B” or better in encouraged to take the AP Calculus Exam.
Integrated Math 1 CP.
Statistics CP – 248310
Pre-Calculus – 245110 10 Credits Grade(s) 11 & 12
10 Credits Grade(s) 10-12 1 Year Course
1 Year Course UC Requirement c
UC Requirement c School Site(s) BCHS, MHS
CSU Requirement Math Description: This is a one-year College Preparatory
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MHS, THS, course in probability and statistics. The purpose of this
Description: This is a one-year course for all students course is to introduce students to the major concepts
who are planning to major in the sciences, engineering, and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing
or mathematics. This course includes one semester of conclusions from data. Students are exposed to four
analytic trigonometry and one of analytic geometry. broad conceptual themes: Exploring data, planning and
conducting surveys and experiments, probability, and
AP Calculus AB – 248016 statistical inference.
10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
1 Year Course AP Probability and Statistics – 248316
UC Requirement c 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
CSU Requirement Math 1 Year Course
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS, MHS UC Requirement c
Description: AP Calculus AB covers elementary CSU Requirement Math
functions, differential and integral calculus and School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MHS, THS
parallels the college level course. Upon completion, Description: This course covers exploratory data
students will be eligible to take the AP examination in analysis, data collection, probability, and statistical
calculus and earn college credits. A graphing calculator inference and parallels a college level statistics course.
is recommended. This course uses a “5-point A” grading The course draws connections between all aspects of the
system. This course meets the UC and CSU statistical process, including design, analysis, and
recommendation for advanced math electives. Students conclusions. The student will be prepared to take the
are strongly encouraged to take the AP exam. advanced placement exam in the spring. Successful
Recommended pathway: A grade of “C” or better in completion of the exam will give the student one
Pre-Calculus, recommendation of instructor, and semester of college credit for introductory statistics at
acceptable score on the CSU-UC pre-calculus diagnostic most colleges and universities. Students may be placed
exam. in this course based on the application process used in
Honors/AP courses. Students are strongly encouraged
to take the AP exam.

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