Mathematics

Students graduating in 2011 and there after will take three NYS Regents Exams:  Integrated Algebra, Geometry and Algebra II/Trigonometry.

First year HS math course

  • Integrated Algebra
  • Integrated Algebra Honors
    Departmental approval required

Topics designated by NYS Board of Regents:  algebra; geometry; probability and statistics; number sense and operations; and measurement.  NYS Integrated Algebra Regents Exam is taken in June.

Second year HS math course

  • Geometry
  • Geometry Honors
    Departmental approval required

Topics designated by NYS Board of Regents:  informal and formal proofs; coordinate geometry; transformational geometry; geometric relationships; locus; and constructions.  NYS Geometry Regents Exam is taken in June.

Third year HS math course

  • Algebra 2 and Trigonometry
  • Algebra 2 and Trigonometry Honors
    Departmental approval required

Topics designated by NYS Board of Regents:  operations; equations and inequalities; algebraic and trigonometric functions; coordinate geometry; and probability and statistics.  NYS Algebra 2 / Trigonometry Regents Exam is taken in June.

A fourth year of Mathematics is strongly suggested for all students.

Pre-college Math
Designed for students who wish to review the basic principles of algebra and trigonometry and study additional topics. Time will be spent in preparation for the SAT and college entrance exams. Some topics include functions, equations, inequalities, series and sequences, matrices, polynomials, logarithms.

Students qualifying for pre-calculus should not register for this course.

Pre-Calculus
Departmental approval required
This course covers advanced algebra and advanced trigonometry including functions, conics, matrices; sequences and series, limits and derivatives

Introduction to Calculus
Departmental approval required
This two semester course will cover Pre-calculus and Trigonometry (SJU 1050) and University Calculus I (SJU 1730).  Students will have the opportunity to earn up to six credits from St. John’s University .  Topics covered in SJU 1050 include review of elementary algebra; functions and graphs; sets of linear equations; introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometry.  Topics covered in SJU 1730 include functions; limits; differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions; integration; applications.

Calculus Advanced Placement AB
Departmental approval required
This course includes an in-depth study of functions: polynomial, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic; their inverses; derivatives; integrals; and graph applications to area, volume, velocity and acceleration.  All students must take the AP Exam in May.

Calculus Advanced Placement BC
Departmental approval and the completion of Introduction to Calculus or AP Calculus AB required
This course includes an in-depth study of: techniques of integration, applications of integration, parametric, polar and vector-valued functions, sequences and series.