Course+Outline

**Course Description**
=== This honors course is designed to prepare students for the Calculus and other collegiate level mathematics and science courses. As a result, the primary focus of Honors Precalculus (H) is to bring together critical skills and concepts from algebra and geometry and to integrate the language and concepts of functions. Fundamental to the study of higher mathematics is a thorough understanding of the properties of exponential, logarithmic, polynomial, rational, and trigonometric functions. Students develop this understanding while investigating applications, which include vectors, polar coordinates, recursion, analytic geometry, probability, and combinatorics. ===

//**Honors & Advanced Courses**//
===//All courses have high expectations, but there are different prerequisites and expectations for Honors and Advanced courses. Compared to regular mathematics courses, students in Honors or Advanced courses should expect to encounter topics at a faster pace, which will be investigated in greater depth. Students in an advanced or honors class can expect a greater emphasis on conceptual understanding and abstract thinking with less focus on review and practice. Beyond the expectations of regular mathematics courses, students are expected to be more self-motivated as well as interested in devoting time and energy towards more challenging and thought provoking problems.//===