IB Mohd Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hello,Right now I'm in Pre-Calculus, and next year I'm going to have to take my math IB test. I was wondering if PreCal would be a good enough prerequisite course for IB Math HL, or if I would be better off taking Math Studies SL instead. Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldld Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Do you have a copy of the Math HL syllabus? There is a section in there called presumed knowledge listing the topics that it is assumed that you know about before taking the course.Edit: Searched around the Files section of IB Survival, couldn't find the Math HL syllabus. Found this copy from Google: http://www.education.umd.edu/MathEd/conference/vbook/math.hl.08.pdf [PDF]I'm not sure about any restrictions on distributing this, I'm assuming it's okay. (Other syllabuses are freely available on this site, but as you probably know IB is pretty protective of their documents). Edited September 11, 2011 by aldld Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Filipino Limner Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I'm now in Math HL, and I only took up some, but not all the topics in the Pre-calculus list. So, I guess, you can and should still take HL if you can take it. It will just be more rigorous! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adletaY Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hmm, I took Pre-Calc before entering the 2 year IB program, and it was a great lead-in since we covered most of topics 1, 2, and 3 for HL, and did some other stuff. I'm not too sure about taking Pre-Calc and then having one year to learn all the HL stuff before you take your exam. To the best of my knowledge, Pre-Calc won't cover vectors, matrices, your option, and (obviously) calculus. If you think you can do all that stuff in one year then go for it, but the kids at my school who took Pre-Calc for IB1 are doing Maths SL. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellwo Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 People in my school can take precalc 1st year and then take HL for the second year, but because of that they devote 2 class periods to the class. It's definitely doable but more intensive. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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