Honors Precalculus

Honors PreCalculus Course Description Off-Campus Permission Form (PDF)

Honors Precalculus involves a study of numerical, analytical, and graphical properties of
functions and their applications in fundamental concepts of first-semester calculus.

Topics include:
1. Polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions
2. Inverse functions, complex numbers, polar
coordinates, matrices, conic sections, sequences, series, and the binomial theorem.
3. Calculus topics: finite and infinite limits, derivatives, and their applications.

TEXTBOOK: Larson, Hostetler, Edwards: Calculus 1 with Precalculus: A One-Year Course,
2nd ed. (2006)

Prerequisites: Honors Algebra II/Trig or Math Analysis