Not having Pre-Calc when going into IB Math HL

ucbalumnus
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:09:29 +0000

https://www.lmsd.org/uploaded/documents/Academics/IB/ib_mathematics.pdf describes the old and new IB math courses.

math studies SL → math AI SL
(no course) → math AI SL
math SL → math AA SL
math HL → math AA HL

(AI = applications and interpretations, AA = analysis and approaches)

The AI courses, like the old math studies course, are for students who will not need to take additional math in college. Most US high school students in IB programs should avoid math studies or math AI unless they are certain that they will not need to take more math in college for either their majors or general education requirements.