Not having Pre-Calc when going into IB Math HL

MYOS1634
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:33:56 +0000

Actually, the AI HL course is considered equivalent in level to the AA HL course but with a different focus. It’s especially useful for pre-meds, business, Economics, social sciences, perhaps some sciences.
AI HL = calc AB+ AP stats+ further stats+ other math.
AA SL is very balanced. Can be used for stem (if followed by the right math sequence in college) or economics too although it covers less material than AI HL.
AA HL is like Maths/further maths. It’s designed for engineering, math, physics, CS majors.
Imperial will accept both AI and AA HL for instance.
Only AI SL is designed for students who will not need Calculus in college. However they will have studied precalculus and a little bit of calculus basics, plus enough stats to take a college course if need be. It’s a course suitable for Humanities, elementary education, even ok for less quantitative versions social sciences. Only this class can be logically followed with AP stats and even then a part of AP stats would have been covered through AI SL.
Further content than AP stats would be contained in the HL courses already, making calculus-based stats through dual enrollment a better choice then AP stats (which would just be a repeat). Alternatively AA could be followed by MVC, discrete math linear algebra from a nearby College.