UC Math Requirements - Geometry [also art requirement]

tillycat
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:51:07 +0000

I tried searching to see if this has been asked & answered, but I couldn’t find anything.

My daughter is a current sophomore, at a Massachusetts private school that offers the IB diploma. The summer before freshmen year, she took the school’s math placement exam and “tested out” of geometry. This was great! She could move directly to Algebra 2, and then take Functions her sophomore year, which the school has as a prerequisite to HL Math AA. So that is her planned curriculum.

Now, she is starting to build her college list as we work out plans to visit schools… She has UCs pretty high on her list.

She noticed that the UCs have a geometry requirement. I see the website mentions “integrated math course” as an alternative if enough geometry is covered; I don’t think her Functions class would fit that bill though. The course description is: students investigate the properties of polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; develop techniques for combining functions; broaden understanding of rates of change; and develop facility in applying these concepts and skills.

I also see 7th and 8th grade courses could satisfy the requirement if her high school deems them equivalent to its own course. I’m not sure if testing out on the placement exam is really the same as “deemed equivalent”.

I have emailed her school’s college counselor to ask for their input, but in the meantime thought I’d seek feedback here as well. I think we may need to sign her up for an supplemental geometry course online to address this.

My questions:

1. Have I interpreted the requirements correctly?

2. If she does need to do a supplemental course, we will want to do it over summer/breaks. She begins her 2 years of full IB next year so I don’t want her to be tackling an additional math course at the same time. Does anyone have experience with this and could recommend an online option?

Thanks!