IB Math Studies SL A/B

IB Math Studies SL is a standard level IB course and is designed for students with varied backgrounds and abilities who may not pursue a mathematically based career. The course develops the skills needed to cope with the mathematical demands of a technological society with an emphasis on the application of mathematics to real-life, everyday situations. Course topics include families of functions, approximation, probability and statistics, sets and logic, sequences, finance, trigonometry, and basic differential calculus. A personal research project involving the collection, analysis and evaluation of data is a requirement of the course. Students may take the IB Math Studies SL exam at the conclusion of this course.