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THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME MATHEMATICS HIGHER-LEVEL COURSE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPETENCE IN A RANGE OF ANALYTICAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS. STUDENTS WILL BE LIKELY TO INCLUDE MATHEMATICS AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES-EITHER IN ITS OWN RIGHT OR WITHIN COURSES SUCH AS PHYSICS; ENGINEERING OR TECHNOLOGY. THE COURSE FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING IMPORTANT MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS IN A COMPREHENSIVE; COHERENT AND RIGOROUS WAY THROUGH A BALANCED APPROACH. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY THEIR MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS SET IN A VARIETY OF MEANINGFUL CONTEXTS AND TO JUSTIFY AND PROVE RESULTS. STUDENTS DEVELOP INSIGHTS INTO MATHEMATICAL FORM AND STRUCTURE AND BECOME INTELLECTUALLY EQUIPPED TO APPRECIATE THE LINKS BETWEEN CONCEPTS IN DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS. THEY WILL ALSO BE URGED TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NEEDED TO CONTINUE THEIR MATHEMATICAL GROWTH IN OTHER LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. CORE CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE INCLUDE: ALGEBRA; FUNCTIONS AND EQUATIONS; CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS AND TRIGONOMETRY; MATRICES; VECTORS; STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY AND CALCULUS. STUDENTS WILL ALSO CREATE TWO INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF WORK; BASED ON MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING. THIS IS A TWO-YEAR COURSE.

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• MTHA
• 4 years of Math

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Online / Virtual