The Pathways to College Mathematics course is designed to focus on the four critical areas of mathematics as stated in the California Common Core State Standards for Algebra 2. These areas are (1) relate arithmetic of rational expressions to arithmetic of rational numbers; (2) expand understandings of functions and graphing; (3) synthesize and generalize functions and extend understanding of exponential functions to logarithmic functions; and (4) relate data display and summary statistics to probability and explore a variety of data collection methods. Utilizing the Inductive-Deductive Method of teaching and learning pedagogy, students will take foundational algebraic concepts and build upon them by studying polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, probability, statistics, and mathematical modeling. The overall purpose is to teach students to model everyday phenomena such as motion, finance, growth, decay, etc. using the basic relationships found in this course. Students will implement the basic standards of mathematical practice: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, reason abstractly and quantitatively, construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others, model with mathematics, use appropriate tools strategically, attend to precision, look for and make use of structure, look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Through both individual and collaborative group investigations and projects, students will progress from completing structured activities to solving open-ended problems that require them to analyze a given situation, develop an approach to solve, and interpret the meaning of their answer in terms of the context of the problem.