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Logic Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: Text PREP Curriculum, and Klutch: Integrated Mathematics Course 2. Publisher: MERRILL Description: This course exposes students to compound statements, Truth tables, Rules of Inference, Quantifiers, Paradoxes, Elementary Set Theory, Boolean Algebra, and Switching Networks. (Course 2, MQ3) Problem Solving (Pre-Algebra) Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: Tex PREP Curriculum Description: This course provides essential concepts for the study of Algebra. Topics: problem solving strategies, exponents, scientific notation, integer operations, order of operations, evaluating expressions, translating phrases and equations, solving equations. Problem Solving (Algebra-Level 1) Class Hours: 1-hour/4 days a week/8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum Description: This course is designed for students who have had pre-algebra and will most likely be taking Algebra 1 (Course 1, MQ1). Topics: Problem solving strategies, operations with rational numbers, combining and evaluating expressions, Equations and inequalities, Absolute value, Polynomials and Exponents, Factoring, Quadratic Equations. Problem Solving (Algebra-Level 2) Class Hours: 1-hour/4 days a week/8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum Description: This course is designed for students who have had Algebra I (Course 1, MQ1) and will most likely be taking Algebra II (Course 1, MQ2). Topics: Problem solving strategies, Equations and inequalities, Absolute value, Factoring, Quadratic Equations, Linear Equations, System of Equations, Rational Expressions and Equations. Problem Solving (Algebra-Level 3) Class Hours: 1-hour/4 days a week/8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum Description: This course is designed for students who have had Algebra I (Course 1, MQ1 and MQ2) and will most likely be taking algebra II (Course 2, MQ4). Topics: Factoring, Linear Equations, Radical Expressions and Equations, Complex Numbers, Quadratic Equations, Problem Solving Strategies. Problem Solving (Geometry) Required Text: Tex PREP Curriculum. Description: This course is designed for students who have completed Algebra I (Courses 1, MQ1 & MQ2) and will most likely be taking geometry (Course 2, MQ3). Topics: problem solving strategies, points, lines, planes, angles, polygons, polyhedral, area, perimeter, circles, symmetry, similarity, ratio and proportions, constructions. Problem Solving (Advanced Math) Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: Tex PREP Curriculum. Description: This course is designed for students who have completed Algebra I and Geometry (Courses I and II). Topics: evaluating expressions, dividing polynomials, function notation, diophantine equations, dimensional analysis, interior angles of polygons, imaginary numbers, Law of cosines, logarithms, angles of elevations. Introduction to Engineering Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 4 weeks Required Text: Tex PREP Curriculum. Description: Lecture / laboratory hands-on project oriented class with the following topics: The Engineering Profession, measurements, simple mechanics, work-energy, engineering design; in class and laboratory demonstration of engineering principles and team designs of bridges, rockets, electrical motors, levers, pulley systems, magnets, springs, interface circuit boards. Computer Science Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 4 weeks Required Text: Tex PREP Curriculum Description: Lecture / Laboratory class focusing on: Introduction to computers, explanation of basic hardware and software applications; solving problems by developing algorithms and using flow charting; writing programs in BASIC. Research and Study Sessions Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: NYPREP Curriculum. Description: A daily small group class that provided students with time to work on class assignments, computer projects, writing assignments, engineering model projects, or personal development activities such as resume writing, note-taking, stress reduction, building self esteem, following directions, college researching, and career planning. Internet Technologies Class Hours: 1 hour / 2 days per week / 4 weeks Required Text: NYPREP Curriculum. Description: Lecture / Laboratory class focusing on majors Internet Programs such as electronic mail, ftp (for file transfer, newsreaders, World Wide Web browsers (e.g., Netscape) and searching tools. Problem Solving (PREP II) Class Hours: 1 hour /4 days a week/8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum Description: Numerous and varied experiences with problem solving as a method of inquiry and application so that students can: use problem solving approaches to investigate and understand mathematical content, formulate problems, develop and apply a variety of strategies to solve problems, verify and interpret results, generalizes solutions and strategies to new problem situations, and acquire confidence in using mathematics meaningfully. Physics Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum. Description: Lecture / Laboratory class focusing on: Mechanics, Electricity, and Laboratory applications. Algebraic Structures Class Hours: 1 hour / 4 days per week / 8 weeks Required Text: TexPREP Curriculum. Description: This course reviews and expands the student’s understanding of the properties of real number systems. Clock arithmetic is used as a vehicle for understanding many of these properties. Topics: groups, rings, and fields. |