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Mathematics

  • Algebra 1

    Grade Level: 8th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Pre-Algebra
    Description: This eighth-grade mathematics course is a complete course in algebra. The course will help the students organize their thoughts in solving mathematical problems that are met in everyday life. The course will also prepare the student to continue studies in mathematics and the sciences. Topics of study include: variables and equations, real numbers and operations with real numbers, factoring of polynomials, algebraic fractions, ratios and proportions, solving equations, linear functions and their properties, inequalities in one and two variables, rational and irrational numbers, radicals and quadratic functions.
  • Algebra 2 & Trig

    Grade Level: 10th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Geometry
    Description: This course is a second-year algebra course in a college preparatory curriculum. It includes a review of skills from Algebra I and all the essential topics of Algebra II and an introduction to trigonometry. There is an emphasis on equation solving and its application to the solutions of realistic word problems. Topics of study include: practice in fundamental operations of arithmetic, properties of real numbers, concepts of equations, inequalities, polynomials and functions, graphs, problem solving and algebraic language.
  • AP Calculus AB

    Grade Level: 11th 
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.5 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 95 in Honors Algebra II or 90 in Honors Pre Calculus, PSAT score of 600, and departmental approval. Additionally, the College Board AP Potential Expectancy Tables will be used to inform placement.
    Notes: Students in this course are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam. The goals and objectives of this AP course are aligned to the College Board Curriculum Standards.
    Description: A yearlong advanced placement course designed to qualify the student for one to two semesters of college credit in calculus. Credit and/or placement varies with the college or university and depends upon the performance on the AB Calculus test administered by the College Board in May. Topics include: properties of functions, limits, differential and integral calculus. This course is intended for students who have a thorough knowledge of college preparatory mathematics, including algebra, axiomatic geometry, trigonometry, and analytic geometry (rectangular and, equations, graphs and lines).
  • AP Calculus AB

    Grade Level: 12th 
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.5 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 90 for Honors Pre Calculus (MAT 3610), and departmental approval. Additionally, the College Board AP Potential Expectancy Tables will be used to inform placement.
    Notes: Students in this course are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam. The goals and objectives of this AP course are aligned to the College Board Curriculum Standards.
    Description: A yearlong advanced placement course designed to qualify the student for one to two semesters of college credit in calculus. Credit and/or placement varies with the college or university and depends upon the performance on the AB Calculus test administered by the College Board in May. Topics include: properties of functions, limits, differential and integral calculus. This course is intended for students who have a thorough knowledge of college preparatory mathematics, including algebra, axiomatic geometry, trigonometry, and analytic geometry (rectangular and, equations, graphs and lines). 
  • AP Calculus BC

    Grade Level: 12th 
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.5 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 92 for Honors Pre-Calculus or a passing score on the College Board AP Calculus AB exam, and departmental approval. Additionally, the AP Potential Expectancy Tables will be used to inform placement. Students entering this course from Honors Pre-Calculus must take an approved Calculus course through Florida International University.
    Notes: Students in this course are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam. The goals and objectives of this AP course are aligned to the College Board Curriculum Standards.
    Description:  AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC focus on students’ understanding of calculus concepts and provide experience with methods and applications. Through the use of big ideas of calculus (e.g., modeling change, approximation and limits, and analysis of functions), each course becomes a cohesive whole, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. Both courses require students to use definitions and theorems to build arguments and justify conclusions. The courses feature a multi representational approach to calculus, with concepts, results, and problems expressed graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. Exploring connections among these representations builds understanding of how calculus applies limits to develop important ideas, definitions, formulas, and theorems. A sustained emphasis on clear communication of methods, reasoning, justifications, and conclusions is essential. Students should expect to regularly use technology to reinforce relationships among functions, to confirm written work, to implement experimentation, and to assist in interpreting results. AP Calculus BC is designed to be the second semester college calculus course that applies the content and skills learned in AP Calculus AB to parametrically define curves, polar curves, and vector-valued functions. The course develops additional integration techniques and applications and introduces the topics of sequences and series.
  • AP Statistics

    Grade Level: 11th (elective) and 12th (Math Requirement or Elective)
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.5 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 95 in previous
    year’s College Prep Math course: Algebra 2 & Trigonometry (MAT 3502) or Pre-Calculus (MAT 3700); or 90 in previous year’s Honors Math course: Honors Algebra 2 & Trigonometry (MAT 3510) or Honors Pre-Calculus (MAT 3610) and departmental approval. Additionally, the AP Potential Expectancy Tables will be used to inform placement.
    Notes: Students in this course are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam. The goals and objectives of this AP course are aligned to the College Board Curriculum Standards.
    Description: Advanced Placement Statistics is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Examination. It is a two semester, non calculus based, course in the formal study of the basic principles of statistical thinking and scientific investigation. An emphasis will be made in the following four areas: Exploring Data; Planning a Study; Anticipating Patterns; and Statistical Inferences. Topics include: data collection and organization, central tendencies, probability theory, binomial probability distribution, normal distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, chi square, and t distributions
  • Calculus

    Grade Level: 12th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Pre-Calculus.
    Description: A two semester course designed to provide a foundation for the study of college level Calculus. Topics include: properties of functions, limits, derivatives, application of derivatives, integration and applications of integration.
  • Geometry

    Grade Level: 9th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra 1
    Description: This ninth-grade mathematics course is a complete course in geometry. The course covers formal proofs, deductive and inductive reasoning, indirect proofs, plane geometry, coordinate geometry, constructions and loci, trigonometry and transformations. The course is structured to teach the theory of geometry and its applications. Therefore, students will learn geometric theorems and their applications.
  • Honors Algebra 1

    Grade Level: 8th
    Prerequisites:  A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 92 in Pre-Algebra or 87 in Honors Pre-Algebra, and departmental approval.
    Description: This eighth-grade mathematics course is an honors course in algebra. The course will help the students organize their thoughts in solving mathematical problems that are met in everyday life. Topics of study include: variables and equations, real numbers and operations with real numbers, factoring of polynomials, algebraic fractions, ratios and proportions, solving equations, linear functions and their properties, inequalities in one and two variables, rational and irrational numbers, radicals and quadratic functions. This course will also prepare the students to continue their studies in advanced mathematics courses.
  • Honors Algebra 2 & Trig

    Grade Level: 10th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 95 in Geometry with a minimum grade of 90 in Algebra 1 or 85 in Honors Geometry, and departmental approval.
    Notes: Students entering this honors course from the college preparatory level are encouraged to take a summer course.
    Description: This tenth grade mathematics course is an accelerated second year algebra course that presumes mastery of Algebra I. All essential topics of Algebra II are covered with increased rigor. The emphasis is on equation solving and applications to real world problems. Topics of study include: functions, graphing and solving polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions as well as work with series, statistics and probability.
  • Honors Calculus

    Grade Level: 11th, 12th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 92 in MAT 3700 or 85 in MAT 3610 or MAT 3611, and departmental approval.
    Notes: Students entering this honors course from the college preparatory level are highly encouraged to take a summer course.
    Description: A two semester course equivalent to a college level Calculus I course. Topics include: properties of functions, limits, differential and integral calculus. This course is intended for students who have a thorough knowledge of college preparatory mathematics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and analytic geometry.
  • Honors Geometry

    Grade Level: 9th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 92 in Algebra 1 or 87 in Honors Algebra 1, and departmental approval.
    Description: This ninth-grade mathematics course is an honors course in geometry. The course covers deductive and inductive reasoning, indirect proofs, plane geometry, coordinate geometry, constructions and loci, trigonometry and transformations. The course is structured to teach the theory of geometry and its applications. Therefore, students will learn geometric theorems and their applications.
  • Honors Pre-Algebra

    MAT 3210 (1 credit)
    Grade Level:
    7th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 92 in Math 6 and departmental approval.
    Description: Honors Pre-Algebra is a comprehensive and accelerated course in pre-algebra mathematics designed for the students who exhibit an aptitude to pursue mathematics at a higher level. Topics of study include: signed number, rational numbers, algebraic equations, geometric figures, ratio, proportion, percent, inequalities, the coordinate plane, areas and volumes, right triangle trigonometry, probability and statistics.
  • Honors Pre-Calculus

    Grade Level: 11th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 95 in Algebra II or 85 in Honors Algebra II, and departmental approval.
    Notes: Students entering this honors course from the college preparatory level are highly encouraged to take a summer course.
    This course is offered as dual enrollment with St. Thomas University.
    Students must commit to dual enrollment for both semesters. 
    Description: Honors Pre-Calculus is a two-semester course which is an intensive survey of pre-calculus mathematics with an introduction to calculus. This course is designed to prepare students for AP Calculus AB. The topics which are covered include polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. It also includes matrices, vectors, polar coordinates and graphs, analytic geometry in two and three dimensions, sequences and series, introduction to statistics, discrete mathematics, logic and limits. This course is available for Dual Enrollment both first and second semester.
  • Honors Pre-Calculus DE

    Grade Level: 11th
    Prerequisites: A minimum 3.25 unweighted cumulative GPA, final grade of 95 in Algebra II or 85 in Honors Algebra II, and departmental approval.
    Notes: Students entering this honors course from the college preparatory level are highly encouraged to take a summer course.
    This course is offered as dual enrollment with St. Thomas University. Students must commit to dual enrollment for both semesters.
    Description: Honors Pre-Calculus is a two-semester course which is an intensive survey of pre-calculus mathematics with an introduction to calculus. This course is designed to prepare students for AP Calculus AB. The topics which are covered include polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. It also includes matrices, vectors, polar coordinates and graphs, analytic geometry in two and three dimensions, sequences and series, introduction to statistics, discrete mathematics, logic and limits. This course is available for Dual Enrollment both first and second semester.
  • Math 6

    Grade Level: 6th
    Prerequisites: None
    Description: This one-year course of mathematics is designed to develop the student's understanding of mathematical concepts, skills and ability to perform arithmetic computations, and facility in working with word problems. The students will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in performing mathematical operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers as well as working knowledge of percents, geometrical measures of liquid volume, weight, and linear distance.  In addition, the students will be introduced to algebraic expressions and solving algebraic equations.
  • Pre-Algebra

    Grade Level: 7th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Mathematics 6
    Description: This seventh-grade mathematics course is designed to review previously learned mathematical skills and provide the students with a pre-algebra background as well as a strong introduction to Algebra I (MTH 3400). The new areas of study include integers, problem solving, equations, graphs, measurements, and statistical probability.
  • Pre-Calculus

    Grade Level: 11th
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra II and Trigonometry
    Description: Pre-Calculus is a two-semester course which is a general survey of pre-calculus mathematics with an introduction to calculus. The topics which are covered include linear, polynomial, rational, circular, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions, analytic geometry, sequences and series and limits.
  • Statistics

    Grade Level: 12th
    Prerequisites: None
    Description: Statistics is a two-semester, non-calculus-based course with an emphasis on Business.  Statistics is the science of data collection, description, analysis, interpretation and presentation. The objective of the course is for students (1) describe and present data; (2) make evidence-based decisions using inferential statistics based on valid and well-reasoned statistical arguments; and (3) interpret statistical analyses performed by others.  The focus of the course will be on applying these skills in a business context.  The course will be conducted using an Experience First-Formalize Later (EFFL) approach and will include project-based learning assignments throughout.

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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow.  Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.