steppingstonemomma Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 My son is getting ready to start 10th grade, wants to go into engineering, and is chomping at the bit to go to the local community college to get ahead. Very self motivated. Here's my dilemma. I want him to be VERY prepared with his math. He is a semester "Off" schedule, meaning he'll be finishing algebra 2 this fall. I can either have him take Derek Owens' Precalc class online (he's used DO for Geom and Alg 2 and it works great) OR take College Alg in the spring at the community college. The advisor at the college says he should take the college alg, but I also know there are financial gains for bringing in new students so I don't fully trust his advice. So what advice would you give? (He'll be taking Spanish 1 at the cc in the fall, so by spring he'll be used to the campus/college workload.) Thanks, Tiffany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppingstonemomma Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Sorry, I meant to post this on the High School Board. But if anyone wants to weigh in, feel free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticmomma Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Could he test in to precalc at the cc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Dd took Derek's pre-calc and was well-prepared for college math. I'm not sure what college algebra covers but I would not want to miss out on pre-calc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I'm not sure what college algebra covers but I would not want to miss out on pre-calc. I've read on these forums that pre-calc = college algebra + trig. OP, does the CC have a followup trig course after the college algebra course? I would compare the topics of the courses with Derek Owens topics, plus research about the specific texts uses in the CC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I've read on these forums that pre-calc = college algebra + trig. OP, does the CC have a followup trig course after the college algebra course? I would compare the topics of the courses with Derek Owens topics, plus research about the specific texts uses in the CC. It's most common to have college algebra (one semester) and then precalc (one semester) although sometimes it's called trigonometry. The rest of my response is on the other thread already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 My son did both! He took the College Algebra course at the local CC and everything else with Derek Owens (including pre-calc - we didn't realize how much overlap there was. But, it was a great way to cement everything!). He went through AP calc with DO. FWIW - he tested into honors calc 2 in college at an engineering school!! So, Derek's courses prepare you well! If your son is very well-motivated, could he condense DO's classes into one semester? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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