2020-21 Landon Course of Study

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LANDONHOLTON COORDINATE PROGRAM Landon School and Holton-Arms have partnered together to provide juniors and seniors the opportunity to cross-register for specific courses offered at both schools. Cross-registration courses often meet from 7–7:50 a.m., or during evening times based on the course. The days of the week that classes meet will be determined by the instructor and announced at a later date. Attendance at all meetings is mandatory.

Multivariable Calculus and/or Differential Equations one credit, year course, meets three times per week in the morning, 7–7:50 a.m., hosted at Landon or Holton

Prerequisites: Completion of Calculus BC (AP) and approval of the department chair. This advanced-level math course, designed for students who have completed the BC Advanced Placement syllabus, deals with functions of more than one independent variable. Topics will include partial differentiation, multiple integrals, vector-valued functions and differential operators, Stokes’ and Green’s Theorems, and methods of differential equations. The physical concepts of flux, circulation, divergence and work will receive special attention, as will the central notion of a conservative field.

Admissions Prerequisites: Admission into this program is competitive. Students will be admitted based on: academic standing; recommendation of teacher, department chair and/ or administrator; existing attendance record; writing and reading skills; expressed intellectual curiosity; and demonstrated work ethic.

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