So that she can choose....
from the Pleiades Project

Since calculus is a freshman year requirement for many science and technology majors in college, a student who is not prepared to take calculus her first semester in college is at a significant disadvantage. To ensure that your daughter has the option of a scientific major she needs adequate high school preparation. The following chart shows one timeline for getting to calculus, although certainly not the only one possible.
 

Grade	Old	New
6th	Pre-Algebra*	Compacted Math*
7th -8th	Algebra I	Math I
9th -11th	College Prep Geometry	Math II
12th	PreCalc or Calculus or AP Calculus	Advanced Math  or Calculus or AP Calculus
Freshman year in college Fall semester	Calculus I	Calculus I

* Parents may want to request her Algebra Aptitude test score to ensure that she is developmentally ready to adapt to the abstract thinking required in Algebra I.

What will she take freshman year?

Bold classes have a math emphasis.

CURRICULUM IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Degree earned: B.S. in Computer Science, average 1990 salary $32,880

Fall Semester	Credits	Spring Semester	Credits
CH 101 Chemistry	4	CSC 114 Intro. to Comp. -  C++	3
E 100 Intro. to College of Engineering	0	ENG 112 Comp. & Reading	3
E 115 Intro. to Computing  Environ.	1	MA 241 Calculus II	4
ENG 111 Composition &  Rhetoric	3	PY 205 General Physics I	4
MA 141  Calculus I	4	Any 100-level PE in Fitness & Wellness	1

CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Degree earned: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, average 1990 salary $33,876

Fall Semster	Credits	Spring Semester	Credits
CH 101 General Chemistry I	3	CSC 114 Intro. to Comp C++	3
CH 121 General Chemstry I Lab	1	ENG 112 Comp. & Reading	3
E 100 Intro. to COE	0	MA 241 Analytic Geom. & Calculus II	4
E 115 Intro. to Computing Environ.	1	PY 205 Physics for Engr. & Sc. I	4
ENG 111 Comp. &  Rhetoric	3	Physical Education	1
MA 141 Analytic Geom. & Calculus I	4
Humanities/Soc.Sci.  Elective	3
Any 100-level PE in Fitness & Wellness	1

CURRICULUM IN CHEMISTRY
Degree earned: B.S. in Chemistry

Fall Semester	Credits	Spring Semester	Credits
CH 101 Chemistry - A  Molecular Science2	3	CH 201 Chemistry - A Quantitative Science2	3
CH 102 General Chemistry Lab	1	CH 202 Quantitative Chemistry Lab	1
CH 106 Computer1 Applic. Chemistry I	1	CH 108 Computer Applic. Chemistry II	1
ENG 111 Comp. and Rhetoric	3	ENG 112 Comp. and Reading	3
MA 141 Analytic Geom.  & Calculus I	4	MA 241 Analytic Geom. & Calculus II	4
PMS 100 Orientation to PAMS	1	Humanities/Soc.Sci. Elective	3
Humanities/Soc.Sci.  Elective	3	Any 100-level PE in Fitness & Wellness	1