MATH 130 Precalculus Mathematics
Course Information
| Course Number | MATH 130 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Precalculus Mathematics |
| Description | This is an accelerated course covering many topics from both College Algebra and Trigonometry. These include functions, graphs of functions, analytic geometry of the conic sections, systems of equations and inequalities, elementary matrix operations and determinants, properties and applications of exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, complex numbers, vectors, polar coordinates and elementary combinatorics. Should not be taken for credit in addition to either MATH 120 or MATH 125. (Prerequisites: A score of 86 or higher on the College Level mathematics portion of the Accuplacer test.) (MNTC 4: Mathematical/Logical Reasoning) |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Classic Accuplacer (Arithmetic Elem Alg): 56+ Arithmetic AND 76+Elem Alg AND 86+ College Math OR Next Gen Accuplacer (Arithmetic-QAS-AAF): 260-300 AAF OR ACT (Math): 23-36 OR SAT: 560+
Institutional Core Competencies
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Graph elementary functions and relations accurately
- Describe functions in terms of the formal definition
- Describe the local and global behavior of a given polynomial function
- Compute the roots of polynomial equations
- Evaluate expressions containing exponentials
- Evaluate expressions containing logarithms
- Solve equations containing exponentials and logarithms
- Model real-world problems with radian measurements of angles
- Define the six trigonometric functions as real valued functions of a real variable
- Solve right triangle problems using trigonometry
- Graph trigonometric functions
- Derive the six inverse trigonometric functions
- Derive useful results in analytic trigonometry
- Compute the trigonometric functions of related angles
- Apply trigonometry to oblique triangles
- Interpret certain functions in polar coordinate form
- Express certain physical phenomena in terms of vectors
- Perform operations on complex numbers
- Solve systems of linear equations using row operations or determinants
- Solve systems of linear inequalities
- Predict the behavior of well-known sequences
- Define arithmetic sequences
- Define geometric sequences
- Sum an arithmetic series
- Sum a geometric series
- Expand expressions using the Binomial formula
SCC Accessibility Statement
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