MAT 0012 PRE-ALGEBRA 3 credits

College Preparatory Credits (0000 designations) may not be used toward graduation credits. This course is a study of the basic skills and concepts of pre-algebra from the point of view of the college student who needs an understanding of pre-algebra. Major topics include operations with integers, fractions, decimals, percents, geometric figures and their measures, and pre-algebra topics including simplification of polynomials and equation solving techniques. 47 contact hours.

MAT 0012L PRE-ALGEBRA LAB 1 credits

College Preparatory Credits (0000 designations) may not be used toward graduation credits. Corequisite: MAT 0012. This laboratory is to support MAT 0012, Pre-Algebra, and provide opportunities for applications of the basic skills and concepts of pre-algebra. 32 contact hours.

MAT 0024 ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA 3 or 5 credits

College Preparatory Credits (0000 designations) may not be used toward graduation credits. Prerequisite: MAT 0012 or appropriate score on mathematics placement test. This course is a study of the basic skills and concepts of elementary algebra from the view of a college student who needs an understanding of basic algebra. Major topics include language and operations on sets, operations on signed numbers, simple linear equations and inequalities in one variable, operations on polynomials (including beginning techniques of factoring), integer exponents, brief introduction to radicals, introduction to graphing, and applications. 47 or 77 contact hours based on credit hours of class.

MAT 1033 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA 3 credits

Prerequisite: MAT 0024 or appropriate score on the mathematics placement test. Major topics include factoring, algebraic fractions, radicals and rational exponents, complex numbers, quadratic equations, rational equations, linear equations and inequalities, systems of linear equations and inequalities, introduction to functions and applications. 47 contact hours.

MAT 1033L INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA LABORATORY 1 credits

Prerequisite: MAT 0024 or appropriate score on the mathematics placement test. Corequisite: MAT 1033. A laboratory course to foster success in MAT 1033, Intermediate Algebra, and to provide additional opportunities for application of the basic skills and concepts of Intermediate Algebra. 32 contact hours