Mathematics (MA)

 

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MA  0811

Foundations of Math

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation

This course is designed to help students improve their mathematical skills in the areas of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, measurement, and percents.  The basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division will be stressed in all areas.  (Non transferable)

 

MA  1707

Applied Mathematics

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation

This course is designed to help vocational students and other career minded students develop and refine job-related mathematical skills.  The course includes material on arithmetic operations, problem solving techniques, estimation of answers, measurement skills, and geometry.

 

MA  1717

Beginning Algebra

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation

This course will build skills in basic algebra concepts.  Topics covered in the course will include the basic language and terms of algebra, rules for signed numbers, techniques for solving linear, quadratic, and literal equations, rules and properties of exponents as applied to algebraic expressions, and the graphing and solving of linear equations and linear systems in two unknowns.  (Non transferable)

 

MA  1718

Intermediate Algebra

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1717  Beginning Algebra

This course will continue on from MA  1717  Beginning Algebra to cover properties of relations and functions, properties of radicals and radical expressions, properties of rational expressions, solving quadratic equations using root extraction and the quadratic formula, and extending and building graphing concepts from lines to basic polynomial functions.  (Non transferable)

 

MA  1719

College Algebra

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1718  Intermediate Algebra

This course continues from MA  1718  Intermediate Algebra to cover and extend the properties of functions and their inverses, properties and graphs of the exponential and logarithmic functions, graphing techniques for general higher order polynomials and rational functions, and various solution techniques for solving higher order linear systems of equations.  Topics on sequences and series will be presented as time permits.  Use of technology such as the graphing calculator and some computer packages will be incorporated into the course.

 

MA  1720

Elementary Statistics

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1719  College Algebra

This course is an introduction to fundamental statistical concepts and techniques with computer capability for applying these techniques to data.  Includes descriptive statistics, nonparametric statistics, sampling techniques, hypothesis testing and other statistical inference.

 

MA  1713

Mathematics for Education

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1718  Intermediate Algebra

This course is designed to provide a foundation of theory for many of the concepts found in the current elementary and middle school mathematics classroom.  This course will examine topics related to the Real Number system, such as set theory, logic, probability theory, and statistics, all from a problem solving approach.  The use of technology (e.g. calculator, the Internet, etc.) as tools for problem solving and research will be an integral part of the course.

 

MA  1730

Trigonometry

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1719  College Algebra

This course will cover the basic trigonometric functions on the right triangle and extend to rules for solving non-right triangles.  Trigonometric identities will be derived and proven.  Complex numbers and applications to the sciences will be presented.  This course should be taken by any student needing to take Calculus I who has not yet had any exposure to the trigonometric functions.  This course is recommended for any student needing to take physics and is required for most pre-engineering and engineering programs.

 

MA  1740

Differential Equations

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

MA  1753  Calculus III

This course will include solution techniques for the standard ordinary differential equations of the first and second order (with some generalization to higher order equations).  Power series solution techniques for linear equations with constant coefficients will be presented.  Solution of differential equations using the Laplace Transform will be presented.  Applications to geometry and the physical science will be presented and covered.  This course is required of any student seeking a degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and other related fields at a four-year institution.

 

MA  1746

Business Calculus

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation of MA  1720  Trigonometry or higher or successful completion of MA  1719 College Algebra with a C or better

This course begins with a review of basic algebra skills.  The course includes the operation of differentiation of single and multi-variable functions.  The power, sum and difference, product, quotient, and chain rules for differentiating various functions will be covered.  The course will then cover the anti-derivative and various methods of integrating functions.  Emphasis will be given to applications in the fields of business and accounting.

 

MA  1751

Calculus I

5 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Placement Test Recommendation or MA  1730  Trigonometry

The first course in the calculus sequence will cover the concepts of limits and continuity of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, and exponential functions.  The concept of rates of change and the derivative will be applied to these functions.  The course will come to a close with the concepts of the anti-derivative and properties and definition of the definite integral.  This course is required of any student seeking a degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and other related fields at a four-year institution.

 

MA  1752

Calculus II

5 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

MA  1751  Calculus I

This second course in the calculus sequence will cover the concepts of limits as applied to transcendental functions.  Various substitution techniques for evaluating integrals will be presented.  Problems involving areas, volumes of surfaces, and moments will be developed and solved.  The course will cover sequences and series and look at properties of convergence and divergence.  There will be an introductory look at differential equations and coverage of polar coordinates and parameterized curves.  This course is required of any student seeking a degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and other related fields at a four-year institution.

 

MA  1753

Calculus III

5 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

MA  1752  Calculus II

This third course will complete the calculus sequence.  The course will cover infinite sequences and series and test of convergence and divergence.  The calculus of multivariable functions, partial derivatives, and optimization of higher dimensional surfaces will be covered.  The theory and use of vector-valued functions to calculus will be presented.  Problems of areas, volumes, and moments will be extended to three-dimensional space and solved using multiple integration techniques (including the line integral, Stoke’s Theorem, and Green’s Theorem in vector fields).  This course is required of any student seeking a degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and other related fields at a four-year institution.

 

 

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