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MA 0811 |
Foundations of Math |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation |
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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) |
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MA 1707 |
Applied Mathematics |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation |
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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. |
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MA 1713 |
Mathematics for Education |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1718
Intermediate Algebra |
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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. |
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MA 1717 |
Beginning Algebra |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation |
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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) |
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MA 1718 |
Intermediate Algebra |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1717
Beginning Algebra |
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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) |
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MA 1719 |
College Algebra |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1718
Intermediate Algebra |
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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. |
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MA 1720 |
Elementary Statistics |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1719
College Algebra |
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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. |
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MA 1730 |
Trigonometry |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1719
College Algebra |
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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. |
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MA 1740 |
Differential Equations |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
MA 1753 Calculus III |
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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. |
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MA 1746 |
Business Calculus |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation of MA
1720 Trigonometry or higher or
successful completion of MA 1719
College Algebra with a C or better |
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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. |
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MA 1751 |
Calculus I |
5 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Placement Test Recommendation or MA 1730
Trigonometry |
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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. |
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MA 1752 |
Calculus II |
5 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
MA 1751 Calculus I |
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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. |
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MA 1753 |
Calculus III |
5 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
MA 1752 Calculus II |
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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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