Math 176:  College Algebra

Course Syllabus

Course Number:		Math 176
Course Title:		College Algebra
Credit Hours:		4
Prerequisite(s):		Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6; Academic Math Level 4
Corequisite(s):		None
Contact Hours Per Week:		4
Semester Contact Hours:		60
Catalog Description:		This course provides the necessary background for pre-calculus. Topics include graphs of functions including transformations, function composition, variation, polynomial functions of degree two and higher, polynomial and synthetic division, roots of polynomials, complex numbers, rational functions and equations, non-linear equations and inequalities, inverse functions, exponential functions equations and models, logarithmic functions equations and models and applications. A graphing calculator is required for this course. See the time schedule for the current brand and model. This course was formerly MTH 179.
Textbook:		Precalculus with Limits (Second Edition)
Author(s):		Ron Larson
Publisher:		Brooks/Cole
Edition:		Second
ISBN-13:		978-1-4390-4909-9
ISBN-10:		1-4390-4909-2
Required Equipment and Supplies:		TI-83/84 family Graphing Calculator TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
Required Access		Access to the Internet

  Course Outcomes:

1. Solve equations and inequalities.
2. Graph equations and inequalities.
3. Perform functional operations.

  Course Objectives:

1. Solve radical, polynomial, rational, absolute value, logarithmic, and exponential equations, and applications.
2. Solve non-linear, quadratic, and absolute value inequalities.
3. Graph functions, non-linear inequalities, absolute value, rational, radical, exponential, logarithmic, and polynomial equations.
4. Add, subtract, multiply and divide polynomials.
5. Determine the inverse of a function.
6. Transform functions.
7. Compose functions.
8. Interpret, solve and check application problems involving the above stated objectives.