Course Syllabus
| Course Number: |
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Math 179 |
| Course Title: |
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Precalculus |
| Credit Hours: |
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4 |
| Prerequisite(s): |
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Math 169 or equivalent |
| Corequisite(s): |
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None |
| Contact Hours Per Week: |
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4 |
| Semester Contact Hours: |
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60 |
| Catalog Description: |
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This course provides the necessary background in college-level
algebra for calculus and may also serve as a terminal algebra course.
Topics include:
descriptive statistics,
properties of real numbers,
relations and functions, graphs,
rational and non-rational functions,
exponential and logarithmic functions,
inverses,
conic sections,
sequences and series,
and the binomial theorem.
It transfers to most four-year institutions.
A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Consult the time schedule for the current brand and model. |
| Textbook #1: |
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Measures of Central Tendency |
| Author(s): |
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Bila, Bottorff, Merritt, & Ross |
| Publisher: |
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Instructional Technologies, Inc. |
| Edition: |
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1st (or latest) |
| Textbook #2: |
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Precalculus |
| Author(s): |
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Bila, Dennis W. and Egan, James C. |
| Publisher: |
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Instructional Technologies, Inc. |
| Edition: |
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9th |
| Required Equipment and Supplies: |
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Graphing Calculator (TI-86 or current department recommended model) |
| Supplemental Reference Materials: |
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none |
| Primary Purpose of Course: |
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Program Requirement |
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Basic Skills |
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College Transfer |
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Core Curriculum |
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Industry Training |
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Personal development |
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Other (specify) |
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Course Objectives:
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Core
Support |
| 1. |
The student will be able to analyze a given set of data in terms of mean,
median, mode, frequency table, and frequency polygon.
| 4,5,6,7,8,9 |
| 2. |
The student will be able to operate with the real number system,
including whole numbers, natural numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| 3. |
The student will be able to operate in function notation
and/or set builder notation and perform
various operations and problem representation, solution and evaluation with
functions and inverses.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| 4. |
The student will be able to graph abd perform various operations and problem
representation, solution and evaluation with linear, quadratic, rational and non-rational functions.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| 5. |
The student will be able to graph abd perform various operations and problem
representation, solution and evaluation with
exponential and logarithmic functions.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| 6. |
The student will be able to graph abd perform various operations and problem
representation, solution and evaluation with conic sections.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| 7. |
The student will be able to perform basic operations and problem
representation, solution and evaluation with sequences and series and the binomial expansion.
| 4,5,7,8,9 |
| Unit |
Title |
Content |
| 0. |
Measures of Central Tendency |
Mean, median, mode, frequency tables, frequency polygons, histograms |
| 1. |
Algebra of Numbers and Functions |
Operating with sets, real numbers, distance formula,
linear inequalities, absolute value, relations and functions,
algebra and composition of functions,
symmetry, increasing and decreasing functions, inverse functions |
| 2. |
Linear and Quadratic Functions |
Linear functions (optional: matrices and determinants),
quadratic functions |
| 3. |
Polynomial, Rational and Algebraic Functions |
Remainder, factor and root theorems, graphing polynomial functions, rational functions,
piecewise-defined functions, non-rational functions, parametric equations |
| 4. |
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions |
Exponents, exponential functions, logarithmic functions,
properties of logarithms, applications |
| 5. |
Conic Sections |
Circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas |
| 6. |
Sequences, Series, and the Binomial Theorem |
Sequences, arithmetic and geometric sequences, recursive definitions,
sigma notation, series, arithmetic and geometric series, the binomial theorem |