MATH0860

This course explores the fundamental skills and concepts needed for future study of intermediate and college algebra within STEM fields. Students will develop fluency in solving, translating among function representations, and algebraic manipulation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to enroll in an Intermediate Algebra course or College Algebra course with co-requisite. This is a college readiness course and does not fulfill a college goal area requirement. Student Learning Outcomes

• Translate among verbal, numeric, symbolic, and graphical forms of mathematics.
• Represent quantitative information, quantitative relationships, and mathematical concepts using appropriate mathematical notation.
• Describe mathematical concepts and processes using appropriate language for the context.
• Support answers by providing appropriate mathematical justifications.
• Assess the reasonableness of solutions.
• Utilize procedures for simplifying and manipulating algebraic expressions and equations.
• Evaluate expressions involving real numbers.
• Solve multistep linear equations and inequalities.
• Solve quadratics by applying inverse operations and by factoring.
• Analyze graphs of a variety of functions.
• Formulate algebraic representations necessary to model problems.
• Factor polynomials using a variety of methods.
• Determine if a relation is a function and use function notation appropriately.
• Use numerical, symbolic, and graphical methods to model, solve, and interpret the results of application problems.