Course Overview
This course provides the mathematical foundation for introductory calculus and technical mathematics. In addition to a brief review of basic algebra, the course covers algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs, with relevant applications.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Solve elementary algebra and geometry problems.
- Solve elementary linear inequality problems.
- Apply graphs and functions to solve relevant applications.
- Solve elementary inverse function problems.
- Solve polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic function problems.
- Solve problems involving other functions, such as absolute value and principal roots.
- Graph sinusoidal functions.
- Solve problems involving right and oblique angle trigonometry, trigonometric identities and trigonometric equations.
- Select and apply the appropriate "math tools" to solve relevant applications.
- Formulate mathematical models using functions studied in this course.
Effective as of Winter 2007
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