2001-2002 - Cochise College

COURSE DESCRIPTIONSMAT 072 FUNDAMENTAL MATHEM ATICS (3 ) PrereQuISite(s)' Indicated mathematics place­mentscore_ A study of baSiC anthmetlc concepts With dnilin skills and techniques of computatIon, Includes fundamental operahons wllh Whole numbers fractions and decImals, percent, units of mea­sure. geometry, scientific notation, ratIo and proportion, averages. basic operat1Dns with signed numbers and solving simple aJgebmic equations 3 hours lectureMAT 082 ELEMENTARY ALGEB RA (3)PrerequiSile{s): Indicated mathematIcs placementscore or MAT 072 With a grade of C orbetter.An Introduction to Ihe baSIC algebra normallyincluded In a first-year high school algebracourse, InCludes fundamental aXioms and operationsapplied to rational numbers, laws 01Integral exponents, solutionS 01 equatIons, polynomialsand factoring, systems 01 equations,graphing equallons and lnequalilles. rational expressions,radiCals and QuadratiC equations andappllcauons.3 hours lectureM AT 122 INTERMEDIATE A LGEBRA (3)Prerequlsne{s): Indicated mathematiCs plecsmen!score or MAT C82 With £I grade of C orbetter or one year of high school algebra With agrade of C or betler.A contlnualion of algebra concepts whch parallelsthe content generally Included In asecond-year high school algebra course realnumber system, hnear equatlOfls, absolute valueand Inequalities, fUnctionS, baSIC ana/yllcal geometry,systems of eQuahons, polynomIals,exponents, radicals and quadratic equations,Mayor may not transfer for crecht to tour-yearuniverSities.3 hours lectureMAT 125 MATHEMATICS FORELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS I (3)PrereQulslle{S): MAT 122The objective of thiS course Is to prOVIde an understandingo f problem solving, sets andlunctlons, numeratIOn systems, whole numbers.Integers, rallonal numbers, decimals, and number!,heoty.3 hours lectureMAT 126 MATHEMATICS FORELEMENTARY EDUCATIONMAJ ORS !! (3)PrereqUlSlte(s): MAT 125.The objective 01 this course is to provide an understandingot probability, statistics, II1troductgeometrlcs, problem solVing and LOGO turtlegraphics (opoonal),3 hours lectureMAT 1151 COLLEGE A LGEBRA (4)Prerequlsite{s). Indicated mathemallCS placementscore or MAT 122 or two years of highschool algebra With grades of C or belter.A IogICSI development 01 the real number system,field axiomSas applied to algebra, sets andset notatIOn, InequaJitJeS and abSOlute value, p0lynomialfunctIOnS and their graphs, determinantsand matrlces,lnverse functJonS,loganthmic andexponential functJons, complex numbers, sequences,binomial theorem, and mathematIcalinduction4 hours lectureMAT 167 ELEM ENTS O F STATISTICS (3)Prerequislte(s). MAT 151 .BaSIC concepts ofdescriptive and Inferenllal statistiCSWi th appllcatlons In buslness andeconomics, the natural SCiences, and the SOCialand behavioral sciences. Methods 01 data collection,sampling techniques, expenmentaldeSign, probabllty distnbutions, hypotheSiS test­236