This course is designed to prepare STEM and Business students for precalculus, MATH&141. It includes the study of functions, including linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic; inequalities; systems of equations; algebra of polynomials and exponents; rational expressions; radical expressions and equations; and complex numbers. Credit cannot be earned in both MAP 121 and MATH 099 because they are equivalent courses. Students who do not plan to take MATH&141 should enroll in MATH 098 rather than this course.
Quarters Offered
Fall,
Winter,
Spring,
Summer
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Solve and graph functions, including linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions
- Solve algebraic inequalities
- Solve systems of equations
- Simplify expressions with exponent properties
- Perform operations on polynomial expressions
- Simplify rational expressions and solve rational equations
- Solve radical equations, including eliminating extraneous roots
- Perform operations with complex numbers
- Perform operations of functions, including composition of functions
Institutional Outcomes
IO2 Quantitative Reasoning: Students will be able to reason mathematically.
Course Content Outline
- Functions: Linear, Quadratic, Exponential, logarithmic
- Polynomials and Exponents
- Inequalities
- Systems of Equations
- Rational and Radical Equations