meetings with tutor. Use of secondary sources should receive secondary emphasis, but should cultivate the student's own critical thinking and demonstrate his/her readiness to join the discussion among published writers on the topic.
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Prerequisites: Liberal Studies major or minor or International Studies minor and consent of instructor. A semester of supervised practical experience to complement classroom instruction, that will help prepare a student for leadership in his or her area of educational or career interests. Placement: determined by course instructor and student's advisor.
Required of all students whose placement data do not warrant enrollment in MAT 099 or above. Arithmetic and properties of real numbers, ratio and proportion, introduction to statistics and algebra. (Does not count toward any degree requirements.)
Required of all entering students classified as PCC-deficient in Geometry. Topics include points, lines, angles, triangles, congruence, parallelism, distance, circles, similarity, perimeter, arc, constructions, and proofs. (Does not count toward any degree requirements.)
Prerequisite: MAT 095 or appropriate score on placement test. Linear equations and inequalities, systems of linear equations, polynomials and polynomial functions, quadratic equations, rational expressions, radicals, and rational exponents. (Does not count toward any degree requirements.)
Prerequisite: Sets, whole number systems, numeration systems, bases, elementary number theory, non-negative rational numbers, introduction to negative numbers. Class presentation and activities are designed specifically for the needs of elementary school teachers.
Prerequisite: MAT 103. Continuation of MAT 103. Real number systems, probability, statistics, geometry, and measurement. Class presentation and activities are designed specifically for the needs of elementary school teachers.
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Prerequisite: MAT 095 with grade of C or higher or mathematics placement test. This course develops problem-solving and mathematical skills through a sequence of applied topics. Topics include mathematical finance, probability and statistics, growth models for a variety of situations, and geometry.
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Prerequisite: MAT 099 or appropriate scores on placement test. This course develops the algebraic skills necessary for further studies in mathematics. Topics include rational expressions, radicals, and systems of linear and quadratic equations.
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Prerequisite: MAT 115 or advanced standing on the mathematics placement test. Set theory, functions, polynomial and rational functions, circular and trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and complex numbers.
Prerequisite: MAT 111 or MAT 115. This course covers functions of matrices, Gauss-Jordan reductions, systems of linear equations, derivatives, marginal cost, revenue and profit, and applied optimization problems.
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Prerequisite: MAT 120 or advanced standing on mathematics placement test. Review of functions; limits of functions; derivatives and definite integrals of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions, applications of the derivative and integral; and conic sections.
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Prerequisite: MAT 131. Differentiation and integration of trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, techniques of integration, indeterminate forms, improper integrals, Taylor's formula, infinite sequences, and series.
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Prerequisites: MAT 104 and MAT 111 or higher or consent of instructor. Strategies for problem solving in a variety of standard and nonstandard situation. Special emphasis will be placed on the needs of elementary school teacher.
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Prerequisite: MAT 131. Survey of history, cultural ramifications, methods, connections among various branches, and opportunities of mathematics. Required of all mathematics and applied mathematics majors.
Prerequisite: MAT 132. Calculus of vector-valued functions, partial differentiation, multiple integrals, curl, surface integrals and Stokes' theorem. Plane curves, polar coordinates, vectors, and three-dimensional analytic geometry.
Prerequisite: MAT 132. The study of first-order equations, linear equations, the Laplace transform, Picard's existence theorems, and systems of equations.
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Prerequisite: MAT 210. Coordinates, vectors, vector spaces, subspaces, Euclidean n-space, determinants, linear trans- formations, linear transformations and matrices, bilinear and quadratic forms are studied.