MATH-130 College Algebra

Credits 4 / 4 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD-090, ACRD-091 or ACRD-092, completion of ELAP-110 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or successful completion of ACRD-080; MATH 118  or MATH 120  with a 2.0 or higher, or placement into MATH-130.
This course is intended for the student who has completed Intermediate Algebra or its equivalent.  Topics covered in this course are sets and real numbers, exponents and radicals, quadratics, the binomial theorem, progressions, inequalities, complex numbers, theory of equations, matrices, determinants and series and sequences.  

Course Outcomes
1. Introduce the student to more advanced algebraic topics which will enable him to continue in many areas of science and mathematics 2. Expose the student to applications of college algebra to related fields.