MATH& 141 - Precalculus 1

5 credits

Prerequisites
A grade of “C+” or better in MATH 098 or appropriate placement score.

MATH& 141 is the first course in the standard precalculus sequence. This course and MATH& 142; are designed for students intending to take calculus and/or physical science courses. Content includes: the definition of a function; linear functions; graphs of functions; inverse functions; quadratic functions; polynomial and rational functions; exponential functions; and logarithmic functions. Applications are drawn from the natural and social sciences, and engineering.

Theory Hours
5 theory hours.

AA Specified Elective
Satisfies the quantitative skills requirement, science distribution area F requirement, or specified elective for the AA degree.

Course Outcomes

Solve problems involving basic functions
Solve Elementary and Intermediate Algebra problems
Graph Polynominal and Rational functions, and solve applications
Use Exponential and Logarithmic functions to solve problems