This course assumes proficiency with material in MAT 080. Topics extended to the college level include: real numbers, exponents and radicals, polynomials and factoring, fractional expressions, equations and inequalities, functions and their graphs, conic sections, and systems of equations and inequalities. New topics include: zeros of polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, matrices, sequences, and the Binomial Theorem. This course requires a graphing calculator.

Prerequisite: MAT 076 with a grade of C or higher or one year of high school geometry with grades of C or higher; and MAT 081 with a grade of C or higher or two years of high school algebra with grades of C or higher, or appropriate placement score.

4 Semester hour(s)

4 lec/week