MATH 100BC - Accelerated Algebra

Description:
This accelerated course is designed for students pursuing a major requiring pre-calculus. It provides students with the necessary algebra skills, graphing and calculator skills, problem solving strategies, and academic study skills. Permission of instructor. MATH 100BC and MATH 100C are equivalent courses; a student may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: successful completion of MATH 100A or placement test scores qualifying for MATH 100B, but not MATH 100C; and an intention to pursue a major requiring MATH 153 or higher.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

recognize, translate and solve inequalities in symbolic and graphic situations.
understand, recognize and apply set notation and interval notation to identified sections of a graph.
solve simple and complex expressions and equations by appropriately applying order of operations.
convert, simplify, solve and apply operations of fractions in isolation and in real world problems.
recognize, sketch, solve, translate and write equations of linear functions given graphs, data and/or equations.
identify, describe, sketch and solve quadratic equations in standard and vertex form, translating between the two.
make and explain the connections between properties of quadratic equations and the graph, creating equations when necessary.
recognize, recall and apply properties of exponents to simplify expressions and equations.
identify and perform basic factoring on polynomials (difference of squares, greatest common factor, grouping, leading coefficient of 1).
identify and perform advanced factoring on polynomials (leading coefficient </>1, factoring twice).
identify, classify and create regression equations given tables of data or graphs.
recognize, identify and describe properties of a function from a given graph or function.
apply understanding of properties of functions and identify them in a given graph or function.
write, modify and describe transformations in equations and graphs.
recall the quadratic formula and apply it to given equations in standard and non-standard form.
identify and state properties of polynomial functions and translate the function to a graph and vice versa.
apply understanding of factoring to find domain and simplify rational functions.
apply understanding of rational expressions to solve rational equations for a variable.
translate between radical and exponential form and apply properties of radicals to simplify.
apply properties of operations with radicals to compute, solve and simplify radical equations.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/5/20

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg Winter Locations: Ellensburg Spring Locations: Ellensburg