LSC-CyFair Math Department

Catalog Description

3 Credits (3 hrs. lab.) Math 0315 is a non-course based option covering objectives students will need to be successful in College Algebra, MATH 1314   (3201045419) Prerequisite: Math 0106 or Math 0306 or Placement by Testing. Corequisite: MATH 1314

Total Contact Hours: 64

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Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course the student will

1. Recognize, understand, and analyze features of a function.
2. Perform operations using integer and rational exponents.
3. Factor and perform operations with polynomials.
4. Simplify and perform operations with rational and radical expressions to include complex numbers.
5. Solve linear, polynomial, radical and rational equations.
6. Solve linear and absolute value inequalities of a single variable and express solution sets in set builder and interval notation.
7. Solve quadratic equations by factoring, completing the square, and the quadratic formula.
8. Graph linear and quadratic functions.
9. Write linear equations in standard form.
10. Solve systems of linear equations and related applications.

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Prerequisites

A grade of C or better in Math 0106 or Math 0306, departmental approval, or test scores in the following ranges:

• TSI ASSESSMENT: 336-342
• TSI ASSSESMENT: 310-335 ABE 5 or 6

Required Materials for Students

In order to help the students save on textbook costs, we are now only requiring the purchase and use of MyMathLab. 

MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Beginning & Intermediate Algebra and College Algebra: A Corequisite Solution, 1/e 24 Month ISBN: 9780135268599 (use only in 0106, 0308 or 0314)

*Please let students know that MyMathLab (MML) access must be purchased either online at www.mymathlab.com, or at the bookstore on the Lone Star College-CyFair or Cypress Center campuses, or at Text Express across the street from the Lone Star College-CyFair campus. MyMathLab purchased at www.amazon.com and other online sites will not work, as it has a different ISBN than mentioned above and because we have a custom textbook.

Allowed calculators: TI-83, TI- 83 Plus, TI-83 Silver Edition, TI-84, TI-84 Plus or TI-84 Silver Edition.

Optional Materials for Students or Reference Texts

Lial, Hornsby, & McGinnis; Beginning & Intermediate Algebra,6^th Edition (publisher: Pearson); Package: Textbook + MML Access Code, ISBN _9780135266724