Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ALEK-0002
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
6 -- 18 weeks (60 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Intermediate Algebra
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable students to gain a mastery of mathematical understanding skills corresponding to given level of study, enabling both practical application and further study at appropriate higher level.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Perform operations with integers, signed fractions and decimals, and exponents
  • Understand and apply basic concepts of geometry (area, perimeter, volume)
  • Understand and apply properties of real numbers, additive and multiplicative properties
  • Create and manipulate algebraic expressions
  • Solve absolute value equations and inequalities
  • Understand, apply, and graph functions
  • Understand, solve, and apply systems of linear equations and inequalities
  • Factor and solve polynomials
  • Solve and apply rational equations
  • Understand radical functions, perform operations on radical expressions and rational exponents, solve radical equations
  • Solve quadratic equations and graph quadratic functions
  • Simplify, solve, and graph linear equations and inequalities, including applications, word problems, and operations involving graphs
  • Perform operations with polynomials and exponents, including scientific notation
  • Perform operations on rational expressions, including complex fractions
  • Understand complex numbers

General Topics:

  • Real numbers
  • Linear equations and inequalities
  • Lines and functions
  • Systems of linear equations
  • Exponents and polynomials
  • Factoring polynomials
  • Rational expressions
  • Radicals
  • Quadratic equations and functions
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Based Training
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Other
Supplemental Materials

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