College Credit Course Description: MAT 0024

MAT 0024 Elementary Algebra — 4 Credit Hours
(College preparatory studies course) (This course does not apply toward the associate's degree.) Prerequisite: MAT 0002 with a grade of "C" or better or satisfactory score on the placement test. This course is designed for students who have had little or no algebra. The major topics in this course are sets, real numbers and their properties, exponents and polynomials, linear equations and linear inequalities, as well as an introduction to factoring, rational expressions, radicals (square roots), and graphing in two variables. Four contact hours.