MATH 1314 - College Algebra
***This is a course guideline. Students should contact instructor for the updated information on current course syllabus, textbooks, and course content***
*This course was formerly MATH 1310*
Prerequisites: None.
Course Description: Quadratic equations, inequalities, logarithmic and exponential functions, graphs, elements of theory of equations, systems of equations. *Note: This course is designed to prepare students for Precalculus MATH 2312 (formerly 1330) and Calculus I MATH 2413 (formerly 1431) . Students with prior credit in MATH 2312 or MATH 2413 will not be allowed to enroll or receive credit in MATH 1314.
Textbook & Access Code: The textbook, online quizzes, and additional help materials will be made available by logging into CASA Campus Services (CCS) at . For more information regarding access to the book, please view the Digital Textbook available through Canvas.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of properties of functions, including domain and range, operations, compositions, and inverses.
- Recognize and apply polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions and solve related equations.
- Apply graphing techniques.
- Evaluate all roots of higher degree polynomial and rational functions.
- Recognize, solve and apply systems of linear equations using matrices.
[Additional course curriculum details: In-depth study and applications of polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations using matrices. Additional topics such as sequences, series, probability, and conics may be included.]
A student in this class is expected to complete the following assignments:
- Regular Exams
- Final Exam
- Online Quizzes
- Homework 鈥� on each section of the textbook covered in class
- Poppers 鈥� in-class quizzes
Grading: Please consult your instructor's syllabus regarding any and all grading guidelines.
Math 1314 College Algebra 鈥� Topics List
- An Introduction to Graphs and Line
- Points, Regions, Distance and Midpoints
- Lines
- Graphing Equations
- Solving 2 x 2 systems of equations
- Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Linear Equations
- Quadratic Equations
- Complex Numbers
- Linear Inequalities
- Absolute Value
- An Introduction to Functions
- Basic Ideas
- Functions and Graphs
- Variation
- Transforming Functions
- Maximum and Minimum Values
- Combining Functions
- Inverse Functions
- Polynomial and Rational Functions
- Polynomial Functions
- Dividing Polynomials
- Roots of Polynomials
- Rational Functions
- Exponentials and Logarithms
- Exponential Functions
- The Number e
- Logarithms
- Properties of Logarithms
- Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
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