MATH 121 - & Lab. Concepts of Basic Mathematics I

Credits: 3

Description
The first course in the sequence of a mathematics course that satisfies the General Education mathematics requirement. The course is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of basic mathematical properties, processes, and symbols that includes intense instruction on equations and inequalities, triangles, quadrilaterals, similarities, circles, and polygons, perimeter, area, and volume. Included also are the fundamentals of integers, fractions and decimals, algebraic expressions, and graphing. This three-hour course engages students in three days of instruction and one day of required laboratory work to enhance computational proficiency. The ACT COMPASS exit examination in mathematics is required and will be computed as a component of the overall grade for the course.