MAT 91M - Modular Elementary Algebra

(0 credits)

60 lecture hours; A,B,C,F grade; considered 4 semester hours for billing and scheduling purposes
Prerequisites: MAT 80 or appropriate ACCUPLACER score
MAT 91M Modular Elementary Algebra meets for 4 contact hours per week, and counts as 4 billable hours. However, it is a 0 credit course. It does not count toward graduation. A modularized curriculum is identified as a key strategy in order to offer shorter, more tailored math segments that enable students to save time by only completing modules that address their math deficiencies. This program allows students to progress more quickly (or slowly) through self-pace modules that include online and instructor support in a computer lab. Students complete a pre-assessment for each chapter within the module to determine modular work and a comprehensive departmental final exam is administered after completing the last module. The MAT 91M curriculum for the self-paced modular Elementary Algebra course is divided into four modules, which cover the following topics: real numbers and operations on real numbers; absolute value; evaluations; grouping symbols; combining like terms; linear equations in one and two variables; literal equations; laws of exponents; scientific notation; graphs of linear equations in two variables; and finding equations of a line given slope and y-intercept, slope and a point, or two points. A discussion of slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines is presented. Operations on polynomials, factoring, and solutions to quadratic equations by factoring are also covered. Word problems and the use of calculators to solve them are stressed throughout the course. MAT 82: Intermediate Algebra (0 credits)