Two hours per week of homework support for students enrolled in the day section of College Algebra. A professional tutor, licensed in K12 math, joins the instructor to team teach two days per week.
Course Effective Dates: 2/27/24 – Present
Outline of Major Content Areas
Help with composition & inverse functions.
Help with exponential growth & decay.
Help with functions and their graphs, including polynomial & rational functions.
Help with polynomial factoring and polynomial equations, including complex solutions.
Help with radical forms, integer & rational exponents.
Help with systems of equations.
Learning Outcomes
Apply Gaussian elimination and other techniques to solve linear systems of equations, including applications.
Solve high-order polynomial equations by factoring, including complex number solutions.
Explain the concept of function, executing instructions written using function notation.
Apply knowledge of transformations to convert among equation and graph forms of various functions.
Analyze graphs of polynomial and rational functions, including intercepts, symmetry, end behavior, multiplicity and arymptotes.
Apply log-laws to solve exponential and logarithmic equations
Analyze arithmetic vs geometric / linear vs exponential growth and decay
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies
