COURSE NAME: Pre-Calculus Minerva (Math 132 - NCCC)

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Minerva

INSTRUCTOR: TBD

Full Year

COURSE PREREQUISITES: 3 years of high school mathematics including Algebra, Trigonometry,
placement testing, or Mat 129.

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: A continuation of mathematical topics including mathematical
modeling, function, linear, quadric, and polynomial application and graphing, exponential and logarithmic
functions, analytic geometry and trigonometry, in addition to an introduction to limits.

Course Objectives:
A. Students will develop the ability to perform algebraic operations on functions, including sum, difference,
    product, quotient, and compositions, and subsequent applications.

B. Students will develop the ability to interpret and evaluate limits.

C. Students will develop a basic, and whenever possible, intuitive understanding of the main topics of
    the syllabus.
D. Students will develop a sufficient amount of mathematical maturity to prepare them to study
    calculus.

Course Content:
A. Required Coverage
  a. Fundamentals of algebra
    i. Exponents and radicals
    ii. Polynomials and factoring
    iii. Fractional expressions
    iv. The Cartesian plane
    v. Linear and polynomial equations
    vi. Linear and polynomial inequalities.
    vii. Functions
    viii. Quadratic functions
    ix. Polynomial and rational functions
    x. Exponential and logarithmic functions
    xi. Conic sections
    xii. Trigonometric functions
    xiii. Introduction to limits.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS: Students can earn 3 college credits through NCCC.

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