Course Learning Objectives
You will be expected to demonstrate mastery of these learning objectives
which meet the Math Department Wide Learning Expectations (DLE):
• Use recursive formulas to describe arithmetic, geometric, and shifted
geometric sequences, as well as to model growth and decay.
• Understand the function concept and its representations. Analyze
and graph linear, absolute value, reciprocal, quadratic, and cubic
functions.
• Recognize and use real and imaginary numbers as solutions to
quadratic equations.
• Understand variable expressions and their equivalent, including
factored forms. Apply field axioms to operate and simplify linear,
polynomial, rational (binomial denominator), and radical expressions.
• Apply Properties of Equality to solve linear and quadratic equations
and inequalities.
• Use the Properties of Exponents to perform operations on expressions
with rational exponents.
• Model a problem situation with linear and quadratic functions,
direct and inverse variations, including linear regression for
collected real-world data.
• Understand the slope as a rate of change between two quantities,
given graphical and numerical data.
• Solve 3-dim and higher order systems of linear equations,
representing them in algebraic, graphic, and matrix forms.
• Describe and represent graphical transformation of quadratic and
absolute value functions: translation, reflection, and scale change.