MATH-2412 Precalculus: Functions and Graphs
Kate Ryan
Credit Spring 2023
Section(s)
MATH-2412-011 (57361)
LEC MW 10:00am - 11:45am HYS HYS1 01212.00
Course Requirements
Prerequisites: MATH 1414 with a C or higher Or appropriate score on the ACC Higher Level Mathematics Placement Test.
Importance of Prerequisites: This is not a review course. If you do not have current knowledge of the material in our MATH 1414 College Algebra for Precalculus, please ask your instructor about changing to a different course to better prepare for MATH 2412.
Course Subjects
MATH 2412 Precalculus: Functions and Graphs (4-4-0). A course designed to prepare students for Calculus I (MATH 2413). Content includes the study of algebraic, rational, logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions, graphs, equations, and applications; trigonometric identities; parametric equations; conic sections; vectors; the polar coordinate system.
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to:
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of properties of functions.
- Recognize and apply algebraic and transcendental functions and solve related equations.
- Apply graphing techniques to algebraic and transcendental functions.
- Compute the values of trigonometric functions for key angles in all quadrants of the unit circle measured in both degrees and radians.
- Prove trigonometric identities.
- Solve right and oblique triangles.
- Graph and transform equations in polar coordinates and using parametric equations.
- Apply vector operations and use vectors to solve applications.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the graphs and applications of conic sections.
General Education Competencies
- Critical Thinking: gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and applying information is covered in every SLO.
- Quantitative and Empirical Reasoning: applying mathematical, logical, and scientific principles and methods is covered in every SLO.
- Technology Skills: using appropriate technology to retrieve, manage, analyze, and present information is covered in every SLO.
- Written, Oral and Visual Communication: communicating effectively adapting to purpose, structure, audience and medium is covered in every SLO.
Office Hours
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