About Your Course

Instructional Methodology: This course is taught in the classroom primarily as a lecture/discussion course.

MATH1324 - Section: 026       Synonym: 17627                    

NCBM0224 – Section: 007     Synonym: 18092

Meeting location: RRC1 1219            Meeting Times: MW 12:00pm – 2:25 pm

Prerequisites: MATD 0370 with a C or higher or appropriate score on the TSI Mathematics Assessment. Corequisite(s): MATH 1324.

Paired Course Policy: This is a paired course.  Students who withdraw from NCBM 0224 will automatically be withdrawn from MATH 1324.

Required Materials 

This is a First Day™ class. The cost of required course materials, including an online version of the textbook and software access, has been added to your tuition and fees bill. 

Textbook: Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences, 14th Edition by Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, & Stocker. Pearson Publishing (MyLab software)  ISBN: 9780134862576  

Calculator: Graphing calculators are not allowed.

A scientific calculator is required for this course. Be sure the model has a two-line screen that shows what you type into the calculator on one line and the result on the next line, and that it formats fractions nicely.  I recommend the TI-30XS Multiview Scientific and the CASIO fx-300ES PLUS, since it works well with fractions).  Scientific Calculators can also be checked out from any ACC library.

  You will also need a 3-ring binder to keep course notes and materials.

Exit Exam:  Students will take an exit exam after completing the prerequisite material in chapter 2, sections 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, and 5.2.  Students will have one attempt to pass the exit exam. Review for the exit exam will be provided. Students can substitute their final grade in MATH 1324 for the exit exam grade. Students receiving 70% or higher in 0224 and a 60% or higher on the exit exam is a requirement for passing this course. Students who do not meet these percentages will earn either a D or F in NCBM 0224. 

TSI Completeness: Students who earn a C or higher in NCBM 0224 will be considered TSI complete in math.

See MATH1324 course for sections covered

Course Content NCBM0224

Course Description

Credit Hours: 2, Contact Hours: 2

NCBM 0224 – Support for Math for Business and Economics (2-2-0). This course is designed to support students concurrently enrolled in MATH 1324 by providing additional focus on MATH 1324 topics and just-in-time review of prerequisite topics, as needed. Topics include review of properties of real numbers, functions, algebra of functions, inequalities, polynomials and factoring, rational expressions and equations, radical expressions and equations, quadratic functions and their graphs, solving quadratic equations, and exponential functions.

Course Rationale

This course is intended to provide support for students who are taking MATH 1324.  It should be taken along with MATH 1324 and is required for students who do not meet the prerequisites to take MATH 1324 as a stand-alone course.  Upon completion of NCBM 0224 with a C or higher (with concurrent enrollment in MATH 1324), a student will be considered TSI complete in mathematics.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of properties of functions, which include evaluation, domain and range, related equations, and basic operations.
2. Simplify, factor, and perform basic operations on algebraic expressions, including polynomials, rational and radical expressions, and complex fractions.
3. Solve linear, rational, and quadratic equations by symbolic methods, and solve linear inequalities.
4. Appropriately use forms and formulas, including quadratic formula, vertex formula, slope-intercept form, and point-slope form.
5. Graph linear, quadratic, absolute value, and square root functions, and graphically solve equations, including systems.
6. Solve application problems using linear and quadratic models, and 2x2 systems of linear equations.