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MAT 10 BASIC MATHEMATICS SKILLS 0 credit (4.5 equated), 4.5 hours
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 025 in English, SPA 121 in Spanish
This course provides the basic arithmetic skills that will be utilized in all subsequent mathematics and science courses. Topics: operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion and percent, scientific notation, the metric system, word problems, and applications.

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MAT 20 ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA 1 credits (4.5 equated/billable), 4.5 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 10 OR initial placement through Compass
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 025 in English, SPA 121 in Spanish
ESL 1325, for English sections only This course provides basic skills in elementary algebra. Topics: operations with real numbers, operations with polynomials, powers with integral exponents, linear equations, simultaneous linear equations, and the Cartesian plane.

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MAT 30 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA 2 credits (4.5 equated), 4.5 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 20 OR initial placement through Compass
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 25 in English, SPA 121 in Spanish
This course provides basic skills in intermediate algebra. Topics: system of linear equations in two or more variables, trigonometry of the right triangle, radicals, the system of complex numbers, graphs of conic sections, and graphs of trigonometric functions.

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MAT 100 INTRODUCTION COLLEGE MATHEMATICSI 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Passing score on the Compass
This course provides skills in finite mathematics. Topics: set theory, symbolic logic, systems of numeration, and the metric system.

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MAT 105 MATHEMATICS FOR ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Passing Score on the Compass/CMAT Test
This course is designed for Allied Health majors and will aid them in applying mathematical concepts to on-the–job situations. The course will include: an integrated review of the mathematical skills required in Allied Health Professions, in particular those topics pertaining to Pharmacology and Radiology.

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MAT 110* NUMBER THEORY 3 credits, 4.5 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 100
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 35
The student will verify some fundamental properties of natural numbers, express numbers in different bases, find the greatest common divisors of two numbers by Euclid's algorithm, factor an integer by various methods such as Fermat's and Euler's methods, and become acquainted with several solved and unsolved problems in number theory. The student will find the number of divisors of a natural number, the sum of the divisors, the product of the divisors, and the means of the divisors; become acquainted with perfect, multiple perfect, amicable and sociable numbers; analyze various theorems related to perfect numbers; study Euler's function; solve simple diophantine equations; and study congruences.
MAT 120 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY & STATISTICS 3 credits, 4.5 hours
Prerequisite: Passing score on the Compass
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 35
The student will explore, describe, and compare data by measures of central tendency and dispersion from selected sample data sets. Using the sample statistics, the student will be able to make a statement about the population parameters by confidence-level and hypothesis testing methods. The student will also solve problems involving probabilities ands their distributions. Other topics such as correlation, regression, chi-square and analysis of variance will also be covered.

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MAT 130 COMPUTER LITERACY 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Passing score on the Compass
Pre/Corequisite: ENG 91 or ESL 91
This course provides a historical development of computers. Students will have hands-on experience with a microcomputer. They will enter and run prepared programs.

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MAT 140* INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE 3 credits, 4.5 hours
Prerequisite: Passing score on the Compass
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 35
The student will study the following as they relate to computers: the algorithm, its expression as a flowchart, a computer model and a computer language (BASIC), computation of a data organization, arithmetic expressions, compound conditions, branching, arrays, and looping. The student will also study the following as they relate to computers: approximations, functions and procedures, numerical applications, roots of equations, maxima and minima, areas, simultaneous equations, averages and deviation from the average.
MAT 160 PRE-CALCULUS 4 credits, 4.5 hours / .5 hr lab
Prerequisite: MAT 30 AND passing score on the Compass or initial placement through the Compass
This course provides essential concepts for the study of calculus. Topics: concepts in analytic geometry; algebraic functions; transcendental functions, such as exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; graph analysis; and applications.

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MAT 200 MODERN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 160
Pre/Corequisite: ESL 35
This course provides an introduction to problem solving methods and algorithm development through the study of the program, control structures, and data structures of the C++ programming language.

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MAT 210* CALCULUS I 4 credits, 6 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 160
This course provides skills in calculus in one real variable. Topics: limits, continuity, differentiation, applications to motion problems, maximum-minimum problems, curve sketching, and antiderivatives.

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MAT 220* CALCULUS I I 4 credits, 4 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 210
This course provides skills in differential and integral calculus. Topics: definite integral and its properties, numerical integration, applications of the definite integral to areas, solids of revolution and length, inverse functions, logarithm and exponential functions, conic sections, and translation and rotation of axes.

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MAT 310* CALCULUS I I I 4 credits, 4 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 220
This course provides skills in infinite series, geometry in the plane and space, and integral calculus in several variables. Topics: infinite series, solid analytical geometry, partial derivatives, and multiple integral with applications.

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MAT 320 LINEAR ALGEBRA WITH VECTOR ANALYSIS 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 210
The student will study VECTOR CALCULUS, matrix algebra, system of homogeneous and non-homogeneous linear equations, concepts of vector space, subspace, basis and dimension of a vector space, linear transformation, and Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors for a linear transformation.

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MAT 360* DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: MAT 220
The student will formulate and solve differential equations of the first and second order. She/he will apply these methods to related practical problems. The student will formulate and solve linear differential equations with constant coefficients and apply these techniques to practical problems that give rise to such equations.

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