Area A Essential Skills – 9 hours

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Area B   |   Area C   |   Area D   |   Area E
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• English Composition I
  • A course which emphasizes the development of written communications for college and career, and also stresses critical thinking and reading. Computer resources, where available, will be used in composition and research. Prerequisites: Satisfactory placement or completion of ENGL 0099 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisite: READ 0099 if required.

• English Composition II
  • A course which emphasizes the development of written analysis and interpretation of literature, critical thinking skills, and advanced research methods. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement or completion of ENGL 1101 with a grade of C or higher.

• Quantitative Skills and Reasoning
  • This course is an alternative in Area A of the Core Curriculum and is not intended to supply sufficient algebraic background for students who intend to take Precalculus or the Calculus sequences for Mathematics and Science majors. This course places quantitative skills and reasoning in the context of experiences that students will be likely to encounter. It emphasizes processing information in context from a variety of representations, understanding of both the information and the processing, and understanding which conclusions can be reasonably determined. Corequisite: READ 0099. Prerequisite: Regular placement or successful completion of MATH 0099. Note: Credit toward meeting graduation requirements will not be granted for both MATH 1001 and MATH 1111.

• College Algebra
  • An algebra course designed primarily for science, mathematics, and business majors. This course is a functional approach to algebra that incorporates the use of appropriate technology. Topics include a detailed study of piece-wise defined, polynomial, rational, logarithmic and exponential functions, their graphs and applications. Prerequisite: Regular placement or successful completion of MATH 0099. Corequisite: READ 0099. Note: Credit toward meeting graduation requirements will not be granted for both MATH 1001 and MATH 1111.

• Precalculus
  • A course providing an intensive study on transcendental functions and their applications, which are fundamental to the study of Calculus, Physics, and related technical subjects. Emphasis is placed on trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities and equations, right and oblique triangles, and the trigonometric form of complex numbers. Additional topics include algebraic calculus expressions, system of equations, conic sections, and a review of exponential and logarithmic functions. Prerequisites: READ 0099; SAT Math score of 550 or higher, or ACT Math score of 23 or higher, or MATH 1111 with a grade of C or higher, or advanced placement.

• Calculus I
  • A course providing an introduction to differential and integral calculus. Topics include limits; continuity; derivatives of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; integrals of algebraic and basic trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; derivative applications; the Mean Value Theorem; elementary differential equations; the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; and numerical integration. Corequisite: READ 0099. Prerequisite: One year of high school trigonometry and a SAT math score of 600 or higher, or an ACT Math score of 25 or higher, or MATH 1113 with a grade of C or higher, or advanced placement.

• If the total hours in Area A exceed nine, the excess may be counted in Area F, if applicable.
• Math and science majors are required to take MATH 1113 or a higher level course.
• Majors included are Math, Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Secondary Math Education, Geology, Physical Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Engineering majors are required to take MATH 1450 or a higher level course.