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Sep 14, 2024
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MAT 191 - Mathematics for the Industries
Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: MAT 080 (minimum grade “C”) or successful placement.
Description
In this course, students gain practical mathematical skills for industrial careers. Through problem solving, students learn operations with numbers, polynomials and algebraic techniques to solve linear and quadratic equations. Measurement systems, ratio and proportion, graphing, geometry formulas and trigonometric functions are applied to technical problems. Students analyze real-world scenarios through technology-based math challenges. Students gain problem-solving skills that have direct career relevance for fields like manufacturing, construction and logistics. This course is not intended for any transfer degree program.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Perform operations with signed numbers, powers and roots.
- Perform operations involving scientific notation and the metric system.
- Perform basic algebraic operations with polynomials.
- Solve linear and quadratic equations.
- Solve right triangles.
- Compute perimeter and area for quadrilaterals and triangles.
- Compute surface area and volume for various geometric figures such as prisms, cylinders, pyramids and spheres.
- Analyze real world applications involving ratio, proportion and variation problems.
Listed Topics
- Review of arithmetic fundamentals
- Review of methods to find perimeters, areas and volumes of geometric figures
- English and metric measurements
- Applications of measurements
- Graphing in the plane
- Rational numbers, exponents and radicals
- Introduction to algebra
- Elementary equations and formulas
- Ratios and proportions
- Elementary geometry and trigonometric problems
- Trigonometric functions
Reference Materials
Each student is required to have access to the textbook, ebook or online homework platform adopted by the Mathematics Department at the specific campus. Calculator use is at the discretion of the instructor.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 05/20/2024
Last Reviewed: 05/20/2024
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