MAT 121 - Intermediate Algebra

4 Credit(s)

Topics include: linear systems of equations in two or three variables; linear inequalities; set operations; absolute value equations and inequalities; polynomial functions; rational exponents; radical expressions; complex numbers; radical, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic equations; graphs of linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic functions; circles; and related applications.

Prereqs: MAT 097 or MAT 098 with a grade of C or better or placement into MAT 121 or higher
Course Type: Lecture
Delivery Method:
In-Person, Online, Remote, Hybrid
Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO 1) Students will write equations of lines.
CLO 2) Students will solve linear systems using the graphing, substitution, and elimination methods.
CLO 3) Students will perform set operations, operations on functions, composition of functions and operations on with radical expressions.
CLO 4) Students will solve compound inequalities, absolute value equations and absolute value inequalities, radical equations, equations of quadratic form and exponential and logarithmic equations.
CLO 5) Students will simplify expressions containing radicals, rational exponents, nonreal complex numbers, and logarithms.
CLO 6) Students will solve quadratic equations using the square root property, factoring method, completing the square, and the quadratic formula.
CLO 7) Students will graph linear functions, linear inequalities, quadratic functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, and circles.