Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

ALEK-0005

Organization:

ALEKS Corporation (McGraw Hill)

Location:

Online

Length:

60 hours (6-18 weeks)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	4	Precalculus

Learners may not earn credit for both Precalculus (ALEK-0005) and Trigonometry (ALEK-0006).

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to develop mastery of math concepts and operations using guided, assessment-based study in the ALEKS system. Following an initial assessment, students are given the choice of topics for active study based on individual current readiness; as progress is made, the selection of topics evolves according to developing readiness. Interactive feedback, step-by-step explanations, and hyperlinked dictionary definitions support active mastery of new material. Periodic reassessments confirm mastery and ensure adequate ongoing review; students can also review spontaneously. Real-time reporting of progress is visible to students.

Learning Outcomes:

Master operations with signed numbers, exponents, and polynomials, including factoring, finding real and complex zeros, and solving polynomial equations.
Solve and apply linear equations, inequalities, and systems of linear equations.
Perform operations on rational and radical expressions and solve related equations.
Graph and analyze functions, including quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions and inequalities.
Utilize the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations and graph quadratic functions and inequalities.
Apply unit circle and right-angle trigonometry, graph trigonometric functions, and perform operations on trigonometric functions and their inverses.
Prove trigonometric identities, and solve trigonometric equations and triangles.
Understand and graph conic sections.