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Course Syllabus

MATH 0800 Beginning Algebra

  • Division: Natural Science and Math
  • Department: Mathematics
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 4; Lecture: 4; Lab: 0
  • Prerequisites: A minimum ACT of 15 or successful completion of Math 0700 with a C or better, or appropriate placement test score. Prerequisite score or class must have been completed within the last two years or you must (re)take the placement test.
  • Corequisites: None
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2021
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2026
  • End Semester: Fall 2026
  • Optimum Class Size: 25
  • Maximum Class Size: 36

Course Description

Beginning Algebra students will study the real number system, order of operations, exponents, linear equations and inequalities in one and two variables, application problems, polynomials, factoring, and radicals.

Math 0800 is part of the developmental math sequence at Snow College and is designed to prepare students for more rigorous college-level math courses.

Justification

This course is for those students who are unprepared for college level mathematics work. This course is designed to prepare students for MATH 1010.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Simplify algebraic expressions using their knowledge of fractions, exponents, roots, and radicals.
  2. Set up and solve a variety of application problems using linear equations, proportions and formulas.
  3. Solve and graph a variety of linear equations and inequalities in one and two variables for a desired variable or quantity.
  4. Write and manipulate linear equations in two variables.

Course Content

This course will include the study of:•Order of operations over the real number system•Solving and graphing linear equations and inequalities in one and two variables•Application problems•Polynomials, factoring, and radicals This course supports a learning environment where perspectives are recognized, respected and encouraged. Individual instructors are encouraged to include at least one assignment (other than story problems from the book) such as projects, readings, or presentations where the students can see how the concept applies to their lives.