Pre-Algebra and Beginning Algebra Certificate of Competency
This program consists of two courses, Math 372 and Math 374. This noncredit program covers various topics to prepare students for algebra and to introduce students to algebra fundamentals. Topics include operations on integers, fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers; the concept and uses of variables; percents, ratios, rates, and proportions; properties of the real numbers; the metric and American systems of measurement and conversions of units; square roots; simplifying algebraic expressions; arithmetic of algebraic expressions including polynomials and polynomial fractions (rational expressions); solving linear equations and inequalities in one variable; factoring polynomials; the Cartesia