MATH 0320

SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE

 

Prerequisites:

One unit of high school algebra or successful completion of MATH 0315.

 

Note:   

MATH 0320 is for students whose score on the mathematics section of the THEA is between 206 and 229 (or whose score on the mathematics section of the Accuplacer is between 62 and 74) or who have not had any high school algebra. 

 

Purpose of Course:

This course is designed to furnish the algebraic background necessary for enrollment in MATH 1314 or MATH 1324.  Algebraic topics included are: factoring; fractions; linear equations and inequalities with one variable; graphing; systems of linear equations and inequalities; exponents; radicals; quadratic equations; equations with fractions; equations with radicals; and applications.

 

Textbook: 

Elementary & Intermediate Algebra by Sullivan, Struve, and Mazzarella. 

 

Lab:  

Two thirty-minute lab sessions have been scheduled each week for your class. 

 

Attendance:

Attendance and effort are the most important activities for success in this course.  Records of your attendance will be maintained.  Whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor’s opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met, the instructor may administratively withdraw you from the course with a grade of X or F.  If you are in this course to fulfill TSI requirements, then dropping or being dropped from this course will cause your removal from all courses at SPC. Refer to the General Catalog under Class Attendance and Drops & Withdrawals.

 

Video Tapes:

Video tapes for many topics in this course are available in the Math Department AVT Lab, Room M-116, or at building 2 at the Reese campus.  You may check out the tapes for use at home or you may duplicate them with the equipment available in M-116.  You must furnish the blank tape.