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2025-2026 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2025-2026 Catalog & Student Handbook
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MATH 1730 - Precalculus

4 credit(s)


♦ This is a single course for preparation for Calculus I. All topics in MATH 1710 and 1720 will be covered in this course. Review of inequalities; linear, polynomial, rational, power, radical, composition, absolute value and inverse functions; matrices; determinants and circles; graphics; theory of equations; exponential and logarithmic functions; matrices; determinants and Cramer’s Rules; systems of linear equations; partial fractions; unit circle, circular, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, graphing, trigonometric identities and equations, right triangles, law of sines and cosines; vectors; polar and rectangular coordinates; complex numbers in polar form; De Moivre’s Theorem; parametric equations; and sequences. Graphing calculator required. MATH 1710 followed by MATH 1720 is recommended for students with an ACT Math score below 23 or no previous precalculus/trigonometry course. Students earning credit for MATH 1710 or 1720 cannot earn additional credits for MATH 1730. Four hours per week. (Prerequisite(s): MATH 1000, 1130 or ACT Math of 22 or higher.) F,S



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