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Mathematics

GE 118: Precalculus

Self-paced Correspondence

This course is unavailable for enrollment. This course covers the basic concepts of trigonometry and analytic geometry, including trigonometric functions and their graphs, relationships, and applications; conics, translations, rotations, and basic vector geometry.

  • Instructor: Ervin Howard, MAEd
  • Credit-granting Institution: Elizabeth City State University
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 16
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Swokowski and Cole, Precalculus: Functions and Graphs, 11th edition (2008)

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirement

  • A scientific calculator—one with graphing capabilities is recommended, but symbolic manipulators are not allowed.

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MATH 0: Review of Basic Algebra

Self-paced Correspondence

MATH 0 is a noncredit course designed to be a review of algebra; the material it covers is what is taught in high school algebra. When you complete this course you should be well prepared for an introductory college-level algebra course, such as MATH 110.

  • Instructor: Brenda Shryock, EdD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: noncredit
  • Fee: $879.00
  • Submitted Assignments: 16
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Tussy and Gustafson, Intermediate Algebra, 3rd edition (2006)

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

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MATH 110: Algebra

Self-paced Correspondence

This course provides a review of basic algebra. Basic algebraic expressions, functions, exponents, and logarithms are included with an emphasis on problem solving. Assumes student has had Algebra I and II and Geometry in high school.

  • Instructor: John Bakken, MS
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • MATH 110 meets the UNC-Chapel Hill General College requirement in the Pre-2006 curriculum. It is elective credit only in the Post-2006 curriculum. The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 17
  • Prerequisites: Algebra I and II and Geometry in high school
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Sullivan, College Algebra, 7th edition (2005)

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirements

  • a basic scientific calculator

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MATH 118: Special Topics in Mathematics

Self-paced Correspondence

Math 118 is a college math course designed to provide an introduction to selected topics in mathematics. The course is intended for the nonscience major and will introduce students to the mathematics in everyday life. These topics will vary from planning mail routes to encoding data. After learning a new mathematical technique, students will be required to demonstrate proficiency with the technique by applying it to real world problems.

  • Instructor: John Bakken, MS
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • MATH 118 meets the Post-2006 UNC-Chapel Hill General Education Requirement for Quantitative Reasoning. The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 16
  • Prerequisites: Algebra I and II and Geometry in high school
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • COMAP, For All Practical Purposes, 7th edition (2006)

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirement

  • a scientific calculator such as the TI-30X, TI-83, or higher

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onlineMATH 130: Precalculus Mathematics

Self-paced Online and Correspondence

This course covers the basic concepts of trigonometry and analytic geometry, including trigonometric functions and their graphs, relationships, and applications. Basic analytical geometry topics include the conics, translations, rotations, and basic vector geometry.

  • Instructor: Brenda Shryock, EdD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3. A student may not receive credit for this course after receiving credit for MATH 231.
  • Submitted Assignments:
    • online version: 22 quizzes and 4 tests
    • correspondence version: 16 submissions
  • Prerequisite: MATH 110
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Text

  • Swokowski and Cole, Precalculus: Functions and Graphs, 11th edition (2008)

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirements

  • A scientific or graphing calculator. Symbolic manipulators, such as the TI-89, are not allowed.
  • For the online version: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or higher (Get Firefox free from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox.)

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MATH 152: Calculus for Business and Social Sciences

Self-paced Correspondence

MATH 152 is an introductory survey of differential and integral calculus with emphasis on techniques and applications of interest for business and the social sciences. This is a terminal course and not adequate preparation for MATH 232. A student cannot receive credit for this course after receiving credit for MATH 231. Students who plan to apply to UNC-Chapel Hill’s business school may have to take an OR (Operations Research) class instead of MATH 152 (these students should check with an advisor).

  • Instructor: John Bakken, MS
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 16
  • Prerequisite: One of the following is required:
    a passing grade in MATH 110
    or a score of at least 520 on the SAT Subject Test, Math, Level 1 or 2 (formerly SAT II, Math, Level I or Level IIC exam)
    or a score of 2 on the Calculus AP exam (or BC subscore).
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences: A Brief Approach, 8th edition (2009), ISBN 978-0495387541

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Additional Requirement

  • a scientific or graphing calculator. However, calculators that perform symbolic manipulation (such as the TI-89) are not allowed.

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MATH 231: Calculus of Functions of One Variable I

Self-paced Correspondence

This is a first semester course in differential and integral calculus. Students will learn limits, derivitives, and integrals of functions of one variable.

  • Instructor: Elizabeth McLaughlin, MS
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 13
  • Prerequisite: grade of C- or better in MATH 130 or permission of the instructor
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Materials

  • Stewart, ed., Calculus Concepts & Contexts, 3rd edition (2005)
  • 1/4 square grid paper

You may purchase the materials at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

Other Requirement

  • a scientific calculator with graphing capabilities

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