College Catalog 2020-21

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

lifelong learning; critical thinking; goal setting/ self-motivation/ personal responsibility; managing money/ minimizing debt; self-awareness/health/wellness; and, study skills/ learning styles/time management/ test-taking skills. An effective mastery of these skills will enhance retention and persistence to graduation. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. LLS 1321 — CAREER EXPLORATION— This course is designed to assist students in determining career goals. Interest testes, personality inventories, and aptitude test are given to help students determine career choices. One semester hour credit. LLS 1411 — IMPROVEMENT OF STUDY — This course is designed to aid the student in study skills, promote student success in basic reading and note-taking techniques, critical thinking, time management, test-taking strategies, and listening and memory enhancement. One hour lecture. One semester hour credit. LLS 1423 — COLLEGE STUDY SKILLS — This course is an advanced course in study skills that fosters insight and practice of critical reading skills and study techniques needed for efficient and effective mastery of college level courses, both graduate and undergraduate. Three semester hours credit. MATHEMATICS MAT 1233— INTERMEDIATEALGEBRA—This course includes linear equations and their graphs; inequalities and number line graphs; rational expressions; factoring; laws of exponents; radicals; polynomials. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. This course does not satisfy degree or program requirements for graduation. MAT 1313 — COLLEGE ALGEBRA — This course includes inequalities; functions; linear and quadratic equations, circles, and their graphs; rational, radical, and higher-order equations; applications; polynomial and rational functions; logarithmic and exponential functions; systems of equations. Prerequisites: Completion MAT 1233 with a grade “C” or ACT Math Score of 19. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1323—TRIGONOMETRY—This course includes trigonometric functions and their graphs; trigonometric identities; trigonometric equations; radian measurement; solutions of right and oblique triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; applications. Pre/Co-requisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1343 — PRE-CALCULUS —This course is a review of college algebra and trigonometry in preparation for Calculus I. Topics include functions; solving equations; logarithmic and exponential functions; trigonometric functions; solving trigonometric equations; graphing functions. Prerequisites: ACT math sub score of at least 25 and a grade of “C” or better in Algebra I, Algebra II and Trigonometry in high school OR grade of “C” or better in both MAT 1313 and MAT 1323 OR grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313 with Co-requisite MAT 1323. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1513 — BUSINESS CALCULUS I — This course is the study of functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, and their applications to business and economics. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313 or MAT 1343. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1613 — CALCULUS I — This course includes the following topics; limits; continuity; the definition of the derivative; differentiation; applications; anti-derivatives. Prerequisites: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313 and MAT 1323 or grade of “C” or better in MAT 1343. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1623 — CALCULUS II — This course includes the following topics: the definite integral; differentiation and integration of transcendental functions; techniques of integration; application. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1613. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1723 — THE REAL NUMBER SYSTEM — This course is designed for elementary and special education majors, this course includes set theory, numeration systems, foundations of number theory, and properties and operations of real numbers. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313 or MAT 1343. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1733 — GEOMETRY, MEASUREMENT & PROBABILITY — This course is designed for elementary and special education majors, this course includes geometric definitions, shapes, and formulas; linear and angular measurements; unit conversions; statistics and probability. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313

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