Dec 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Gaston College Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Gaston College Catalog and Student Handbook
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MAT 175 Precalculus (5 Credit Hours)


Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 2
Clinical/Work Experience Hours: 0
Prerequisites: Take one set:

Set 1: DMA 010 , DMA 020  , DMA 030  , DMA 040  , DMA 050  

Set 2: DMA 010  , DMA 020  , DMA 030  , DMA 045

Set 3: DMA 025, DMA 045

Set 4: DMA 025, DMA 040  , DMA 050  

Set 5:MAT 121  

Set 6: MAT 003   with a demonstrated mastery of Tier 3

Set 7: BSP 003 with a demonstrated mastery of Tier 3
Corequisites: None
This course provides an intense study of the topics which are fundamental to the study of calculus. Emphasis is placed on functions and their graphs with special attention to polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, and analytic trigonometry. Upon completion, students should be able to solve practical problems and use appropriate models for analysis and prediction. 
This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in natural sciences/mathematics.



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