MATH 102 - Technical Mathematics

Credits: 4
Lecture Contact Hours: 4
Description: Technical Mathematics provides the practical mathematics skills needed in a wide variety of occupational programs. Students in this course will address topics including measurement, basic algebra, geometry, right triangle trigonometry, graphing and statistics.

Prerequisites: MATH 047 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or overall high school GPA of 2.8 or higher, a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 75 CPT-Arithmetic, 28 CPT-Elementary Algebra, 260 NGA-Arithmetic or 230 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
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Course Competencies

Apply order of operations to mathematical problems.
Simplify algebraic expressions.
Utilize knowledge of ratios, percentages and proportions to solve application problems.
Apply conversion factors to varying units of measure.
Calculate conversions between mixed numbers, fractions, decimals and percents.
Analyze measurement parameters such as accuracy, precision and tolerance.
Solve applications using equations and inequalities.
Solve equations with one or two variables.
Solve linear inequalities.
Calculate perimeter, area and volume of geometric shapes and solids.
Solve problems using trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Analyze the construction and interpretation of graphs.
Calculate measures of central tendency of data.