2025-2026 Surry Community College Catalog 
    
    Aug 30, 2025  
2025-2026 Surry Community College Catalog
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MAT - 171 Precalculus Algebra


Class Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Credit Hours: 4
When Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): MAT 121  or MAT 035 /MAT 7035  Successful completion of MAT 143   or MAT 152   permits a student to register for MAT 171 with corequisite of MAT 035 /MAT 7035 
Corequisite(s): MAT 035 /MAT 7035    
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None

This course is designed to develop topics which are fundamental to the study of Calculus. Emphasis is placed on solving equations and inequalities, solving systems of equations and inequalities, and analysis of functions (absolute value, radical, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic) in multiple representations. Upon completion, students should be able to select and use appropriate models and techniques for finding solutions to algebra-related problems with and without technology. *This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a general education course in Mathematics (Quantitative). This course has been approved for transfer under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement as a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course for mathematics (AA/AS).*



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