Mathematics Course Descriptions
All students, regardless of background, must take BBCC’s math placement exam before being allowed to enroll in any math course.
DVS 080 Basic Mathematics 5 credits
This course will provide review and instruction in whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and problem solving. Students will learn strategies to deal with math anxiety and test taking.
Math 094 Introduction to Pre-algebra 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate placement on the BBCC math placement test or completion of Math 080. The study of basic arithmetic and algebraic concepts and operations including operations with integers, fractions, decimals and percents; order of operations, measurement, the metric system, algebraic expressions, formulas and simple linear equations.
Math 098 Intermediate Algebra I 5 credits
Prerequisite: BBCC placement exam or completion of Math 094. This course includes the study of intermediate algebraic operations and concepts, and the structure and use of algebra. This includes solving, graphing, and solving applications of linear equations and systems of equations; simplifying, factoring, and solving quadratic functions, introduction to functions and models; and exponential and logarithmic functions along with applications.
Math 099 Intermediate Algebra II 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate scores in the BBCC Mathematics Assessment or successful completion of Math 098. This course is designed to prepare students for pre-calculus and finite math. It includes the study of inequalities, applications of systems, functions, radicals, rational exponents, radical equations, complex numbers, quadratic equations and their applications.
MATH& 107 Math in Society 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate scores in the BBCC Mathematics Assessment or successful completion of MPC 099 or MPC 091, 092, and 093. This course will introduce the non-math/science major to mathematical applications in a variety of disciplines.
Math& 131 Math for Elementary Education I 5 credits
Covers the mathematics elementary teachers are responsible for teaching at K-8 levels, including computing with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percents; multiplicative comparisons and reasoning; ratio, rates, and proportions; negative numbers; algebra and graphing; relationships between time, distance and rate; patterns and functions.
Math& 132 Math for Elementary Education II 5 credits
Covers the mathematics elementary teachers are responsible for teaching at K-8 levels, including polyhedra, polygons, symmetry, tessellations, size changes, curves, curved surfaces, transformations, length, angles, area and surface area, volume, measure formulas, simulating probablistic situations; sampling; and organizing and interpreting data with one and two variables.
MATH& 141 Precalculus I 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH 120 or BBCC placement exam. This course will present the following concepts: non-linear inequalities, matrices and determinants, polynomial and rational functions, conic sections, theory of equations, sequences and series, mathematical induction.
MATH& 142 Precalculus II 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 141 or BBCC placement exam. A comprehensive study of trigonometry, circular functions, right triangle trigonometry, analytical trigonometry, vectors, and applications.
MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate scores in the BBCC Mathematics Assessment or successful completion of MPC 093 or 099. An introduction to descriptive statistics, probability and its applications, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, predictive statistics, and linear regression.
MATH& 148 Business Calculus 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH 120 or MATH 147, placement on BBCC math placement exam or instructor permission. Introductory Calculus for business and economics students. Includes an introduction to rates of change, differentiation, integration, areas, and appropriate calculus techniques. Includes applications to marginal analysis in economics, optimization, and other relevant applications.
MATH& 151 Calculus I 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 142 or BBCC placement exam, or instructor permission. This course will introduce the student to the basic concepts of the calculus. It will give the student an appreciation of the calculus and its applications in the real world and will prepare the student for future work in mathematics and the sciences. Course includes functions, limits, continuity, derivatives and their applications, and integration and its applications.
MATH& 152 Calculus II 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 151 or instructor permission. This course will expand on the applications and techniques of differentiation learned in the first quarter and give a depth study of integration including the fundamental methods of integrating elementary algebraic and transcendental functions. It will include the applications of the calculus to transcendental functions, analytical geometry and other relevant topics.
MATH& 163 Calculus III 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 152 or instructor permission. This course will expand on the applications and techniques of differentiation learned in the first and second quarters. It will introduce the student to the calculus of sequences and series and the use of the MacLauren and Taylor series to approximate functions. It will introduce the student to the calculus of curvilinear functions and the concept of the vector and vector functions. It will also introduce the concept of a partial derivative and the maximization of functions given in more than one independent variable.
MATH 220 Linear Algebra 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 152 or instructor permission. A study of matrix algebra and system of equations, abstract vector spaces including basis and dimension, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Some applications of linear algebra to illustrate the above concepts.
MATH 230 Differential Equations 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 163 or instructor permission. This course will introduce the student to the solution elementary differential equations and standard applications of differential equations in science. It will include the solution of first order linear differential equations with applications to exponential growth and decay problems, mixture problems, orthogonal trajectories, etc., solutions to second order differential equations with applications to harmonic motion, and the LaPlace transform.
MATH& 254 Calculus IV 5 credits
Prerequisite: MATH& 163 or instructor permission. An introduction to multi-variable calculus. The study of three dimensional space curves, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, differential derivatives, multiple integration, vector fields, line integrals, Green’s and Stoke’s theorems, surface integrals, and the divergence theorem.