Precalculus - NMU Bulletin

MA 115 Precalculus 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: MA 104 (B- or better), or MA 105, or satisfactory score on the math placement exam. A graphing calculator or equivalent computer software is used in this course.
• Bulletin Year: 2008 - 2009 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Foundations of Natural Sciences - Mathematics

This course provides the necessary foundation for students who plan to study calculus. Topics include trigonometric functions and identities, basic laws in trigonometry, polar coordinates, complex numbers, transcendental functions, the conics, parametric equations, vectors, three dimensional analytical geometry, sequences, series, limits, permutations and combinations and mathematical induction. Notes:

Credit cannot be earned for both MA 106 and MA 115, except by written permission from the department.