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DMAT 0066   Concepts in Basic Mathematics (3)
Prerequisite: An appropriate assessment test score.
This course is designed to develop the skills and understanding to perform the fundamental operations on whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Topics include the base ten system, rounding, prime numbers, factors, least common multiples and conversions between decimals and fractions. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045137

DMAT 0090   Pre Algebra Mathematics (3)
Prerequisite: An appropriate assessment test score.
This course is designed to develop an understanding of fundamental operations using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages and to strengthen basic skills in mathematics. The course is planned primarily for students who need to review basic mathematical processes. This is the first three-hour course in the developmental mathematics sequence. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045119

DMAT 0097   Algebra Fundamentals I (3)
Prerequisite: Developmental Mathematics 0096 or 0090 or an appropriate assessment test score.
This is a course in introductory algebra which includes operations on real numbers, polynomials, special products and factoring, and linear equations. Also covered are graphs, systems of linear equations and simple exponents. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045119

DMAT 0098   Algebra Fundamentals II (3)
Prerequisite: One year of high school algebra and an appropriate assessment test score or Developmental Mathematics 0097 or Developmental Mathematics 0091.
This course is a course in introductory algebra which includes rational expressions, inequalities and quadratic equations. Also included are properties of real numbers, the straight line, absolute value equations and advanced factoring. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045119

DMAT 0099   Algebra Fundamentals III (3)
Prerequisite: One year of high school algebra and an appropriate assessment test score or Developmental Mathematics 0098.
This is a course in intermediate algebra which further develops rational expressions, roots, exponents and radicals. Also covered are quadratic inequalities, relations functions and graphs and system of non-linear equations. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045219

DMAT 0100   Review of Basic Mathematical Concepts (1)
Prerequisite: Developmental Mathematics 0093 or Developmental Mathematics 0098. This course is for students who have not passed the mathematics section of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI).
Topics covered will include: real numbers; graphs, charts and tables; solving linear and quadratic equations; algebraic expressions; solving problems involving geometric concept and applied reasoning skills. This course cannot be used as a prerequisite for any college-level mathematics course. (1 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201045119

Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.