5 units, Letter, 5 lec/1 lab NDA Prerequisite: MATH 110 or 112 This course is an introduction to the concepts of algebra. Topics include arithmetic operations with signed numbers, properties of real numbers, algebraic expressions, solving linear equations and inequalities, graphing linear equations and inequalities in two variables, solving systems of linear equations and inequalities, exponents, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, roots, radicals, methods of solving quadratic equations, and setting up and solving a variety of word problems.
Topics include: chemistry of life, cell structure, metabolic processes, human infection and disease, immunology, molecular genetics, and microbe ecology.