Course Name Advanced Algebra Course Description Number of Units For Lecture and Laboratory Number of Contact Hours Per Week Prerequisite
Course Name Advanced Algebra Course Description Number of Units For Lecture and Laboratory Number of Contact Hours Per Week Prerequisite
Matrices and determinants; arithmetic and geometric series; solution sets of different types of
Course Description inequalities and systems involving quadratics; solutions of linear equations using determinants and
matrices.
Number of Units for 2 units lecture
Lecture and Laboratory
Number of Contact Hours per 2 hours lecture
week
Prerequisite College Algebra
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Determine the solutions sets of inequalities;
2. Determine the solution sets of systems involving quadratics;
Course Objectives 3. Use the manipulative and analytical skills acquired in Objective 2 to solve word problems;
4. Operate and manipulate matrices and determinants;
5. Solve systems of linear equations using matrices and determinants; and
6. Determine the indicated sum of the elements in an arithmetic and geometric sequence.
1. Inequalities
1.1 Linear, Quadratic, and Polynomial Inequality
1.2 Linear Inequalities with Absolute Value
2. Ratio, Proportion, and Variation
3. Determinants
3.1 Expansion by Minors
3.2 Solution of Linear Systems by Cramer’s Rule
4. Matrices
4.1 Identify Matrix
4.2 Cofactor Matrix
4.3 Transpose of a Matrix
4.4 Adjoint Matrix
Course Outline 4.5 Inverse of a Matrix
4.6 Algebra on Matrices (Sum and Difference, Scalar Multiplication, Matrix
Multiplication)
4.7 Solution of Linear Systems Using Matrices
5. Sequence and Series
5.1 Arithmetic and Geometric Means
5.2 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
5.3 Arithmetic and Geometric Series
5.4 Infinite Series
6. Combinational Mathematics
6.1 Sequences
6.2 The Factorial of a Number
6.3 Fundamental principles of Counting, Permutation, and Combination
6.4 Binomial Theorem
6.5 Mathematical Induction
Laboratory Equipment None