Course Competencies and Outcomes

Student Competencies:

The competencies you will demonstrate in this course are as follows:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and use of ratios, proportions, and percents.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of units of measure.  
  3. Demonstrate knowledge and use of signed numbers.  
  4. Demonstrate knowledge and use of powers of ten and scientific notation.  
  5. Demonstrate knowledge and use of algebraic operations.
  6. Demonstrate knowledge and use of algebraic equations and formulas.
  7. Demonstrate knowledge and use of angles.
  8. Demonstrate knowledge and use of triangles.
  9. Demonstrate knowledge and use of circles and polygons.
  10. Demonstrate knowledge and use of geometric solids.
  11. Demonstrate knowledge and use of graphs.

The module outcomes that will permit you to demonstrate course competencies are:

Module 1
  Outcomes Competencies
1  Show how to navigate in D2L and in MyLabsPlus (MML).  
2 Demonstrate how to use the equation editor in the discussion posts to write fractions  
3 Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions (A) 
4 Illustrate and use the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions (A) 
5 Communicate clearly using mathematical terminology and symbols related to fractions (A)
Module 2
  Outcomes Competencies
1 Write the comparison of two numbers by means of a ratio (A)
2 Write a ratio as a fraction, a decimal numeral or a unit ratio (A)
3 Solve a proportion (A)
4 Recognize, set up, and solve direct and indirect proportion applications (A)
5 Convert fractions and decimal numbers to percent numbers and vice versa (A)
6 Solve rate/base/percentage problems (A)
Module 3
  Outcomes Competencies
1 Round numbers off correctly depending on the accuracy or precision required (B)
2 Convert within and between U.S. and metric units (B)
3 Use dimensional analysis in problem solving (B)
4 Identify Significant Digits (B)
5 Represent a situation using signed numbers. (B)
6 Know and use the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and orders of operations with signed numbers (C)
7 Find the powers and roots of signed numbers (C)
8 Convert to and from scientific notation (D)
9 Multiply, divide, and find powers of number in scientific notation (D)
Module 4
  Outcomes Competencies
1 Recognize 'like terms' (E)
2 Add and subtract like terms (E)
3 Multiply and divide monomials (E)
4 Apply the distributive law (E)
5 Translate word problems into equations (F)
6 Solve and check the linear equations, including those containing grouping symbols and fractions (F)
7 Evaluate and solve formulas (F)
8 Sketch and read line, bar, circle, and coordinate plane graphs (K)
9 Use graphs to interpret data (K)
Module 5
  Outcomes Competencies
1 Recognize, draw, and/or define angles that are acute, obtuse, right, straight, vertical, complementary, supplementary, alternate interior, alternate exterior, and corresponding (G)
2 Change degree-minutes to degree-tenths and vice versa (G)
3 Solve angle problems including adding and subtracting the measure of angles (G)
4 Solve a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem (H)
5 Solve similar triangle problems (H)
6 Identify and find the perimeter and area of triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, regular polygons, hexagons, and octagons (I)
7 Convert between degree measure and radian measure (I)
8 Identify and calculate the radius, diameter, circumference, area, arc length, and sector of a circle (I)
9 Identify and find the surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres (J)
Module 6
  Outcomes Competencies
1 No new learning objectives. (A-J)
2 Applying what has already been learned. (A-J)