Prerequisite(s): Department Permission Required. Restriction(s): Students who have received credit for a higher level mathematics may not take this course. This course is designed as a transition from high school expectations to the study of mathematics at the collegiate level. The course will focus on the development of skills and habits of mind, such as modeling, estimation, problem-solving, and applications of mathematics to the real world through topics such as real numbers, algebraic operations, rules of exponents, polynomials, factoring, linear equations, linear inequalities, polynomials, graphing linear equations and inequalities, and rational expressions, among others. Appropriate technology will be adopted to aid in the problem solving. Emphasis, in this course, will be on the process of finding solutions, adopting an inquiry based approach and making interdisciplinary connections. Enrollment will be determined on the basis of the math placement test results.