The eight-week modular course is for STEM students and focuses on operations on and properties of real numbers, functions, exponents, scientific notation, solving equations and inequalities; problem solving; introduction to coordinate system and graphing; polynomials: operations including factoring, solving quadratic equations by factoring; radical expressions and equations. Non-transferable and does not count toward a degree at Texarkana College. Students must take this course if their TSI scores are within the recommended range on TC’s TSI placement chart. Prerequisite: C or better in MATH 0021.