The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the computational skills needed to study College Algebra. Problem solving is emphasized throughout the course. This is a one-semester course covering standard topics such as linear equations and inequalities, polynomials and factoring, rational expressions, radicals and complex numbers, and quadratic functions and inequalities. Students with a MATH ACT subscore below 18 or a MATH SAT subcore below 500 will be placed in this course.