# Mathematics (MAT) courses

Palo Verde College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://catalog.paloverde.edu/index.php?catoid=2

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### MAT 108 — Liberal Arts Math

- **Units:** 3-4 units effective Spring 2027
- **Hours:** 54 - 72 hours effective spring 2027, 3 - 4 hours effective spring 2027
- **Advisory:** MAT 095 and NBE 098 -Advisory update effective Spring 2027: MAT110 - College Algebra (Completion of MAT 110 or placement based on AB705 mandates.) and STATC1000 - Introduction to Statistics (Completion of STAT C1000 or placement based on AB705 mandates.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Student Learning Outcomes: Use truth tables to determine if a statement is a tautology. Calculate conditional probabilities. Be able to find odds in favor of an event.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 2- Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

This course focuses on the development of quantitative reasoning skills through in-depth , integrated explorations of topics in Math, including real number systems and subsystems. Emphasis is on comprehension and analysis of mathematical concepts and applications of logical reasoning. - Catalog Description update effective Spring 2027: This course focuses on the development of quantitative reasoning skills through in-depth, integrated explorations of topics in mathematics, including real number systems and subsystems. Emphasis is on the analysis of mathematical concepts and applications of logical reasoning.

### MAT 110 — College Algebra

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 hours total, 4 hours lecture weekly
- **Advisory:** MAT 095 and NBE 098
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections listed as MAT-110 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/fall-2026/mat.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections listed as MAT-110 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/spring-2027/mat.md)
- Student Learning Outcomes: Identify the domain and range. Demonstrate how to calculate the inverse of a function. Demonstrate and identify the zeros of polynomial functions.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 2- Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

Study of algebra including linear and quadratic equations and systems; matrices and determinants; theory of equations; polynomial, rational, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions and their graphs; arithmetic and geometric progressions; composition of functions; permutations and probability.

### MAT 130 — Finite Math

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **Prerequisite:** Intermediate Algebra or placement based on multiple measures
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Student Learning Outcomes: Solve a system of linear equations using an inverse of a square matrix. Solve complements of sets by using Venn diagrams. Solve a conditional probability of an event.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 2- Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

Linear functions, systems of linear equations and inequalities, matrices, linear programming, Math of finance, sets and Venn diagrams, combinatorial techniques and an introduction to probability. Applications in business, economics and social science.