# Mathematics (MATH) courses Woodland Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 15 courses Source: https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=197 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### MATH-C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** MATH20 + MATH21, or MATH7, or placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process - **C-ID:** MATH 210 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in MATH1A - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 A first course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include limits and continuity of functions, techniques and applications of differentiation, an introduction to integration, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. ### MATH-C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2210 or MATH1A, or by placement - **C-ID:** MATH 220 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in MATH1B - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 A second course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include applications of integration, techniques of integration, infinite sequences and series, and the calculus of parametric and polar equations. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. ### MATH-1C — Multivariable Calculus - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2220 - **C-ID:** MATH 230 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 Vector valued functions, calculus of functions of more than one variable, partial derivatives, multiple integration, Green’s theorem, Stokes’ theorem, divergence theorem. ### MATH-2 — Ordinary Differential Equations - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2220 - **C-ID:** MATH 240 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 The course is an introduction to ordinary differential equations including both quantitative and qualitative methods as well as applications from a variety of disciplines. Introduces the theoretical aspects of differential equations, including establishing when solutions(s) exist, and techniques for obtaining solutions, including, series solutions, Laplace transforms and linear systems. ### MATH-3 — Linear Algebra - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2220 - **C-ID:** MATH 250 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 This course develops the techniques and theory needed to solve and classify systems of linear equations. Solution techniques include row operations, Gaussian elimination, and matrix algebra. Investigates the properties of vectors in two and three dimensions, leading to the notion of an abstract vector space. Vector space and matrix theory are presented including topics such as inner products, norms, orthogonality, eigenvalues, eigenspaces, and linear transformations. Selected applications of linear algebra are included. ### MATH-7 — Precalculus - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Intermediate Algebra or equivalent, or by placement - **C-ID:** MATH 155 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in MATH20 or MATH21 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 Preparation for calculus: polynomial, absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs; analytic geometry, polar coordinates ### MATH-9 — Calculus for Business, Social and Life Sciences - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 63 lecture hours, 27 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2210 or placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of intermediate algebra. - **C-ID:** MATH 140 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in MATHC2210 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 Topics of calculus including differentiation, integration, graphs, limits, and rates. Applications from economics, business, life science, and behavioral science. ### MATH-11 — Introduction to Mathematical Ideas - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Intermediate Algebra or equivalent, or by placement - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 This course is focused on the spirit of mathematics through a study of engaging mathematical ideas: finance math, inductive and deductive reasoning, problem-solving strategies, methods of proof, logic, numeration and mathematical systems, probability and statistics, set theory, and voting and apportionment. This course is not recommended for students entering elementary school teaching, business administration majors, or STEM majors. ### MATH-20 — College Algebra - **Units:** 5 - **Hours:** 90 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATH52 or by placement. - **C-ID:** MATH 151 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 - Cal-GETC: 2 College level course in algebra for majors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Topics include polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, absolute value, and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, theory of polynomial equations, and analytic geometry. ### MATH-21 — Plane Trigonometry - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATH52 or by placement - **C-ID:** MATH 851 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 The study of trigonometric functions, their inverses and their graphs, identities and proofs related to trigonometric expressions, trigonometric equations, solving right triangles, solving triangles using the Law of Cosines and the Law of Sines, polar coordinates, and introduction to vectors. ### MATH-52 — Intermediate Algebra - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Elementary algebra course or equivalent, or by placement - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 Fundamental operations of algebra; linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; exponents and polynomials; rational expressions; radicals and fractional exponents; graph of a straight line; linear and quadratic system of equations; conic sections; exponential and logarithmic functions. ### MATH-58 — Mathematics for Everyday Living - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** Elementary algebra course or equivalent, or by placement - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 2 Interpretation of and reasoning with quantitative information. Coverage of logic; units analysis; uses of percentages, ratios, and indices; financial management; and statistics. ### MATH-101 — Elementary Algebra - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in MATH50, MATH50A, or MATH50B Introductory algebra. Topics include: signed numbers, graphing, linear equations, and systems of linear equations in two variables. ### MATH-501 — Math Preparation for BSTEM Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 16–18 lecture hours - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit) Review of algebraic skills to be successful in BSTEM (Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses. Topics of review include fundamental operations on algebraic expressions and functions; simplify polynomial and rational expressions; apply properties of exponents and evaluate exponential expressions and functions; and solve linear systems of equations with elimination and substitution. ### MATH-502 — Math Preparation for Statistics Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 16–18 lecture hours - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/math.md) - Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit) Review of arithmetic and algebraic skills that are required to be successful in college statistics. Topics include the numerical operations, conversions, graphing lines and inequalities, solving equations. Introduction into basic vocabulary and concepts of statistics. Emphasis on critical reading and thinking skills as they pertain to college statistics.