20 courses with the subject MTH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MTH 050BASIC MATHEMATICS3
Designed for students who need to develop the basic mathematical skills that are essential to success in more advanced college level work. Content material includes computational skills of whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers; ratios; proportions; and elementary algebra. Word problems are strategically placed throughout the course to both motivate and reinforce learning. Developmental courses may not be used to fulfill degree requirements. Prerequisite(s):
An introduction to elementary algebra that provides basic principles, concepts and techniques that are necessary for student success in higher-level mathematics courses. Content material includes integers, operations with rational expressions, positive and negative exponents, factoring, solving first and second-degree equations, and word problems. Designed for students with little or no algebra background. Developmental courses may not be used to fulfill degree requirements. Prerequisite(s): MTH 050 or Placement
This course provides a just-in-time review of algebra skills for students who are taking MTH 161 Modern College Mathematics. Topics include operations on numbers and expressions, solving linear equations, graphs of linear equations, properties of exponents, the square root property of equations, and problem solving including proportions and variation. Taking this course concurrently with MTH 161 replaces MTH 161’s prerequisite of MTH 052.
This course is designed for students with some previous algebra background and further enhances these algebraic skills while developing others necessary for achievement in College Algebra. Topics include: linear and compound inequalities; absolute value equations and inequalities; factoring; rational and radical expressions; rational exponents; complex numbers; and solving rational, radical and 2026-2027 Westmoreland County Community College Catalog quadratic equations and word problems. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052 or
MATHEMATICS 4-04- A course for applied industrial programs emphasizing a practical approach to algebra and geometry. Topics include measurement, estimation, propagation of error, solving first degree equations and modeling with linear equations, problem solving with rates and proportions, unit conversations, area and volume calculations, the coordinate plane, and trend lines. Prerequisite(s): MTH 050 or
TECHNOLOGIES I 4-0-4 A course for technology programs emphasizing application and problem solving. Topics include review of fundamental algebra; formula transformation; dimensions and units; radicals; systems of linear equations; graphing of data, equations and functions; right triangle trigonometry; and quadratic equations and functions. Prerequisite(s): MTH 104 (C or better) or Placement
TECHNOLOGIES II 4-0-4 A course for technology programs emphasizing application problem solving and proof. Topics include graphs of trigonometric functions, operations with complex numbers, logarithmic and exponential functions and equations, introduction to analytic geometry, algebraic radicals, trigonometric identities and equations. Prerequisite(s): MTH 108 (C or better) or Placement
This course builds upon the algebraic skills from Intermediate Algebra. Topics include: graphing and slope; functions and relations including circles and linear, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions; transformations and analysis of functions including symmetry; function composition and inverses; polynomial and rational inequalities; variation; properties of logarithms; linear and nonlinear systems of equations in two and three variables; and systems of inequalities in two variables. Prerequisite(s): MTH 100 (C or better) or
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This course is intended to satisfy the mathematics general education requirements for students who are in non-science programs, as well as students preparing for the pre-nursing examination. Rather than focusing on one particular topic, this course gives an overview of topics from a variety of areas and fields in mathematics. Topics may include propositional logic, algebraic modeling, Euclidean geometry, graph theory, probability, statistics and/or consumer math. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052 or Placement
This course is designed to prepare students with the necessary background in trigonometric functions for the Calculus sequence. Topics include right triangle trigonometry, unit circle trigonometry, periodic functions, trigonometric identities, vectors, and application problem solving involving trigonometry. Prerequisite(s): MTH 157 (C or 187 westmoreland.edu
This course is intended to prepare students with the necessary background of function manipulation for the Calculus sequence. Discussion of functions includes transformations of functions, inverse functions; algebraic functions (including power functions, radical functions, polynomial functions, and rational functions); exponential functions, logarithmic functions; trigonometric functions, and inverse trigonometric functions. Additional topics include systems of equations, analytic geometry, and triangle trigonometry. Prerequisite(s): MTH 100 or Placement
A first course in calculus and analytical geometry. Topics include limits and derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric functions; applications of derivatives, continuity and basic integration techniques. Prerequisite(s): C or better in one of MTH 109, MTH 167 or MTH 170 or Placement
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A presentation of mathematics central to a comprehensive elementary and middle school mathematics curriculum. The four-step problem solving process is stressed throughout the course. Topics included are sets, numeration, operations and properties of real numbers, number theory, fractions, decimals, and percent, ratio and proportion, and algebra basics. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052 or Placement
Designed to follow Elements of Mathematics I and continue with more advanced topics in mathematics focusing on the problem solving process. Areas of emphasis include probability and statistics, geometry, computer topics, logic, and measurement. Prerequisite(s):
CALCULUS III 4-0-4 This is a continuation of MTH 173. Topics include two and three dimensional vectors, areas and surfaces, multi-variable and partial derivatives, double and triple integrals and applications. Prerequisite(s): MTH 173 (C or better)
An introductory course in matrix algebra and vector spaces. Topics include systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, general vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, and linear transformations. Prerequisite(s): MTH 172 (C or better)
2026-2027 Westmoreland County Community College Catalog An introduction to discrete mathematical structures for students studying mathematics and computer science. Topics include logic, set theory, elementary number theory, methods of proofs and proof writing (direct, indirect and mathematical induction), combinatorics, probability, relations and functions, and graph theory. Prerequisite(s):
