This course introduces students to Italian culture as they acquire basic skills in the language. Using a multimedia approach, students review and refine their skills in Italian as they continue to learn about the Italian culture. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Included in the program are excursions to nearby historic sites and places of cultural interest, plus two guided tours in Turin and Asti. Departmental approval for registration.
Space is limited.
Designed for students who have had only one year of high school algebra or who have had little success with second year high school algebra. A functional approach to the real number system, higher degree equations and inequalities, functions and inverses, curve sketching, exponential and logarithmic functions, and analytical geometry. An introduction to functions, inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometry, analytic geometry. The natural numbers are extended to the integers, rations, and finally the reals. Topics include elementary number theory, non-decimal systems, numeration, and computational algorithms in the elementary school.