TESC BSAST in IT, newbie getting started

[sanantone]

There is so much to learn, I was thinking maybe I should try to break down the degree requirements in to subsections, in this case Math. On the TESC website, they only list a few math courses, and mention "BSAST and ASAST students should take MAT-121 and MAT-129". Those classes are "College Algebra" and "Precalculus for Technology". Are those the 2 classes you meant I would need to take?

If I needed those 2 classes, could I take them on straigtherline instead?

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or by the "College Algebra" and "Precalculus" classes on ALEKS, mentioned on this page:

ALEKS 360

In the case of Math, I would actually need to learn the material before I was tested on it. I would not be able to walk in cold and take a test.

Those are the suggested courses so that BSAST students won't get confused. Some of the other degree programs accept intermediate algebra to fill the math requirement, but BSAST and ASAST students need to start at least with college algebra. TESC offers two different precalculus courses and BSAST students should take the technology one. The Straighterline college algebra and precalculus courses will satisfy your math requirements and so will ALEKS.

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