UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES 1
Developmental Studies
DS 014 Writing
3 cr
Writing is designed to teach essential writing skills: spelling,
vocabulary, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraph,
summary, and the essay. Readings from contemporary
prose that provide models and examples for students'
writing are required. instruction in the DS Writing Laboratory
is available.
DS 082 Introductory Algebra
3 cr
This course combines topics in pre- and elementary
algebra including operations with whole numbers, fractions,
percents, exponents, signed numbers, order of operations;
ratio and proportion; measurement; functions; solving and
graphing linear and quadratic equations and inequalities;
operations with polynomials, and factoring polynomials.
Requires 5 hours of in-class work and 1 hour of lab work.
Placement: Math Placement test score.
Pre-requisite: University test - Math 35 or ACT Math 16 or
MyMathTest 050
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