This course is taught from an accelerated and African-American cultural point of view.  That means that a student taking this class can progress, if successful, through both Math 034A and Math 038 in one semester & it also means that I can use any means necessary to get math into your skulls.  The first part is an introduction to fundamental concepts of arithmetic. Emphasis is placed on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponentiation on whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.  The second part of this course is a study of the fundamentals of arithmetic operations with signed numbers, including fractions and decimals as well as an introduction to some elementary topics in beginning algebra. Topics also include ratios and proportions, perfect squares and their square roots, elementary topics in geometry, systems of measurement, and monomial arithmetic. Throughout students learn basic college skills necessary for success in mathematics courses. This course is spiraled so that all topics from both semesters are seen in their totality.  This course is intended for students preparing for PreAlgebra and/or Beginning Algebra.