MATH 115, or equivalently, MATH 107 and MATH 108, are prerequisite for this course. Thus, students are expected to know this material; there will be no review of it in this course. The material, as listed in the current UMUC catalog, is as follows.
MATH 115 Pre-Calculus (3) (Not open to students who have completed MATH 140 or any course for which MATH 140 is a prerequisite.) Prerequisite: MATH 012 or an appropriate result on the placement test. Explication of elementary functions and graphs. Topics include polynomials, rational functions, and exponential and logarithmic functions. Algebraic techniques preparatory for calculus are presented. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: MATH 107–108 or MATH 115.
What's the textbook? A link to the textbook source and the list of other materials is given here.
Do I Need a Calculator? Probably so. A graphing calculator can be very useful in this course if you take the time to master it, and if you don't try to use it in place of thinking. Many students use the TI-80 Series. They're very nice machines. The TI-89 is too much. Don't get it unless you plan to take courses like MATH 240 and unless you're willing to put considerable time into learning how to use it.
What Else? The CRC Standard Math Tables and Formulae is a valuable resource that you will use long after your textbook is obsolete. This book is not required.