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MAT 152B – Section 2 Basic Algebra (Part II) Winter 2012
Instructor: Wynn Walker, email: wlwalker326@gmail.com
Office Hours: To be announced
Class Time and Location: Monday & Wednesday 8:45 – 10:50 AM, A211
Textbook (Optional): Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, 4th Edition, Elayn Martin-Gay
Required Software: It is required to have a software license to use the software MyMathLab in this class. You must have a valid e-mail address to use the on-line curriculum. Students have two choices. The first choice is to purchase the textbook from the bookstore. The textbook comes with the software license. Note: If you purchase a used textbook, it may not have a valid course access code. Be VERY careful when acquiring the text. The second choice is to purchase the license alone either from the bookstore or online at pearsonmylabandmastering.com. The license gives you access to the textbook online. This is a more economical choice, but is only recommended to students who have online access and feel comfortable reading a computer screen instead of a traditional book. If you have already purchased an access code for Math 152A for this textbook, you may also use it for this class at no extra cost.
To access our class page, go to pearsonmylabandmastering.com and register using your student access code and the course ID for this class: walker82888
For assistance with MyMathLab: You may get help by calling 1-800-677-6337 during the following hours: Mon – Fri 5:00 AM – 5:00 PM & Sunday 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Online assistance is available 24 hours every day at: 247pearsoned.custhelp.com
Calculators: Calculators are not allowed in MAT 152B.
Course Description: MAT 152B is a continuation of MAT 152A. Topics covered will include factoring, solving equations with rational and radical expressions, systems of linear equations, and solving quadratic equations.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MAT 152A, or appropriate skills demonstrated through the Math assessment process.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Factor a
polynomial.
Course Grade: Your final letter grade will be based on the usual grading scale: A 90-100%, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69%, F 0-59% The following items will make up the course grade:
Homework:
100 points
Computer Quizzes
50 points In Class Quizzes: 150 points Exam1 100 points Exam2 100 points
Exam3
100 points Final Exam (March 21st 7:00 – 8:50 AM) 150 points
You may check your grades at any point in the quarter by accessing the grade book in MyMathLab.
Computer Homework
Homework is due by Wednesdays at 11:59 PM.
It is recommended that you work on the homework each day with the
goal of completing both your homework and quiz 24 hours before they are due so
that you have time to respond to unforeseen emergencies or confusions.
Feel free to consult a fellow classmate, a tutor, your instructor, or anyone
else for assistance on the homework.
Quizzes There
will also be five in class quizzes scheduled throughout the quarter.
Quizzes cannot be made up.
Computer Quizzes: Each week you will be required to take a quiz on MyMathLab. The quizzes are designed to help you prepare for exams, and will be made up of problems that are very similar to the problems from your homework assignments. The quizzes may be taken as often as you would like before the due date/time. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped. Because of this, there will be no make-up quizzes.
Exams: Students are to bring a pencil and blank scratch paper to each exam. If you cannot make it to an exam (final not included), you may take it up to 2 school days prior to the scheduled date with proper arrangements. Otherwise, the exam may be made up after the scheduled date with a penalty of 10% per day. The final must be taken by March 21st .
Learning Disabled Students:
Students with disabilities who may need accommodations for this class are
encouraged to notify me and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) early
in the quarter so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as
possible. Students may contact the DRC by visiting the Center (located in
room A205) or by phoning 541-4660, ext. 249 (voice) or 542-1870 (TTY for deaf
students). All information will remain confidential.
How to Succeed in a Math Class:
I am often asked how to successfully pass a math class, and here is my advice:
I) Come to every class session. Be prepared, and plan on participating. II) Do your homework. Remember that what I assign is what I consider a bare minimum. If you need more practice, do it. MyMathLab has dozens of extra problems for each section as well as sample chapter exams. III) Read the book. You paid good money for it, so you might as well use it. IV) Make use of available tutors and my office hours. You will find tutors who know the subject matter in this course at the Math Success Center (MSC). V) Do math every day. Math is just like everything else: if you don’t practice, you become rusty.
Technology in the Classroom: All cell phones, laptops, headphones, MP3 players, iPods, etc, must be turned off and put away prior to the start of each class. No electronic devices may be used during and exams.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty of any form will not be tolerated.
Students caught cheating on exams will receive a score of zero on the
assignment and the dropping of lowest quiz score will be forfeit.
Students may work together on homework assignments (and, in fact, are
encouraged to) as long as all students understand the material covered.
Course Schedule: The following is a tentative schedule. Things are very likely to change and because of the slightly longer length of time that the class meets we will be a bit ahead of schedule and there will not be four sections of material that will be covered all on the last day.
January
4 4.1, 4.2 Solving Systems by Graphing and Substitution 9 4.3, 4.5 Solving Systems by Addition and Applications
11
6.1, 6.2
Factoring: Common Factors, Grouping Quiz 1 (4.1,4.2, 4.3, 4.5)
16
NO CLASS
Martin Luther King Day 18 6.3, 6.4 Factoring Trinomials
23
6.5, Review
Factoring Special Forms Quiz 2 (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4)
25
Exam I
(4.1,4.2,4.3,4.5,6.1,6.2,6.3,6.4)
30
6.6, 6.7
Solving Equations using Factoring and Applications
February
1
7.1, 7.2
Simplifying, Multiplying, Dividing Rational Expressions Quiz 3 (6.6, 6.7, 7.1, 7.2) 6 7.3, 7.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
8
7.5, 7.6
Equations with Rational Expressions and Applications Quiz 4 (7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6) 13 7.7, Review Complex Fractions 15 Exam II (6.5,6.6,6.7,7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4,7.5,7.6) 20 NO CLASS President’s Day
22
8.4
Variation 27 9.3, 9.4 Absolute Value Inequalities, Systems of Linear Inequalities 29 10.1, 10.2 Radicals and Rational Exponents
March
5
10.3, 10.4
Simplifying Radicals, Operations on Radicals Quiz 5 (7.7, 8.4, 10.1, 10.2) 7 10.5, Review Rationalizing Denominators 12 Exam III (7.7, 8.4, 9.3,9.4,10.1,10.2,10.3,10.4,10.5)
14
10.6, 10.7, 11.1, 11.2
Solving Radical Equations, Complex Numbers,
Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula
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