Syllabus: MATH

Instructor: Professor Mark Ballard
Office: JB 530
Office Hours: MW 9:20-10:30
Quarter: Winter 2010
Units: 4
Prerequisites: You must have passed a course in prealgebra or achieved a sufficiently high score on the ELM exam.

Textbook

Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, second edition, by Sullivan, Struve, and Mazzarella

Goals

The main goal in this course is to develop your problem solving ability. To this end, there will be a strong emphasis on learning the techniques for solving word problems. It is very important that you ask questions on any material you do not understand. You help the rest of the class and me by indicating where you are having difficulty.

Schedule

Week 1 Introduction, 1.2-1.3
Week 2 1.4-1.5, 1.6-1.7, 1.8
Week 3 2.1-2.2, 2.3-2.4, 2.5-2.6
Week 4 2.7, 3.1-3.2, 3.3-3.4
Week 5 3.5-3.6, Review, Midterm
Week 6 5.1-5.2, 5.3-5.4, 5.5-5.6
Week 7 6.1-6.2, 6.3-6.4, 6.5-6.6
Week 8 6.7, 7.1-7.2, 7.3-7.4
Week 9 7.5, 7.6
Week 10 7.7, Review

Assignments

Your homework will be assigned from a web-based program known as MyMathLab. The explanation of how to register, logon, and do your homework assignments from its website will be given during the first week of class.

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