Math 1010 - SyllabusUniversity of UtahFall 20091 Basic InformationInstructor - Patrick Dylan ZwickEmail - [email protected] - 801-651-8768 (Cell); 801-585-7663 (Office)Office Hour - 11 : 50 AM to 12:50 PM; Thursdays.Office - JWB (John Widtsoe Building), Room 105Class Meeting Time - MWF 11:50 AM - 12:40 PMMeeting Location - JWB (John Widtsoe Building) 335Review Session - Tuesdays, 11:50 AM - 12:40 PMReview Session Location - JTB (James Talmage Building) 310Textbook - Algebra, 5th edition. By Larson. Brooks/Cole Pub., 2010Class Webpage - http://www.math.utah.edu/˜zwick/2 Course DescriptionMath 1010 is an introductory algebra class, designed to be the first classin which you move beyond a rithmetic to the mathematics of functionsand equations. You are expected to know and understand basic arithmetic(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, etc...) althoughwe’ll be reviewing these at the beginning of the class.In this class we will study linear equations and inequalities, functionsand their graphs, systems of linear equations, polynomials and factoring,1rational functions, radicals and complex number, quadratic equations andthe quadratic formula, and exponentials and logarithms.This class is designed to lay a foundation for any and all future mathe-matics or mathematics related classes that you may take, and also to pre-pare you for many of the mathematical situations you will encounter ei-ther in your professional or personal life.2.1 PrerequisitesMath ACT score of 18 or higher (SAT: 430 or higher), or completion ofMATH 950 - Elementary Algebra with a grade of C or higher (preferablyB).2.2 SupplementsYou will need to get some graph paper for this class. A graphing calculatormay be used occasionally in the textbook and you may use one on yourhomework assignments, but you may not use a calculator on any quizzesor exams.2.3 EmailBe sure that you have your current email address on file with the univer-sity. I’ll be sending out frequent class announcements by email, and theywill go to the address you have registered with the university. Make sureto put your preferred email address on record righ away. You can do thisthrough the C ampus Information System, which you can a ccess via theuniversity’s homepage.2.4 Supplemental InstructionThe Supplemental Instruction Program, called SI for short, is offered inthis course to provide organized study sessions. These sessions are freeand open to all students in the course and are led by an undergraduatewho has done well in this subject area. Your SI leader will be attendingclasses, reading the ma terial, and doing any relevant assignments to beprepared for the SI sessions. The purpose of SI is to see that each of you2has the opportunity to do as well as you would like to in this course. In SIsessions, we will review, organize, and clarify the material from lectures,teach you ways to develop effective study skills for this course, and helpyou prepare for exams. Your SI leader will schedule 3 meetings per weekconvenient to the majority of your schedules. Attendance is voluntary,and you may attend as many or as few sessions as you like.2.5 Additional HelpYou can also get help in the department’s math lab. The math la b is at theeast end of the first-floor underground passageway connecting the twomath buildings, JWB and LCB. Hours a re 8 : 00 AM - 8:00 PM Mondaythrough Thursday, and 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Friday. There you’ll findplenty of peer tutors and graduate students who can help you with thematerial for free.You can also arrange for private, individual tutoring through the mathlab, although this may cost a little extra money.2.6 Announcements and Additional MaterialInformation and additional material rela ting to this class, like a schedule,additional information about the tutoring lab, changes in the schedule, as-signment and exam solutions, and daily announcements will be posted onthe class webpage. That’s where you should go to find out what’s goingon in class, and it will be updated frequently. Any administrative in for-mation I go over in class, and anything I hand out in class, will also beposted on the class webpage, a long with other things (like solution sets)that I won’t hand out in class but that you can download and print out ifyou need them.2.7 Classroom EtiquetteAs in any class, p lease use simple rules of etiquette. Try to arrive on timeand wa it until class is dismissed to leave. Turn off your cell phone and donot have private conversations during class. I expect that we’ re all adultshere and so I won’t have to bring this up again.32.8 Students with DisabilitiesThe Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommo-dations be mad e for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic,learning, or psychiatric disabilities. Contact me now to discuss any ac-commodations that you may need for this course.3 Homework, Exams, and Grades3.1 HomeworkThere will be weekly homework assignments. I’ve decided not to use web-works and to instead do things the old fashion way. So, the assignmentswill be problems from the textbook. Each Wednesday I will announcein class the assigned problems for that week, and I will also post the as-signed problems online. The assignments will usually be due a week afterthey’re assigned, but occasionally these due dates might change as a resultof vacations or the like. I will write up and post solutions two days afterthe assignment is due, and the assignments will be graded and returnedwithin a week.3.2 ExamsThere will be weekly quizze s ad m inistered almost every Friday (except,of course, for some exceptions like during fall break or when we have anexam on Friday instead of a quiz). You will be allowed to d rop your threelowest quizzes. The Friday quizzes will be on the material covered sincethe last quiz. Each will be 15 minutes long.There will also be three 5 0 minute exams during the semester, and atwo hour departmental final at the end of the semester. You will be al-lowed to drop one exam score.You will not be allowed to make up q uiz zes or exams. Also, the use ofnotes, a calculator, the textbook, your neighbor, or anything besides what’sin your brain is not allowed on the quizzes, exams, or final.43.3 GradesThe grade breakdown for the class will be:Homework - 25%Quizzes - 25%Exams - 20%Final - 30%You’re allowed to drop your lowest exam score, and if your final isbetter than your second lowest, I’ ll count the final for 40% of