CLASS CALENDAR & OFFICE HOURS Class: Math 1314.011 TT 12:30-2:15 M 121 Semester: Spring 2011 Instructor: Alma F. Lopez Office: M116 D Office Telephone: 806-716-2640 E-mail Address: [email protected] Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Jan. 17 M.L.K. Jr. Day Jan. 18 Forms Jan. 19 Jan. 20 1.2 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 1.3,1.4 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 1.5 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 1.6 Feb. 2 Feb. 3 1.7 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Review Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Test 1 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 2.1, 2.3 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 2.4,2.8 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 3.1 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 3.2 Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 3.3 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 3.4 Mar. 4 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Review Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Test 2 Mar. 11 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 4.1,4.2 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 4.3 Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 4.4 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 3.5 Apr. 1 Apr. 4 Apr. 5 Review Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Test 3 Apr. 8 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 5.1, 8.5 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 5.4 Apr. 15 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 5.2 Apr. 20 Apr. 21 6.2,3.6 Apr. 22 UIL Apr. 25 Easter Holiday Apr. 26 LDTD 5.5 Apr. 27 Review Apr. 28 Apr. 29 May 2 May 3 Test 4 May 4 May 5 Final Review May 6 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 Final Exam 10:15-12:15 May 13 CommencementMath 1314 College Algebra Policies and Procedures Purpose of Course: To provide a standard course in college algebra including quadratic equations, inequalities, the binomial theorem, and many other concepts necessary for a transferable course in college algebra. Textbook: College Algebra, by Robert Blitzer, 5th edition Attendance: Attendance of all class meetings is mandatory. In order to be officially dropped from the class, students must go to the registrar’s office to withdraw with a grade of W (withdrawal from class with no penalty). Students who fail to withdraw themselves from a class will receive an F for the course. Cell Phones: In this class, the instructor reserves the right to ask a student to leave the class if a cell phone is left on and it disrupts the class. This instructor defines disrupting the class as allowing the phone to ring or vibrate in class or answering the phone. This is very disrespectful to other students around you and to the instructor. Grade Determination: Your final grade will be the average of the major exams, the homework, and the final exam. There will be no make up exams given. A missed exam will receive a grade of 0. If all of the hour exams are taken the lowest one will be dropped at the end of the semester before the final exam is taken. A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59 Homework: Homework will be assigned daily. Questions are taken at the next class period only. You are responsible for keeping up to date and prepared. No late homework will be accepted…no exceptions. Keeping up to date and current on homework has been shown to correlate with passing the course. Dropping a course: Refer to the current catalog. Tutoring and videotapes are available and will be announced by the instructor. Diversity Statement: In this class, the teacher will establish and support an environment that values and nurtures individual and group differences and encourages engagement and interaction. Understanding and respecting multiple experiences and perspectives will serve to challenge and stimulate all of us to learn about others, about the larger world and about ourselves. By promoting diversity and intellectual exchange, we will not only mirror society as it is, but also model society as it should and can be. Disabilities Statement:Students with disabilities, including but not limited to physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in this class should notify the Special Services Office early in the semester so that the appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal law, a student requesting accommodations must provide acceptable documentation of his/her disability to the Special Services Coordinator. For more information, call or visit the Special Services Office in the Student Services building, 894-9611 ext. 2529. COURSE OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course and receiving a passing grade, the student will be able to: 1 solve and graph problems involving linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; 2 solve and graph linear, quadratic, and rational inequalities; 3 identify and simplify complex numbers; 4 apply midpoint, distance, and circle formulas; 5 analyze and graph polynomial functions; 6 analyze and graph rational functions; 7 create and solve systems of equations with algebraic techniques, with matrix techniques, and with determinants; 8. apply the Binomial Theorem to expand binomials of higher degree; *Developed by the Coordinating Board and the Faculty of South Plains College’s Math and Engineering
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