Math 131 SyllabusMath 131: Compliance with ADO 9-15 requirementAssignmentYearMath 131 Syllabus Instructor: Lathan Twining E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Course: Math 131 (Intermediate Algebra) Time: T,TH 6:00 – 7:56PM Text: Intermediate Algebra: Functions and Authentic Applications Author: Jay Lehmann Publisher: Prentice Hall Course Requirements and Grading System – based on 100 % Requirements PointsExams**: Four exams at 100% each.You may use one side of an 8 1/2 “ by 11” sheet of paper for notes and a calculator. 60%Final Exam You may use one side of an 8 1/2 “ by 11” sheet of paper for notes and a calculator. 20%Homework, Attendance and ADO Project 20%TOTAL 100%Exams**: If you must miss a test, contact me before the test is given in class to make arrangements for a make-up. Once a test is returned, no make-up test will be given. See Class Calendar for dates of exams and the primary focus of each one. Please note that revisions to the Class Calendar may be necessary because of unforeseen circumstances. It is important to attend class regularly to be sure you are up to date on these revisions.Homework, Attendance and Participation: Attendance and participation in class is very important. Points to GradePoints Grade900-1000 4.0850-899 3.5800-849 3.0750-799 2.5700-749 2.0650-699 1.5600-649 1.0<600 0.0Late Work Policy Exams are to be taken during class on the day announced. Please notify me immediately if you are unable to be at an exam. Once a test is returned, no make-up test will be given. .Available HelpTutors (plus additional services for academic success) can be accessed by stopping by the office. Please check with me about extra help after classStudents requiring special assistance (including those affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act) should contact the Center for Student Success. This is the first step in acquiring the appropriate accommodations to facilitate your learning.Instructional Philosophy: Education is a self-initiated, active, goal-directed process, leading to achange and/or expansion of the students understanding of and ability to use the subject material. The student is expected to be accountable for the learning process. The instructor should be viewed as a facilitator and resource person to assist in the process.Academic Honesty: (Excerpt from JCC policy: see instructor for a copy of the complete policy.) Academic Honesty is expected of all students. It is the ethical behavior that includes producing their own work and not representing others’ their own, either by plagiarism, by cheating or by helping others to do so. Faculty members who suspect a student of academic dishonesty may penalize the student by…assigning a failing grade for the paper, project, report, exam or the course itself.Audits: Must be registered during the first week of class. You will not receive a grade or credit forthe course.Withdraw deadline for this semester is April 30, 2007. If you do not wish to complete the class and receive a grade, because you are not happy with your grade or for any other reason, you must withdraw by this date. The instructor may withdraw any student who does not complete assignments and/or tests in a timely manner. However, do not assume that I will withdraw you.Incompletes will be given only in accordance with JCC policy. A student may request an incomplete from the instructor. The incomplete will be granted only if the student can provide documentation that his or her work up to that point is sufficient in quality, but lacking in quantity, due to circumstances beyond the student’s control. Furthermore, a written plan for making up the missing work within one semester must be completed by the student. Final determination of whether an incomplete will be given is the instructor’s decision.General College Policies: Please read and acquaint yourself with the policies and procedures ofthe college as specified in the "Student Handbook" which is included in your package of information sent with this course.The recommended notebook is a 3-ring binder divided into 3 sections and labeled with tabbed dividers as Notes, Tests and Homework.NOTES-Notes are to be dated and listed by chapter and section. Examples worked out by the teacher should show all necessary work. If you miss a class, you are still responsible for the notes. Notes should include the examples done from the text in class.HOMEWORK- Assigned H/W should be dated, labeled by chapter and section and all necessarywork shown. ( Work guideline-If it goes in the calculator, it goes on the paper.) Homework answers must be clearly boxed in and marked right ( v ) or wrong( x ). Answers only are inadequate and will not receive a grade. Homework will be graded during the exams for completeness and qualityTESTS-Exam reviews are to be filed in this section. All work should be completed before the review class. The reviews will be graded during the exams. Since all reviews are supplied with a key, it is expected that every question will be attempted before the review class. The purpose of the review class is to answer those questions which you couldn’t answer. They should therefore be completed and turned in at the exam. You must show the work for the solution and mark every question correct with a check mark to receive a grade. Course syllabus: Math 131 (Intermediate Algebra)Day SectionsTopic11.1 Using Qualitative Graphs to Describe Situations1.2 Sketching Graphs of Linear Equations1.3 Slope of a Line21.3 Slope of a Line1.4 Graphical, Numerical, and Symbolic Significance of Slope1.5 Finding Linear Equations31.6 Functions2.1 Using Lines to Model Data2.2 Finding Equations for Linear Models42.2 Finding Equations for Linear Models2.3 Function Notation and Making Predictions2.4 Slope is a Rate of Change53.1 Using Graphs to Solve Systems3.2 Using Elimination and Substitution to Solve Systems3.3 Using Systems to Model Data63.3 Using Systems to Model Data3.4 Using Linear Inequalities in One Variable to Make PredictionsReview for Exam 17Exam 184.1 Properties of Exponents4.2 Rational Exponents94.3 Sketching Graphs of Exponential Functions4.4 Finding Equations for Exponential Models104.5 Using Exponential Functions to Model Data5.1 Finding Inverse Functions of Linear Functions115.1 Finding Inverse Functions of Linear Functions5.2 Logarithmic