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Beginning Algebra (Math 0315) SyllabusInstructor: Jason Groves Office: M107 (Levelland)Office Hours: Mon-Thurs: 2:30-4pm, F: 9am-Noon, or by appointmente-mail: [email protected]: 806-716-2739Prerequisites: Minimum score of 42 on Accuplacer or 180 on THEA.Materials: Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, second ed. by Sullivan, Struve, Mazzarella.Graph paper is optional, suitable writing utensils and supply of paper are required. Calculators ofany kind are not allowed. Online assignments may be given.Course Description: The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take MATH 0320.This course does not satisfy any graduation requirements.Expected Learning Outcomes: At the end of this course, students should be able to compe-tently perform the following:• operations on real numbers• simplification of algebraic expressions• solving linear equations• solving linear inequalities• translating and solving word problems• graph equations• evaluate expressions with exponent rules• operations on polynomials• factor polynomials• solve quadratic equations by factoringIT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT TO BE FAMILIAR WITH SOUTHPLAINS COLLEGE POLICIES. BELOW ARE ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THIS COURSEAssessment: Grading will be done according to the standard 10 percent scale (i.e. 100%-90% isan A, etc.) with assignments weighted according to the following scaleHomework 25%Participation 25%Tests 30%Final Exam 20%Class Attendance: Students are responsible for the material covered in this course. A studentmissing two consecutive weeks of classes or 6 individual class days without continuing notificationwill be dropped from the course. Please note that new state laws only allow for 6 withdrawn coursestotal.Homework: Homework will take the form of online homework given through MyMathLab.Participation: Participation consists of attendance, classwork, and quizzes. Quizzes will be givenas necessary, and will be based on concepts and problems recently discussed. Questions will comefrom important definitions and properties covered and/or examples done in class. Worksheets donein class may be taken home to be finished if necessary. They are to be turned in at the beginningof the next class day.Exams: There will be four midterm exams given during this course. Questions may be similarto assigned homework problems or quiz questions. During exams cell phones, iPods (or other mp3players), laptops, and other such objects should be turned off and put away. There is no tolerancefor violations. Makeup exams are not given.Final Exam: The final exam is comprehensive, and a required part of the course. Failure to takethe final exam results in an automatic F. Find your section below to determine the exam date:Section Final Exam004 May 9, 10:15am - 12:15pm007 May 8, 10:15am - 12:15pmCivility in the classroom: Students are expected to assist in maintaining a classroom environ-ment that is conducive to learning. In order to assure that all students have an opportunity to gainfrom time spent in class, troublesome behavior will not be tolerated. At a minimum, this includesuse of cell phones, making offensive remarks, reading newspapers, arriving late, leaving early orengaging in any other form of distraction. Food and drink are not permitted in the classroom.Honesty: “Scholastic dishonesty” includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion,falsifying academic records, misrepresenting facts, and any act designed to give unfair academicadvantage to the student. Incidents of academic dishonesty will be promptly reported and dealtwith.Campus Resources: Students have access to tutoring in M116 on the Levelland campus, orBuilding 8 on the Reese campus. M116 also has instructional videos available. Videos and chatsupport are also available on MyMathLab.ADA Compliance: Any student who, because of a disability, may require some special arrange-ments in order to meet course requirements should contact Disability Services (formerly SpecialServices) at 806-716-2529 (Levelland) or 806-885-3048 ext. 4675 (Reese). Documentation of anydisabilities will be required. No requirement exists that accommodations be made prior to comple-tion of this approval process.MATH 0315 Tentative Course CalendarBelow is a calendar outlining the topics that will be taught in this course. This is a tentativecalendar, which means that items listed below might change as needed for this particular class. Itis your responsibility to attend class to be apprised of these changes (if they occur), or to otherwisefind out what is going on. Further, this will tell you what was covered in class if you had to beabsent.Week 1 1.2-1.7Week 2 1.8, 2.1Week 3 2.2, 2.3Week 4 Exam 1, 2.4 - 2.6Week 5 2.7, 2.8Week 6 3.1, 3.2Week 7 3.3, 3.4Week 8 Exam 2, 5.1Week 9 5.1, 5.2Week 10 5.3 - 5.5Week 11 Exam 3, 6.1Week 12 6.2, 6.3Week 13 6.4, 6.5Week 14 6.6, Exam 4Week 15 ReviewFinal ExamsMyMathLab Access: As stated in the syllabus, MyMathLab will be used for the homeworkportion of the course. To register for this course:1. go to the website http://pearsonmylabandmastering.com2. click on the “Student” button under register.3. enter the course ID for this course:Section 004 groves85736Section 007 groves368944. Sign in to your account if you already have one, or follow the prompts to create a new account.5. Do your


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