Syllabus  for College Algebra
Dr. Abdul Hassen

Office:  Robinson Hall,  Mathematics Department Rm 324
 
Phone  (856) 256-4500 ext 3888. e-mail:  hassen@rowan.edu

Offiice Hours: MWF 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., MW  4:30 - 5:00p.m., and by appointment

Text:   Thomas W. Hungerford, Contemporary College Algebra: A Graphing Approach, Harcout College Publishers

Prerequeste:  Intermediate algebra or its equivalent.

Catalog Description:     This course is designed to prepare students for Statistics I or Calculus Techniques & Applications. The contents include: a brief review of intermediate algebra, the structure of the real number system, elementary analytic geometry, and algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions (including their inverses and related functions). Graphs of functions are also studied.
Calculator:    Graphic calculator will be required. I will use TI-83. You can use any graphing calculator but I highly recommend that you use TI-83..

Objectives:    At the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to:
i) perform different operations involving algebraic expressions including exponential expressions,
ii) graph linear and quadratic functions,
iii) solve equations and inequalities algebraically and graphically,
iv) graph polynomial, rational, algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions,
v) solve exponential and logarithmic equations, and apply exponential and logarithmic models.

Contents: (from the text will study the following chapters)

 Chapter 0:     Review
                       All sections will be covered

Chapter 1:     Graphs and Technology
                      All sections will be covered

Chapter 2:     Equations and Inequalities
                      All sections will be covered

 Chapter 3:    Functions and Graphs
                      All sections will be covered

Chapter 4: Polynomials and Rational Functions
                      All sections will be covered

Chapter 5:     Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Grading Policy: Your final grades will be determined by your results on three tests, home work assignments and class participation. Thus attendance will be very important.   The dates for each test will be announced in class two weeks before the test date. The materials covered in the three tests will be as follows:

Test 1 (30% of the total grade)            Chapters 0 and 1.

 Test 2 (30% of the total grade)           Chapters 2 and 3.

Test 3.(30% of the total grade)            Chapters 4 and 5.

The remaining 10%  of the grade will be from the homework and class participations. The letter grade assignment will be as follows:

A (-)= 90 to 100   B(-,+) = 80 to  89    C(-,+) = 70 to 79     D(-,+)= 60 to 70     F=  0 to 59
 

HOMEWORK

You should realize that the only way to learn Mathematics is by DOING Mathematics. Thus, I highly recommend that you do at LEAST all odd numbered problems of the sections we cover in class.
The following table contains a list of assignment problems from the text. These are the problems you will submit for the 10% of your grade. The due dates will be announced in class. Click here for the table of exrecises.

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