Dr. Abdul HassenSyllabus for College Algebra
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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