MANOR COLLEGE

Jenkintown. Pennsylvania

 

 Lesnick, Prince, Wolfeld, Zegestowsky                        ______Fall 2007_______

Instructors Names                                                     Semester/Year

 

Division Office;  Allied Health/Science/Math   Office: 215-885-2360 ext.223

Office Hours:  ________________________            e-mail:  __________________

 

Course Number/Title/Credit Hours:             MH103 /College Algebra / 3 credits

 

Course Description:

            College algebra is a course in introductory algebra, including real-life applications and problem solving techniques.  The emphasis of the course will be on equations, polynomials, graphs, systems of equations, inequalities, rational equations, radicals and quadratic equations.

Pre-requisite: Placement into College Level Math course or passing grade on all required developmental math courses.

 

Philosophy of the Course:

            In our increasingly technological society, quantitative skills are a necessity.  Students entering careers in business, health, industry and education are now required to

take courses in advanced mathematics.  College Algebra will prepare them for future course work in mathematics and science.

 

Course Objectives:

            The objective of this course is to give the students the algebraic skills necessary to continue in higher mathematics as their course work demands.  It will also give them the skills necessary to take real life situations, write the relationships in an algebraic statement and solve for the necessary unknowns.

 

Student Outcomes:

Outcome 1:  Students will develop IL skills by locating and evaluating a math site, related to course material.

Measure:  Students will log onto the internet and locate two math sites related to the course material.  They will provide the necessary bibliographic information, for each site, in an approved form (ex: MLA).  Each student will write a short paragraph, consisting of 5 or 6 sentences, for each site, describing the material, and evaluating the usefulness of the site in terms of the course content and ease of use.

Outcome 2: The student will be able to recognize when to apply the Pythagorean Theorem, and do it successfully.

Measure:  Given 4 word problems that can be represented by a right triangle, the student will use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the unknown length.

Outcome 3:  The student will be able to solve linear, quadratic and radical equations.

Measure:  Given a set of 10 equations including linear, quadratic and radical equations of various levels of difficulty, the student will be able to apply the properties of equality and of real numbers to solve the equations.

Outline of Course Content:

  1. Intro / Pre-Test / Review / Cumulative Review – Chapters 1-4, pg. 377-379
  2. Factoring  (5.1, 5.4)
  3. Factoring (5.5, 5.6)/ solving quadratics through factoring  (5.7)
  4. Test 1
  5. Operation on rational expressions / Rational equations – (6.1, 6.2, 6.3)
  6. Solving Equations (6.6) Adding and Subtracting (6.4, 6.5)
  7. Mid Terms
  8. Review of Graphing and Equations of Lines
  9. Systems of Equations in two variables ( 7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
  10. Test 3
  11. Operations on Radicals  (8.1, 8.2, 8.3)
  12. Operations on Radicals (8.4) Radical Equations (8.5, 8.6)
  13. Quadratic Equations ( 9.1, 9.3) Formulas (9.4)
  14. Review, pg. 764-769 (selected problems)

13. Finals

 

This is a tentative schedule and will be adjusted based on the needs of the class.  Approximately 3 hours of lecture will be devoted to each topic listed above.

 

Approaches to Teaching:

      Objectives will be accomplished through lectures, classroom discussion and cooperative learning in problem solving situations.  A calculator is recommended.

 

Procedure for Evaluation and Grading:

Test 1……………20%

Midterm…………20%

Test 3……………20%

Outcomes………..20%

Final……………..20%

 

Letter grades will have the following equivalents:

      0    -  59   =   F

      60  -  69   =   D

      70  -  79   =   C

      80  -  89   =   B

      90 -  100  =   A

 

 

Attendance:

            Participation, completion of homework assignments, and self-motivation are crucial to success in this class.  If you are going to miss a class, contact the instructor.  You are responsible for all missed material. If you miss a test and do not contact the instructor by the end of the day of the test, 10 points will automatically be deducted from the final test grade.

 

Materials Used:

            Text:  Bittinger, Marvin.

                        Introductory Algebra

                        10th ed.  Addison Wesley 2007

                        ISBN #  0-321-26947-0

 

Supplemental Material:  Computer tutorials available on-line and in the Learning Center.

 

Academic Honesty College Policy:

            Manor College expects that its students will uphold the principles of truth and honesty in the performance of all academic work.  Plagiarism (the unacknowledged use of another person’s words or assistance) and academic cheating (falsifying data, submitting without instructor’s approval work in one course which was done for another, actually doing another student’s work, and/or the use of any unauthorized aid) are prohibited.

            Digital plagiarism (cutting, pasting and copying sections of an article written by another, downloading papers from an “paper mill” web site and submitting as work written by the student; utilizing any graphics or audio or video clips without permission: and submitting any work with an electronic source without correct citation) is strictly prohibited and a violation of fair use and intellectual property rights.

            The Academic Dean will be formally notified of any violation of this policy.  The penalty for the first violation will be a grade of F for the assignment.  Any subsequent violations will result in a grade of F for the course and possible dismissal from the college.