SYLLABUS
MATH 1513 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
TELECOURSE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This course has been designed so that you may obtain credit for a course in college algebra by spending a minimum amount of time on campus. Normal lectures, classroom discussions, and interaction with your instructor have been replaced with video telelessons, increased emphasis on textbook readings, and the services of a course coordinator. This type of course is not suited to everyone's learning style. If you are an independent learner, self-disciplined, manage your time wisely, and can adhere to timeliness then this course is for you.
OKCCC COURSE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION
MATH 1513 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
Prerequisite: MATH 0123 within the last year or adequate Math Placement Test Score.
The student will demonstrate: an understanding of the general concepts of relation and function and specifically of polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions; the ability to solve system of equations by utilizing matrices and determinants; and the ability to solve practical problems using algebra.
TELECOURSE TITLE
COLLEGE ALGEBRA, IN SIMPLEST TERMS
INSTRUCTOR
Name: Marsha Austin
Office Area: Mathematics Center, CLC Building
Office Phone: 682-1611, ext. 7633
Home Phone: 737-1053 (no calls after 10:00pm please)
Fax: 682-7805
E-Mail: maustin@okc.cc.ok.us
COURSE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
1. Required: College Algebra, Seventh Edition, by Lial, Schneider, Hornsby. Addison-Wesley, 1997
2. Required: A scientific calculator.
3. Optional: Student's Solution Manual for College Algebra,Seventh Edition, by Lial, Hornsby, Schneider. Addison-Wesley, 1997. Available for purchase in College Bookstore. Available for student use in the Math Lab.
4. Optional: Student's Study Guide for College Algebra, Seventh Edition, by Lial, Hornsby, Schneider. Addison-Wesley, 1997. Available for purchase in College Bookstore. Available for student use in the Math Lab.
5. Video Telelessons: Nineteen half-hour lessons and thirty-five tutorials to be viewed on campus in the Library or on Cox Cable.
6. Review Sessions: Review sessions will be offered during the semester. Time and location will be given during the orientation session. These sessions are not mandatory.
7. Mathematics Lab: (682-1611, x7291) If you are having difficulty with the mathematics of the course you can obtain help here. The Math Lab is located in the Math Center and is open approximately 60 hours per week. The Math Lab hours are:
Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday, Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
8. Library: This area of the college contains the facilities for viewing the telelessons. The Library hours are:
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
9. The Test Center is located in area 1H4 in the Main Building. The hours of operation are:
Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
GRADING
The grade you earn will depend entirely on the quality of your work. You are not in competition with other students. Grades will be based on the competence you demonstrate in relation to the stated objectives of the course.
GRADING CRITERIA
COURSE GRADE AVERAGE OF MODULE TESTS
A 90 – 100%
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
D 60 – 69%
F Below 60%
TESTING PROCEDURE
All examinations will be taken in the College Testing Center located in the Main Building, area 1H4. You must have a college I.D. card and arrive at least one hour prior to the posted closing time in order to take an examination. You must take examinations on or before the date specified in the attached course schedule to receive full credit for the grade you earned. Failure to take a scheduled examination will result in a grade of zero being recorded. All examination results and final grades will be made available to you either by mail or e-mail. Tests will not be returned, but you may see your examination either in my office (by appointment) or at a review session.
TELELESSONS
Each week you will watch telelessons and tutorials which have been prepared for this course. You may view the lessons on Cox Cable or in the Library on campus.
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Cheating will not be tolerated. Any incident of academic misconduct will be a basis for referral to the Vice President for Academic Affairs with a request for withdrawal from class. See college catalogue for details.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Oklahoma City Community College complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students with disabilities who need accommodations should make their request in the following ways:
Talk with your instructor after class or during office hours about your disability or special needs related to work in class.
AND
Complete the Services to Student With Disabilities Intake/Referral Form provided in the Office of Services to Students With Disabilities (unless this has been completed). For additional information call 682-7520 V/TTY.
DECLARATION OF A MAJOR
Students enrolled in this course who plan to complete a certificate or a degree should officially declare a major and request a faculty advisor in the area of their major.
The procedure for declaring a major is as follows:
1. Request a Declaration of Major form from the Office of Admissions and Records.
2. Meet with a counselor in Counseling and Assessment or a faculty member in your major to clarify certificate or degree selection. Return completed form to Counseling and Assessment or to the faculty member who gave you the form.
3. Receive notification of an advisor assignment by mail after processing is completed. Some degree programs have a special application procedure and require that a student be assigned to a counselor before being admitted to the program. For Diversified Studies majors, degree plans must be submitted for approval to the Office of Academic Division Support Services. Contact a counselor for additional information.
MODULE 1: ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
Week 1: August 27 – September 2
Objective: You will be able to identify the properties and subsets of real numbers and evaluate expressions using the order of operations.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 1: Introductory Program; Video Lesson 2: The Language of Algebra; and
Tutorial 1: The Real Numbers.
In your textbook, read pages 2-11. Work odd-numbered problems 1-19, 23-33, 37-41, and 45-65 on pages 11-13.
Week 2: September 3 – 9
Objective: You will be able to simplify expressions using rules for exponents and radicals.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 3: Exponents and Radicals; Tutorial 2: Rational Exponents; and Tutorial 3: Radicals.
In your textbook, read pages 25-26 (to polynomials), 56-63, and 66-74. Work odd-numbered problems 1-11 on page 34; 1-13 and 27-49 on pages 63-64; 1-15,21,25,27,31,37,41,61,69,73,77 and 81 on pages 75-76.
Week 3 – September 10 - 16
Objectives: You will be able to add, subtract, multiply and factor polynomials. You will be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide complex numbers; simplify powers of i and simplify radicals with a negative radicand.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 4: Factoring Polynomials; Tutorial 4: Factoring; Video Lesson 6: Complex Numbers; and Tutorial 5: Complex Numbers.
In your textbook, read pages 26-30, 38-43, and 78-84. Work problems 13,15,19,21,23,25,29,33,35,43,45,59 and 63 on pages 34-35; 3,7,11,15,21,23,27,29,33,37,39,43,69,75,81 and 83 on pages 44-45; 3,5,7,9,15,19,23,25,29,31,33,39,43,47,53,57 and 61 on pages 84-85.
Module 1 Test includes Video Lessons 2,3,4, and 6; Tutorials 1-5; and material from Chapter 1 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 1 Test, read Chapter 1 Summary on pages 86-88; work odd-numbered problems 1-27, 39-43, 55-61, 81-105, 111,113,117,119,121,123,125,127,129,133 and 135 on pages 88-92; work odd-numbered problems 1-6, 11-13, and 19-25 on pages 92-93.
MODULE 2: EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
Week 4 – September 17 - 23
Objective: You will be able to solve linear equations in one variable, solve a formula for a specified variable, and solve applied problems by translating into linear equations.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 5: Linear Equations; Tutorial 6: Linear Equations; and Tutorial 7: Applications of Linear Equations.
In your textbook, read pages 95-100 and 105-113. Work problems 1,3,5,19,21,23,25 and 27 on page 101; work problems 5,7,11,21,25, 29,35,39,43,49 and 53 on pages 113-116.
Week 5 – September 24 - 30
Objective: You will be able to solve quadratic equations and applied problems involving quadratic equations by factoring, square root property, completing the square, and the quadratic formula. You will be able to solve applied problems using direct, inverse, combined and joint variation.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 7: Quadratic Equations; Tutorial 8: Quadratic Equation; Tutorial 9: applications of Quadratic Equations; Video Lesson 15: Variation; and Tutorial 10: Variation.
In your textbook, read pages 118-127 and 130-135. Work problems 5,9,13,15,19,21,27,29 and 31 on pages 128-129; work odd-numbered problems 1-19 on pages 136-137.
In your textbook, read pages 147-150. Work problems 1,5,9,11,13, 27,29,33 and 37 on pages 151-154.
Week 6 – October 1 - 7
Objectives: You will be able to solve linear inequalities in one variable, quadratic inequalities, and rational inequalities. You will be able to simplify and evaluate expressions involving absolute value; and solve absolute value equations and inequalities.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 8: Inequalities; Tutorial 11: Inequalities; Video Lesson 9: Absolute Value; and Tutorial 12: Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.
In your textbook, read pages 155-164. Work odd-numbered problems 1-9,13,17,21,25,29,31,33,37,43,47,51,53 and 59 on pages 165-167.
In your textbook, read pages 18-21 and 168-173. Work odd-numbered problems 1-7,9,13,17,19,35,37,41,45 and 47 on pages 174-175.
Module 2 Test includes Lessons 5,7,15,8 and 9; Tutorials 6-12; and material form Chapter 2 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 2 Test, read Chapter 2 Summary on pages 176-178 in your textbook; work odd-numbered problems 1-15, 21-35, 41-73, 77,79,83, 87-93, 97,99,103,107 and 109 on pages 178-182; work problems 1,3,9,15,17,21,23,25 and 27 on pages 183-184.
MODULE 3: RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
Week 7 – October 8 - 14
Objectives: You will be able to find a given function value and determine the domain and range of a function using a graph and an equation.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 13: Functions; Tutorial 13: Relations and the Rectangular Coordinate System; Tutorial 14: Functions; and Video Lesson 10: Linear Relations.
In your textbook, read pages 186-195 and 200-208. Work problems 1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,23,25,33,39,43,51 and 53 on pages 196-198. Work odd-numbered problems 1-19, 23,29,43,47,51,55,59,63,65 and 67 on pages 208-212.
Week 8 – October 15 - 21
Objective: You will be able to graph a line, find the slope of a line, write the equation of a line, and solve applications using linear relationships. You will be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide and find the composition of functions, identify one-to-one functions, and find the inverse of a function.
Activities:
Watch Tutorial 15: Linear Functions; Tutorial 16: Equations of a Line; Tutorial 17: Graphing Equations and Functions; Tutorial 18: General Graphing Techniques; Video Lesson 14: Composition and Inverse Functions; and Tutorial 19: Algebra of Functions.
In your textbook, read pages 213-219. Work problems 1,3,5,9,13, 17,19,27,29,31,33,39,41 and 45 on pages 219-221. Read pages 222-227. Work problems 1,3,5,9,11,13,21,23,27 and 29 on pages 227-229. Read pages 232-237. Work problems 1,3,5,7,9,13,17,19,23, 25,29,35,37 and 41 on pages 238-239. Read pages 241-251. Work odd-numbered problems 1-27 on page 252.
In your textbook, read pages 255-260. Work problems 1,3,5,9,11, 15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43,47 and 53 on pages 261-263.
Module 3 Test includes Lessons 13,10 and 14; Tutorials 13-19 and material from Chapter 3 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 3 Test, read Chapter 3 Summary on pages 264-266 in your textbook. Work problems 1,3,9,13,21,23,25,31,33,37, 39,41,45,51,57,59,61,71,73,75,79,83,85,87,97,99,103,107,109 and 111 on pages 267-271.
Work problems 1,3,5,7,11,15,17 and 19 on pages 272-273.
MODULE 4: POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONS
Week 9 - October 22 - 28
Objective: You will be able to recognize and sketch the graph of a polynomial function, find the zeros of a polynomial, and write the polynomial function given the zeros. You will be able to divide using long division and synthetic division.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 16: Polynomial Functions; Tutorial 20: Quadratic Functions; Tutorial 21: Synthetic Division; and Tutorial 22: Zeros of Polynomial Functions.
In your textbook, read pages 274-282. Work problems 1,9,11,15, 17,19,23,47,49 and 53 on pages 282-287. Read pages 288-292. Work problems 5,7,9,11,13,19,23,27,31,35 and 37 on pages 293-294. Read pages 295-301. Work problems 1,3,5,9,11,15,17,21,27,31,37 and 43 on pages 302-303.
Week 10 – October 29 – November 4
Objective: You will be able to find the x- and y-intercepts, the vertical, horizontal and oblique asymptotes and sketch the graph of a rational function.
Activities:
Watch Tutorial 23: Graphs of Polynomial Functions; Video Lesson 17: Rational Functions; and Tutorial 24: Rational Functions.
In your textbook, read pages 304-314. Work problems 1,3,5,7,9, 13,17,21,23,37,49 and 51 on pages 315-317.
In your textbook, read pages 321-331. Work problems 1,3,5,7,15, 17,19,25,27,29,35,37 and 39 on pages 332-333.
Module 4 Test includes Lessons 16 and 17, Tutorials 20-24, and material from Chapter 4 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 4 Test, read Chapter 4 Summary on page 337; work problems 1,3,11,19,21,23,25,27,29,35,41,47,49,51 and 53; work problems 1,3,5,7,11,13,17 and 19 on pages 341-342.
MODULE 5: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS
Week 11 – November 5 – 11
Objective: You will be able to solve exponential equations, graph exponential equations and solve applications using exponential functions.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 18: Exponential Functions; Tutorial 25: Exponential Functions; and Video Lesson 19: Logarithmic Functions.
In your textbook, read pages 356-367. Work problems 9,11,31,33, 35,37,49,51,53,55 and 57 on pages 367-369.
Week 12 – November 12 - 18
Objective: You will be able to graph logarithmic functions, use the definition and properties of logarithms to solve exponential and logarithmic equations, and solve applications using exponential and logarithmic functions.
Activities:
Watch Tutorial 26: Logarithmic Functions; Tutorial 27: Evaluating Logarithms; Change of Base; Tutorial 28: Exponential and Logarithmic Equations; and Tutorial 29: Exponential Growth and Decay.
In your textbook, read pages, 370-378. Work problems 1,5,7,9,11, 15,17,23,25,53,61 and 65 on pages 378-380. Read pages 381-386. Work problems 1,3,5,7,19,21,23,25,31,33,35,39,41 and 43 on pages 386-388. Read pages 390-396. Work problems 5,9,13,17,21,25 and 29 on pages 396-398. Read pages 399-405. Work problems 1,3,7,9, 13,15,17,19,23 and 29 on pages 405-407.
Module 5 Test includes Video Lessons 18 and 19, Tutorials 25-29, and material from Chapter 5 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 5 Test, read Chapter 5 Summary on pages 409-410; work problems 8,9,10,11,13,15,17,25,27,29,33,35,39,41,43,47, 49,51,57,59 and 61 on pages 411-412; work problems 1,3,5,9,11,15, 17 and 19 on page 414.
MODULE 6: SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
Week 13 November 19 – December 2
Objective: You will be able to solve systems of linear equations in two and three variables, solve systems of non-linear equations, and solve applications using systems of equations.
Activities:
Watch Video Lesson 20: Systems of Equations; Tutorial 30: Linear Systems of Equations; Tutorial 31: Nonlinear Systems of Equations; and Tutorial 32: Matrix Solution of Linear Systems.
In your textbook, read pages 416-426. Work problems 7,9,11,13, 15,17,21,25,35,37,41,45,49,55,73,75 and 77 on pages 427-431. Read pages 432-437. Work problems 1,9,13,17,21,25,29 and 33 on pages 438-439. Read pages 441-448. Work problems 5,7,15,19,23, 25 and 29 on pages 449-450.
Week 14 – December 3 - 9
Objectives: You will be able to solve a system of equations using matrices. You will be able to graph the solution set of a system of equations and solve application problems using linear programming.
Activities:
Watch Tutorial 33: Determinants; Tutorial 34: Cramer's Rule; Video Lesson 21: Systems of Linear Inequalities; and Tutorial 35: Systems of Inequalities; Linear Programming.
In your textbook, read pages 468-476. Work odd-numbered problems 1-17, 49, 51-53 on pages 477-478. Read pages 480-483. Work problems 1,5,9,13,17 and 21 on page 484.
In your textbook, read pages 499-506. Work problems 1,5,27,31, 39,43,47,73 and 75 on pages 508-510.
Module 6 Test includes Video Lessons 20 and 21, Tutorials 30-35, and material for chapter 6 in the College Algebra textbook.
To review for Module 6 Test, read Chapter 6 Summary on pages 511-513; work odd-numbered problems 1-11, 17,19,23,25,29,41,43,55,57, 65,69,71 on pages 514-517; work odd-numbered problems 1-13, 21, 25,31 and 33 on pages 517-519.