Math 118: Intermediate Algebra Online        Spring Semester 2012

Text: Intermediate Algebra: Web-Based text, with Companion Book;                          by Thinkwell, ISBN 1605380172.

Instructor: Geoffrey Schulz (e-mail: gschulz@ccp.edu         web page: http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/gschulz/)
 Note: for a possible quicker response, send me an e-mail. Otherwise use WebStudy internal e-mail.

This Online course is supplemented by lectures on Streaming Video as well as online exercises, sample problems and notes, all at Thinkwell.com. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat reader and Apple Quicktime Player installed on your computer as well as use MS Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher for full functionality.

Week #

Sections

Topics

Assignment

1
Jan 16

(Mondays)

1.1-1.6

The Real Numbers (1.1-1.6) .

TIP: View steaming video lectures actively. Take notes.  Do this for all lessons.

View videos for sections: 1.1. - 1.6.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

2
Jan 23

2.1-2.3

Equations.

View videos for sections: 2.1 - 2.3.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

3
Jan 30

2.4-2.7

Inequalities.

 

View videos for sections: 2.4-2.7.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text... Review material for Exam next week.

4
Feb 6

3.1-3.4

Exam #1 (on Chapters 1 and 2) in WebStudy
Begin: Exponents and Polynomials

 

View videos for sections: 3.1-3.4.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.  Online Exam #1 is available in WebStudy.

5
Feb 13

3.5-3.7

Factoring.

View videos for sections: 3.5-3.7.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

6
Feb 20

3.8-3.10

Division of Polynomials.

View videos for sections: 3.8-3.10.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

7
Feb 27

4.1-4.6

Rational Expressions

View videos for sections: 4.1-4.6.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

Mar 5 – Mar 11

 

Spring Break

Use the time to relax or catch your self up or even move ahead.  Just be ready for Exam #2!

8
March 12

5.1-5.4

Exam #2 (on Chapters 3 and 4) in WebStudy
Begin: Roots and Radicals

Online Exam #2 is available in WebStudy

View videos for sections: 5.1-5.4.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

9
March 19

6.1-6.4

Relations and Functions.

View videos for sections: 6.1-6.4.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

10
March 26

7.1-7.3

The Straight Line.

View videos for sections: 7.1-7.3.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

11
April 2

Exam only

Review/complete prior material.
Exam #3 (on Chapters 5 and 6 and 7.1-7.3) in WebStudy

No new videos. This is your chance to catch up if you've fallen behind or work ahead if you haven't. 

12
April 9

8.1-8.3.1

Systems of Equations

Online Exam #3 is available in WebStudy

View videos for sections: 8.1-8.3.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

13
April 16

9.1-9.2

Quadratic Equations

View videos for sections: 9.1-9.2.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

14
April 23

9.3-9.7

Quadratics (continued). Last new material.

View videos for sections: 9.3-9.7.  Study sample problems, work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study and work exercises in companion text.

15
April 30

 

Exam #4 (on Chapters 8 and 9) in WebStudy

Department Exam on Campus

COURSE OVER. This is the 4th and final exam on the remainder of the material through Ch 9.  Online Exam #4 is available in WebStudy.  Dept Exam on campus

* *E-mail me at gschulz@ccp.edu if you have a login problem to WebStudy on or after 1/17/12 * *