Math 118: Intermediate Algebra Online Fall Semester 2009

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 the Publisher’s Streaming Video Lectures-at Thinkwell.com. Exercises, Notes etc are Online as well. 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 to take this course.

Week #

Sections

Topics

Assignment

1
Sept 7

(Mondays)

1.1-1.6

The Real Numbers (1.1-1.6) .

TIP: View video lectures actively. Take notes.

View streaming videos sections 1.1.1 - 1.6.2. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

2
Sept 14

2.1-2.3

Equations.

View streaming videos sections: 2.1.1 - 2.3.5. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

3
Sept 21

2.4-2.7

Inequalities.

 

View streaming videos sections: 2.4.1-2.7.2. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.. Review material for Exam next week.

4
Sept 28

3.1-3.4

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

 

View streaming videos sections: 3.1.1-3.4.3. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.
Online Exam is available in WebStudy.

5
Oct 5

3.5-3.7

Factoring.

View streaming videos sections: 3.5.1-3.7.1  Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

6
Oct 12

3.8-3.10

Division of Polynomials.

View streaming videos sections: 3.8.1-3.10.2  Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

7
Oct 19

4.1-4.6

Rational Expressions

Videos: 4.1.1-4.6.4.; Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

8
Oct 26

5.1-5.4

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

Online Exam is available in WebStudy

Videos: 5.1.1-5.4.4  Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

9
Nov 2

6.1-6.4

Relations and Functions.

Videos: 6.1.1-6.4.3. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

10
Nov 9

7.1-7.3

The Straight Line.

Videos: 7.1.1-7.3.5. Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

11
Nov 16

Exam only

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

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

12
Nov 23

8.1-8.3.1

Systems of Equations

Online Exam is available in WebStudy

Videos: 8.1.1-8.3.1,  Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

13
Nov 30

9.1-9.2

Quadratic Equations

Videos: 9.1.1-9.2.3.   Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

14
Dec7

9.3-9.7

Quadratics (continued). Last new material.

Videos: 9.3.1-9.7.5.  Work all online exercises at Thinkwell.com and read lecture notes there as well.  Study in companion text.

15
Dec 14

 

Exam #4
Due by Midnight Monday Dec. 15

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

* *E-mail me at gschulz@ccp.edu if you have a login problem on or after 9/8/09 * *