Florida State College at Jacksonville
MAT 0024 Elementary Algebra
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Fall 2010-1 Ref # 305113 |
TR 9:00 – 10:40 AM |
Room: G-310 |
Instructor: Professor Joel Rappoport
Office: C-134 Phone: 646-2094 Fax: 646-2295
E-Mail: jrappopo@fscj.edu Home Page: http://www1.fccj.edu/jrappopo/
If
sending an email: Please use your free ____@students.fscj.edu email
account and include the following in the subject line: Your name; MAT 0024
OFFICE HOURS (in C134 unless otherwise indicated)
Monday: 8:00 –
11:30 A.M.
Tuesday: 7:45 – 8:45 A.M.
Wednesday: 8:00 –
11:30 A.M.
Wednesday: 1:45 – 2:45 P.M. (in G200)
Thursday: 7:45 – 8:45 A.M.
Catalog Description:
(College preparatory studies course)
(This course does not apply toward the associates degree.) Description: Prerequisite:
MAT 0002 with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on the placement
test. This course is designed for students who have had little or no algebra.
The major topics in this course are sets, real numbers and their properties,
exponents and polynomials, linear equations and linear inequalities, as well as
an introduction to applications, factoring, rational expressions, radicals
(square roots), and graphing in two variables. Four contact hours.
Text: Elementary Algebra Concepts & Applications by Bittinger/Ellenbogen, 8th Ed.
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You have 3 options for
acquiring the text: 1) Purchase a
new text package from the Florida State College bookstore complete with
MyMathLab access code. Cost: More
than $150 2) Purchase a used book (cost ≈ $75) +
separate MyMathLab access code ($70). Total Cost ≈ $145. 3) Purchase
complete online multimedia access to the package at CourseCompass web site for
$65.
Calculator: Not allowed in this course
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Regular
attendance is required to successfully complete this course. If you miss a class, you do not have to
notify me; however, it is your responsibility to try to get class notes from
another student and complete the homework assignment before coming to the next
class. If you attend each class – on time -- during a testing cycle, you will
be rewarded with 5 points extra credit for that test!
DISABILITIES: Appropriate
accommodations (such as note takers, extra time on tests, quiet testing, etc.)
will be available to assist students with disabilities, provided written
instructions are sent to the instructor by the Disabled Student Services
Counselor.
COMMON SENSE, COURTESY
and COLLEGE POLICY:
1. Turn OFF cell phones, Blackberries, etc.
2. There is to
be absolutely no text messaging in class; you may not use your cell phone as a
calculator.
3. It is Florida
State College policy that children under 16 are not allowed in the classrooms.
GRADES WILL BE EARNED
THIS WAY:
POINTS
35 Online Homework Assignments (average after dropping
lowest 2) 100
17 Online Chapter Quizzes (average after dropping
lowest 2) 100
17 Library/Learning Commons Assignments (average) 100
5 In-class Tests (100 points each) 500
Final Exam (Practice Exit Exam) 100
=
900 points maximum
- Homework: You will be given a specific time-frame
for which to complete online homework assignments. Check in MyMathLab for
due dates. Until the due date, you may rework online homework assignments
(or individual problems) as often as you like to achieve as high a score
as possible. You will be able to
take advantage of the “Help Me Solve This” and “View an Example” features
of MyMathLab. Additional textbook
homework problems may also be assigned to help increase your level of
understanding, but will not be collected or graded.
- Online Quizzes: These quizzes (along with
in-class reviews) will help prepare you for tests. They will test your ability to solve
problems without having the “Help Me Solve This” and “View an Example”
features of MyMathLab. Plus, once
you submit a quiz online, you cannot go back and rework individual
problems. You must retake the
entire quiz. You will be allowed up
to 3 attempts at each quiz and I will count your best score for each quiz
in calculating your quiz average.
- Learning Center Assignments: Almost
every week, you will be required to go to G200 to complete one of these
assignments, which will have 10 – 15 questions about recently covered
material. You will have about one
week to complete each assignment and can take them any time the LAC is
open. You can work with another
classmate and/or seek assistance from faculty/staff who will be available
to help you.
- Tests: Anticipated test dates and material
covered are shown on the tentative course schedule. If you are absent the day of the test
and I am notified that day (by phone or email), it may be possible for you
to make up the test before the
class meets again. This make-up
policy will be allowed only once during the term.
- Final Exam: The cumulative final exam is meant to
help you prepare for the state mandated exit exam. You can use the grade on this test a
second time, to replace a poor regular test score.
- Exit Exam: Regardless of the grades earned on the
above items, you cannot pass the class if you do not pass the Exit
Exam. To sit for the Exit Exam you
must have a course grade of at least a C (630 points or more). You must make at least a 70% on the Exit
Exam to pass it. To repeat, satisfactory
completion of this course requires passing the course and the State
Exit Examination. The final course grade is determined by the
qualifying course grade and affirmed by a passing score on the State Exit
Examination.
- Extra Credit: In addition to the 5 points that can be earned each testing
cycle for perfect, on-time attendance, up to an additional 5 points can be
earned on each test for keeping a neat, orderly and complete notebook of 4
sections: 1) syllabus & due dates; 2) notes and handouts; 3) homework
problems worked by hand; 4) test reviews and returned tests.
GRADING SCALE: Students who do not withdraw
from the course by Monday, November 9th will
receive the following qualifying course grade (which will subsequently become
your final course grade should you qualify to sit for the Exit Examination and
pass it).
A: > 90% (810 points or more)
B: 80 –
89% (720 – 809 points)
C: 70 –
79% (630 – 719 points)
F: < 70%
(less than 630 points)
OTHER GRADES:
- W (Withdraw): must be initiated by the student no
later than Monday, November 9th.
- I (Incomplete): will only be given if the student
is 1) passing the course; 2) has completed 75% of the course material; and
3) has a compelling reason as to why s\he was unable to complete the
remaining test and/or final exam.
- FN (Failure for Non-attendance) will be given to
students who stop attending class on a regular basis, but do not take the
action of withdrawing. If a student
accumulates more than 6 absences and fails the course, s\he will receive
an FN grade. An FN grade can affect
your financial aid.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Students are expected to maintain honor and
integrity in completing course requirements.
Academic dishonesty (cheating) is a serious offense and will be treated
as such. In the event that a student is found
cheating on a test, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. Possible actions that may result are a zero
on the test, a failing grade in the course and possible expulsion from the
college. For the full Florida State College policy
visit: Catalog
COMPUTER WORK: Homework and quizzes are to be
completed online using MyMathLab, an online enhancement to the
course. You can work from your own personal computer or from one of those
on campus. To get started in MyMathLab, you will need a valid FSCJ
email address, the course ID code (see below) and the student access code from your book
package.
- Registration/Student Access Code - You will initially register and subsequently log
in at: http://coursecompass.com.
The access code is an individual, course-specific 6-word code
needed for registration as a CourseCompass student. A Student Access Code
is packaged in a CourseCompass Student Access Kit with your new hard copy
book. The kit or book itself will include a pull-back strip that reveals
the code. If you buy a book without a MyMathLab access code, you
may purchase an access code online at the site above.
- Course ID Code - The code for this course is: rappoport21189
- Use 32246 as the zip code for the school.
- Technical Support: 1-800-677-6337.
- Click here to
launch the MyMathLab software installation wizard. This wizard will walk
you through the installation of the software you will need to
successfully view all content in MyMathLab. Note: if you do not
download the required plug-ins, you will not be able to view the homework
or quiz problems!!
System requirements are shown below.
Note: Please print out the section handout
(under Chapter Contents in MyMathLab) before each class, when available.
LATE WORK:
Because “life
happens” (illness, family situations, computer problems, work-related issues),
you will be allowed two occasions during the term when you can submit to
me a request to extend a particular week’s online assignments. Such an extension will be for one week after
the original due date. So don’t wait
until 6 days after the initial due date to make your request, as 1) I may not
even see your request in time and 2) that will leave you only one day to
complete everything you were late on. I
will provide you with a separate online form for you to complete and email to
me to initiate such a request. After the one week extension,
assignments will not be accepted, period. You may work ahead of schedule, but do not
fall behind!
STATE MANDATE:
- A student may have
three attempts per course including the original grade, repeat grade and
withdrawals. All grades count as an
attempt, including: IW, AW, W, NP, D, F and audit.
- A student will be
permitted a maximum of two withdrawals per course. Upon the third attempt, the student will
not be permitted to withdraw and will receive a grade for the course.
- College Credit students
must pay full tuition (out-of-state) for their third attempt.
- A student cannot repeat
a course when a grade of A, B or C has been earned.
LIBRARY LEARNING
COMMONS (LLC): G-200/300 ASSESSMENT
CENTER: U-120
7:30AM
– 8:00PM M – R 8:00AM
– 7:00PM M & R
7:30AM – 3:00PM
F 8:00AM – 8:00PM T & W
9:00AM – 3:00PM
SAT 8:00AM
– 3:00PM FRI
MAT 0024 Fall 2010-1: Course
Schedule
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TUESDAY |
THURSDAY |
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Sep
1 |
Sep
3 |
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Review
Syllabus Intro
to MyMathLab Pre-Test
(up to 5 pts extra credit) |
1.1:
Introduction to Algebra 1.2:
The Commutative, Associative and Distributive Laws Tour
of LLC |
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Sep
8 (DROP
DEADLINE) |
Sep
10 |
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1.4: Positive and Negative Real Numbers 1.5: Addition of Real Numbers 1.6: Subtraction of Real Numbers
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1.7: Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers 1.8: Exponential Notation and Order of
Operations |
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Sep
15 |
Sep
17 |
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Review
for Test 1: Chapter 1 2.1:
Solving Equations |
Test 1 (Chapter 1) |
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Sep
22 |
Sep
24 |
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2.2:
Using the Principles Together 2.3:
Formulas |
2.5:
Problem Solving 2.6:
Solving Inequalities |
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Sep
29 |
Oct
1 |
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3.1:
Reading Graphs, Plotting Points and Scaling Graphs 3.3:
Graphing and Intercepts |
Review
for Test 2: Chapters 2 & 3 4.1:
Exponents and Their Properties |
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Oct
6 |
Oct
8 |
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Test 2 (Chapters 2 & 3) |
4.2:
Polynomials 4.3:
Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials |
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Oct
13 |
Oct
15 |
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4.4: Multiplication
of Polynomials 4.5:
Special Products |
4.7: Division of
Polynomials 4.8: Negative
Exponents and Scientific Notation |
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Oct
20 |
Oct
22 |
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Review
for Test 3: Chapter 4 5.1: Introduction
to Factoring |
Test 3 (Chapter 4) |
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Oct
27 |
Oct
29 |
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5.2:
Factoring Trinomials of the Type x2
+ bx + c 5.3:
Factoring Trinomials of the Type ax2
+ bx + c |
5.4:
Factoring Perfect-Square Trinomials and Differences of Squares 5.5:
Factoring: A General Strategy |
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Nov
3 |
Nov
5 (Nov 9 is last day to drop with W) |
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5.6:
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring Review
for Test 4: Chapter 5 |
Test 4 (Chapter 5) |
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Nov
10 |
Nov
12 |
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6.1:
Rational Expressions 6.2:
Multiplication and Division |
6.3:
Addition, Subtraction and Least Common Denominators 6.4:
Addition and Subtraction with Unlike Denominators |
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Nov
17 |
Nov
19 |
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6.7:
Applications Using Proportions 8.1:
Introduction to Square Roots and Radical |
8.2:
Multiplying and Simplifying Radical Expressions 8.4:
Radical Expressions with Several Terms |
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Nov
24 |
Nov
26 |
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Review
for Test 5: Chapters 6 & 8 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: NO CLASS |
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Dec
1 |
Dec
3 |
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Test 5 (Chapters 6 & 8) |
Course
Review |
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Dec
8 |
Dec
10 |
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Practice Final/Exit Exam |
Final Exam |
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Dec
15 |
Dec
17 |
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Exit Exam (8 – 10 AM) |
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MAT 0024 Fall 2010-1:
Assignment Due Dates
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TUESDAY |
THURSDAY |
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Sep
1 |
Sep
3 |
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Be
registered in CourseCompass/MyMathLab |
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Sep
8 (DROP
DEADLINE) |
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HW
Sections 1.1, 1.2 Quiz 1; LLC 1 |
HW
Sections 1.4 - 1.6 Quiz 2; LLC 2 |
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Sep
15 |
Sep
17 |
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HW
Sections 1.7, 1.8 Quizzes
3 & 4; LLC 3 & 4 |
Be
prepared for test and notebook check. |
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Sep
22 |
Sep
24 |
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HW
Section 2.1 |
HW
Sections 2.2, 2.3 Quiz 5; LLC 5 |
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Sep
29 |
Oct
1 |
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HW
Sections 2.5, 2.6 Quiz 6; LLC 6 |
HW
Sections 3.1, 3.3 Quiz 7; LLC 7 Oct 5 (night before
Test): complete review/studying! |
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Oct
6 |
Oct
8 |
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Be
prepared for test and notebook check. |
HW
Section 4.1 Quiz 8; LLC 8 |
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Oct
13 |
Oct
15 |
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HW
Sections 4.2, 4.3 Quiz 9; LLC 9 |
HW
Sections 4.4, 4.5 Quiz 10; LLC 10 |
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Oct
20 |
Oct
22 |
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HW
Sections 4.7, 4.8 Quiz 11; LLC 11 Oct 21 (night before Test): complete review/studying! |
Be prepared for
test and notebook check. |
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Oct
27 |
Oct
29 |
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HW
Section 5.1 |
HW
Sections 5.2, 5.3 |
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Nov
3 |
Nov
5 (Nov 9 is last day to drop with W) |
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HW
Sections 5.4, 5.5 Quiz 12; LLC 12 Nov 4 (night before
Test): HW Section 5.6, Quiz 13 & LLC 13 and complete review/studying! |
Be
prepared for test and notebook check. |
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Nov
10 |
Nov
12 |
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HW
Sections 6.1, 6.2 Quiz 14; LLC 14 |
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Nov
17 |
Nov
19 |
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HW
Sections 6.3, 6.4 Quiz 15; LLC 15 |
HW
Sections 6.7, 8.1 Quiz 16; LLC 16 |
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Nov
24 |
Nov
26 |
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HW
Sections 8.2, 8.4 Quiz 17; LLC 17 Nov 30 (night
before Test): complete review/studying! |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: NO CLASS |
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Dec
1 |
Dec
3 |
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Be
prepared for test and notebook check. |
Study and review; study
and review…. |
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Dec
8 |
Dec
10 |
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Practice Final/Exit Exam |
Final Exam |
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Dec
15 |
Dec
17 |
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Exit Exam |
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