COURSE SYLLABUS

Intermediate Algebra

DMTH 0200 48Z1 Number

3 - 1 - 3

Lecture - Lab - Credit

DMTH 0803 or a MATH TSI Assessment score at the remediation standard Prerequisite

This syllabus has been reviewed and is current on the date indicated.

Prepared By Date Kim Greer 08/19/2016

Reviewed By

Gabby Mallet 08/22/2016 Division Director/Designee Date

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I. Instructor Information Name: Kim Greer

Phone: (325) 641-3906; Yahoo IM: kim.greer90

Campus Office: Brownwood, Bld 2 Rm 121

email: kim.greer@tstc.edu

Office Hours: Tue & Thur 10:00 am-12:00 pm; & Fri 8:00-9:00 am (Bldg 2, Rm 121)

Tutoring Lab Hours: Tue 1:00-2:00 pm and Fri 9:00-11:00 am (Bldg 2, Open Concept Room 126)

Program Chair/Director: Gabby Mallet

Program Chair/Director email: gabrielle.mallet@tstc.edu

II. Class Times, Location

This is a completely online class. All components will be delivered through Moodle and MyMathLab. Note, however, that a proctored final examination is required. Students may take the final examination at no cost in one of the TSTC West Texas testing centers. If students do not live locally and have to test at another institution’s testing center, students will be responsible for paying any testing fees required.

III. Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course the student will have acquired the skills necessary to enter collegiate level mathematics. Students will develop problem solving, listening, work ethic, and integrity skills. This course is required for the developmental sequence that is a component of the TSTC Development Plan filed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Austin, Texas, and mandated by the Texas Legislature.

IV. Course Description & Introduction This course is a study of relations and functions, inequalities, algebraic expressions and equations (absolute value, polynomial, radical, rational), with a special emphasis on linear and quadratic expressions and equations.

V. Learning Outcomes The student will:

A. Define, represent, and perform operations on real and complex numbers. B. Recognize, understand, and analyze features of a function. C. Recognize and use algebraic (field) properties, concepts, procedures (including

factoring), and algorithms to combine, transform, and evaluate absolute value, polynomial, radical, and rational expressions.

D. Identify and solve absolute value, polynomial, radical, and rational equations. E. Identify and solve absolute value and linear inequalities. F. Model, interpret and justify mathematical ideas and concepts using multiple

representations. G. Connect and use multiple strands of mathematics in situations and problems, as well

as in the study of other disciplines.

DMTH 0200 Intermediate Algebra Course Syllabus Page 3 VI. Assessment Methods & Grading Policy

30% Homework 30% Participation/Quizzes 40% Tests

Grades are the accumulative average of the homework, participation, and tests. The final average will give the grade listed here. Notice that an average less than 70% is not a passing grade.

A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 F: 69 and below

A student passing the TSI Placement Test while enrolled in this class shall immediately be awarded a letter grade A, provided that the student exhibits a document that shows his/her test scores and testing date. The testing date must run concurrent with the present semester in order to receive an A.

VII. Textbook/Reference Materials MyMathLab: Student Stand Alone Access Kit Author: Pearson ISBN: 978-0-321199-91-1

VIII. Additional Resources & Supplies Spiral, folder or 3-ring binder, paper, pencil, and a calculator. (You may use basic or scientific calculators. Graphing calculators are not allowed.)

IX. Class Participation Policy & Student Conduct

All the assignments are completed in MyMathLab & Moodle. Please make sure to check your MyMail email account regularly. Also, please check your due dates on MyMathLab regularly. Technical difficulties are not a valid excuse for late work. It is the student’s responsibility to get into the assignments ahead of time and work on them before the deadline. Please feel free to contact me with any comments, questions or concerns by telephone (leave message if no answer), email or text. I will respond to your messages within 24 hours during the week and within 48 hours (during weekends/holidays). Students are expected to adhere to the Code of Student Conduct. Section J refers to academic dishonesty. While studying with other students is appropriate and encouraged, this is not meant to replace individual effort. Students who attempt to take credit for someone else's work commit a serious offense. If an instructor believes that an incident of academic dishonesty occurs, the instructor documents the evidence and action taken via the Scholastic Dishonesty Reporting Form, as explained in the Code of Student

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Conduct. A first offense will result in the loss of credit for the assignment (a grade of "0" for the assignment); a second offense will result in the loss of credit for the course (a grade of "0" for the course). Students have the right to review the documentation and either agree with or to appeal any academic sanction imposed by the instructor for academic dishonesty. A student must submit the request to appeal in writing to the instructor for the course within 10 working days of the incident. The following are all considered academic dishonesty in this course:

o Working with anyone else on quizzes and tests in MyMathLab. o Copying another student's work on any assignment (homework, quizzes, exams) o Allowing someone else to do any of your work in the course for you

X. Safety

• Campus building occupants are required to evacuate buildings when a fire alarm activates. Alarm activation or announcement requires exiting and assembling outside. • Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and building you may occupy while receiving instructions. The nearest exit door may not be the door you used when entering the building. • Students requiring evacuation assistance should inform the instructor during the first week of class. • In the event of evacuation, follow the faculty’s or class instructor’s instructions. • Do no re‐enter the building unless given instructions by the Fire Department, Campus/Local Police, or Fire Prevention Services.

XI. Special Needs

If you have a documented disability that will impact your work in this class, please contact the ADA Coordinator, so that appropriate arrangements for your accommodations can be made. The counselor on your campus can assist you in this process. In accordance with the federal law, a student requesting accommodations must provide documentation of his/her disability to the ADA Coordinator. For more information call (325) 236-8292 or email amy.freeman@tstc.edu.

XII. Course Schedule Subject to change. You will be notified of any changes as they are made.

Week Section Topic 1 12.3 Linear Equations- Review Appx F Absolute Value Equations 2 Appx F Absolute Value Inequalities Appx G Functions 3 15.1/15.2 Laws of Exponents

4 15.3/15.4 Intro. to Polynomials (Evaluate, Degree,

Combine Like Terms) & Add/Subtract

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Polynomials 5 15.5/15.7 Multiply & Divide Polynomials Test 1 Chapt. 15 Exponents 6 16.1/16.2 Factor by Grouping & Factoring Trinomials 7 16.2/16.3 Factoring Trinomials

16.4 Perfect Square Trinomials and Difference of

Squares 8 16.5 Quadratic Equations by Factoring Test 2 Chapt. 16 Factoring

9 17.1, 17.2 Rational Expressions (Domain, Simplify);

Multiply/Divide Rational Expressions 10 17.3 Add/Subtract Rational Expressions 17.5 Solve Rational Equations 11 Test 3 Chapt. 17 Rational Expressions/Equations 18.1 Intro. to Radical; 12 18.2 Add/Subtract Radical Expressions 18.3 Multiply/Divide Radical Expressions 13 18.4 Radical Equations

10.7 (Martin-book), 19.1 Complex Numbers; Quadratic Equations

(Square Root Property) 14 19.1 Quadratic Equations (Square Root Property) 19.3 Quadratic Equations (Quadratic Formula) 15 Review Final Exam Final Exam (Comprehensive)

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XIII. Instructor CV – Kim Greer

Education Name of Institution Degree Earned Date EarnedThe University of Texas at Dallas Masters of Arts: Interdisciplinary Studies-

Math emphasis August 2007

Prairie View A & M University Bachelors of Science: Interdisciplinary Studies

December 1996

Industry, Teaching or Training, and Other (Examples: publications and memberships)

Experience Relevant To Course

Description of Experience Related To Course Date Ended Date Began

Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX. Taught developmental mathematics and college algebra.

May 2007 - May 2014

Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX. Tutored developmental mathematics and college algebra.

August 2004 - May 2014

Dallas Independent School District. Taught 3rd – 5th grade math and science. January 1997 - May 2004

Motorola. Oak Hill Branch, Austin, TX. Summer Engineering Intern. 1992 - 1994 ARCO Oil & Gas. White Oak, TX. Summer Roustabout Intern. 1991 CRLA Tutoring Certificate 2005 - 2006 Texas Teaching Certificate November

1996-present

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Student Acknowledgement:

This is to acknowledge that I have received a copy of the syllabus for the course DMTH 0200. I

understand that it is my responsibility to read and understand the syllabus and to abide by the

guidelines presented therein.

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