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Relationship to Campus Theme:
This course introduces algebra skills that are used to solve
problems in science, technology, business and social sciences. These problems will require
critical thinking and interaction with other students.
Grading Criteria:
Your grade will be weighted on the following:
Homework
25%
In-Class Activities
25%
Tests/Exams
35%
Project
15%
Final letter grades are assigned based on the following:
A
90% - 100%
B
80% - 89%
C
70% - 79%
D
60% - 69%
F
≤ 59%
Late Homework/Assignments:
It is the responsibility of the student to obtain an assignment
if they are absent on the day it is given. If a student is absent on the day the assignment is
due, it is his/her responsibility to get the assignment to the instructor on time. Missed
assignments will be graded as a zero. In class activities are meant to be completed in class.
Late tests/exams will not be given unless prior approval from the instructor is given.
Schedule (subject to change):
Date
Topic
January 10th
Welcome!
Overview of Course
January 11
th
0.1 - Simplifying Fractions
January 13
th
0.2 - Adding and Subtracting
Fractions
January 16
th
No School
Martin Luther King Jr Day
January 17
th
0.3 – Multiplying and Dividing
Fractions
January 18
th
0.4 – Using Decimals
January 20
th
0.5 – Percents, Rounding, and
Estimating
January 23
rd
Chapter 0 Review
January 24
th
Chapter 0 Test
January 25
th
1.1 – Adding Real Numbers
January 27
th
1.2 - Subtracting Real Numbers
January 30
th
1.3 – Multiplying and Dividing Real
Numbers
January 31
st
1.4 - Exponents
February 1
st
1.5 – The Order of Operations