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Summer 2010

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MATH 0099-51 Intermediate Algebra
Summer 2010 4 credits  online

INSTRUCTOR:         Anne Benson
E-MAIL ADDRESS: Anne.Benson@Roch.edu     

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  Fundamental components of algebra beyond the level of elementary algebra.  Topics include linear and quadratic inequalities, systems of linear equations, and functional notation.  Considered primarily as providing a background for higher level mathematics and science.
           
PREREQUISITE:  Successful completion of Math 0098 (Elementary Algebra) with an A or B preferred or appropriate placement test score. 

TEXT:  Intermediate Algebra, Blitzer, 5th edition. The entire text is online with interactive examples and videos. Click on “CHAPTER CONTENTS” to go to the chapters and sections. There are also powerpoint presentations of each topic if you click on “MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY”. MyMathLab access code is required. This can be purchased online.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:  See the common course outline on the RCTC Math Department website.

CALCULATORS: are allowed for use on tests.  Most scientific calculators are acceptable with the TI83 preferred but not necessary for this course.

DISCUSSION GROUPS: The Discussion Board is under “COMMUNICATIONS” in MyMathLab. This is a place where you can interact with your fellow students and give some feedback about the program. There is also a section in “COMMUNICATIONS” to send messages. Remember you do not have to learn this on your own. You have an instructor that can help when you don’t understand something.

HOMEWORK:  Homework problems for each chapter have been assigned and will count 40% toward your final grade. These assignments must be completed by the due date (see the MML calendar for due dates).  To do these assignments you click on “DO HOMEWORK” button. These assignments can take quite a while to do so do not leave them until the last minute. 
You can get homework scores up to 100% if they are completed in time. You may go back and make corrections as many times as needed until the due date by selecting “Similar Exercise” on the ones you got wrong.
You must get 75% of the homework correct before the program will let you move on to the next assignment. If assignments are not at 75% at the due date, you will have request a password from your instructor in the “COMMUNICATIONS” area to go back and make corrections. All late assignments will only be worth 75%.  If you get a higher score on a late assignment, the instructor will go back and adjust the grade to 75%.
You cannot work on homework that is more than a week overdue. If a homework assignment is a week overdue, zero will be submitted for the score or the current score will be frozen. You will have to contact the instructor to resume doing homework in the current assignment.
There is also a practice homework portion at the end of each textbook section. This is in the “multimedia textbook exercise set” under “Chapter Contents”.   These problems are for you to practice the different skills and are not graded but are necessary so that you will know what format to use for your answers on graded work. Also, the graded assignments are not sufficient for you to master the material.  It is expected that you will practice using the “multimedia textbook exercise sets” found in the “chapter contents” area and the “you try it” exercises in the text.

  
CALENDAR:  All the homework assignments and tests are open starting July 1st.  You may work ahead if you wish and finish assignments and tests early. Your instructor will not be fully monitoring the site or be available for help until the official start date of July 14. The homework and test due dates on the MyMathLab calendar are the final dates that assignments can be turned in and must be followed in order for you to complete the course by the end of Summer Session II.
This course is intense when taken in the summer.  In a normal semester you would be expected to put in approximately 200 hours either in class or doing homework outside of class. In a five–week summer session that amounts to full time job.  Do not leave everything for the weekends. You should to get on the site every day and do the work.

TESTS:  One online test every two chapters except the last one on chapter 9 alone.
Each test counts 12% toward your final grade.
  
       Online testing policy is as follows:
       Chapter tests:

a) The chapter tests have due dates and the test must be taken in that window of time.(see MML calendar in the “Chapter Contents” area for due dates).

b)   You will have 90 minutes to complete the chapter tests.

c)You may access a test at most 1 time to complete it so do not shut it down and try to come back to it.

d)You may use a calculator, notes, and your textbook on the chapter tests but you will not have enough time to look everything up while taking the test, so study for each test as if it was an “in class” test with no notes.

e)You may review your test after submitting it but your final grade will not be available until I have reviewed them and awarded partial credit (the program does not do this). You can tell that I have corrected it and added on partial credit by the * appearing by your test score.

f)If you do not take the test before the test window closes, you must contact the instructor to re-open your test.  There will be a 3 point reduction for each day the test is late. You can always work ahead and take tests early.

g)All homework and test scores are final at 2pm on August 12th.

      
You are expected to do the homework and chapter tests ALONE. Cheating by working with another student is prohibited. If I discover that you have cheated, you will receive a zero on that assignment, and if it happens more than once, a failing grade for the class.

GRADING:  Your grade is based on an average with the following weights: 
Total Homework score            = 40%
5 Chapter Tests @ 12% each = 60%

Final grade on a percentage basis      

100-90%  A

89-80%  B
79-70%  C
69-60%  D
59- 0%   F

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Math 0099 Intermediate Algebra Online

The prerequisite for the course is Math 0098 Elementary Algebra or an appropriate placement test score.  The course is not found on D2L.  It is an internet site that requires a Windows Operating System (Apple computers will not work). COMP 1001 is not required for this course.

This type of course can be a great alternative to the traditional classroom but only for those students that put in the effort. Taking an online course requires a great deal of discipline and self-motivation. This course is intense when taken in the summer.  In a normal semester you would be expected to put in approximately 200 hours either in class or doing homework outside of class. In a five–week summer session that amounts to full time job.  Do not leave everything for the weekends. You should to get on the site every day and do the work.

The class will run as follows: homework (40% of the total grade) and chapter tests online(60% of the total grade). 

I will be sending out course information in June on the RCTC email system to those students that are registered. Those documents will also contain information on purchasing a code online and the course code for Math 0099-51 summer semester 2010.  Make sure to check your RCTC email account. You will have to run an installation wizard on your computer to access all the interactive components on the site.  It contains videos of lectures, help with practice problems, powerpoint presentations of the topics, homework and practice tests. You can also work in the RCTC labs if you don't have your own computer. There is a communication center where you can send a message to me if you need help with something.  The site also has its own tutoring center when I am not available.