MATH 1010-001: Intermediate Algebra
Summer 2006
Instructor: Elisha Hughes
Email: hughes@math.utah.edu
Phone #: 581-7653
Website: www.math.utah.edu/~hughes
Office: LCB Dumke Loft
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30 pm, or by appointment
Classroom: JTB 140
Class time: MWF 12:30pm-1:30pm
Text: Larson and Hostetler, Intermediate Algebra, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 2005. We
will cover chapters 1 through 8 of the text.
Calculators: Calculators are not required for this course. Use of calculators will not be
permitted on exams or quizzes.
Prerequisite: Math ACT score of at least 17 or MATH 950.
Course Description: In Math 1010, students will become accustomed to having variables
represent parameters and unknowns, gain proficiency at algebraic manipulations, learn
basic techniques of solving linear and quadratic equations, and new techniques for using
mathematics to solve word problems.
Tutoring Center: The Mathematics Tutoring Center offers free, drop-in tutoring to all
students enrolled in this class. The Tutoring Center is located in the T. Benny Rushing
Mathematics Center. The hours are: 8:00 am- 8:00 pm Monday- Thursday and 8:00 am 6:00 pm on Friday, closed on weekends and University holidays. For students who need
more attention than the tutoring center can offer, University Tutoring Services, 330 SSB,
offers inexpensive private tutoring. A list of private tutors is also available from the math
department office (in JWB). Group tutoring sessions, for 5 or more students, can be
arranged through the Tutoring Center. There is also a drop-in computer lab for all
students enrolled in a math class, and group study rooms, both of which are adjacent to
the Tutoring Center.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): This act requires that reasonable
accommodations be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic,
learning or psychiatric disabilities. Students requiring such accommodations should speak
with the instructor at the beginning of the semester in order to make appropriate
arrangements for this course. The Center for Disabled Student Services (581- 5020) will
also need to be informed.
Course Expectations and Grading: It takes a lot of practice to gain proficiency with the
techniques of algebra, and your success depends on your active participation both in class
and outside of class. Because the material you learn each day builds upon the material
you learned previously, it is important that you keep up with the course work. Students
are expected to attend each class, complete all homework assignments, and read each
section of the text that is covered.
Grades for the course will be based on:
Homework 30%
Quizzes 10%
2 midterms 30% (15% each)
Final exam 30% (Time and place will be announced in class.)
Homework will be assigned every Friday, and will be turned in the following Friday.
Late homework will not be accepted.
Quizzes will be given at random, and will be based on homework problems. There will
be no make-up quizzes.
We will have two midterms and a final. If, due to extreme circumstances (i.e. illness,
emergency) you can't make it to an exam, you must contact me before the scheduled
exam time - there will be no make up exams!
Some Important Dates:
May 24th – Last day to drop classes
May 29th – Memorial Day Holiday (No class!)
May 30th – Last day to add classes, and last day to elect C/NC
July 24th – Pioneer Day Holiday (No class!)
Final Exam – Time and place to be announced