MATHEMATICS 90-<section #>
Elementary Algebra
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Instructor: <name>
Office: <location>
Office phone: <number only if you have an actual office>
Email: <university email address>
Math Tutorial Center (SH-C357) hours: <Days and times. Please coordinate with
the Math Tutorial Center scheduler as to your hours. If you are teaching an EOP or
Learning Communities course, please make sure that your office hours do not
conflict with the study group times.>
Tutorial center phone: 323-343-5374
Office hours: <Days, times, and location of your office hours. If you are teaching an
EOP or Learning Communities course, please make sure that your office hours do
not conflict with the study group times.>
Final Exam: <date, time, location>
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Textbook: Beginning & Intermediate Algebra, 3rd Custom Edition for CSULA, Elayn
Martin-Gay. ISBN# 9781269605905
Information about the textbook: This custom edition is the same book that we use
for Math 91. It was created by taking chapters from the book Beginning and
Intermediate Algebra by Elayn Martin-Gay (ISBN-10: 1269324519). If you purchase
a MyMathLab account, it comes with all of the pages from Beginning and
Intermediate Algebra by Elayn Martin-Gay as an E-Text. A MyMathLab access code
comes along with the custom edition at no extra charge, if you buy it new at the
bookstore, so don’t throw that access code away, in case you need it for Math 91.
General course description
Prerequisite: Score of 30-41 on the ELM or credit in MATH 089.
This course will cover concepts in algebra concerning linear functions and factoring.
Topical outline: Introductory algebra including straight lines; graphing; systems of
equations and polynomial operations; exponents, and factoring.
Student learning outcomes: Students who successfully complete this course will
be able to:
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Graph points
Find the equations of a line
Solve a system of equations
Add, subtract, and multiply polynomials; divide a polynomial by a
monomial
Use elementary function notation
Factor binomials and trinomials
Grading system
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Math 90 is graded A/B/C/NC.
Requirements
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Date and time of final exam: <Provide this information. Note: This info is
available at www.calstatela.edu/academic/math/finals.html.>
ADA statement: Reasonable accommodation will be provided to any student who
is registered with the Office of Students with Disabilities and requests needed
accommodation.
Academic honesty statement: I will abide by the University Policy on academic
dishonesty. This policy can be found, for example, in the Schedule of Classes.
<insert any additional statement you would like to put here, such as “Students are
expected to do their own work. Copying the work of others, cheating on exams, and
similar violations will be reported to the University Discipline Officer, who has the
authority to take disciplinary actions against students who violate the standards of
academic honesty.”>
Student responsibilities: Students are responsible for being aware of all
announcements that are made in class, such as changes in exam dates, due dates of
homework and papers, and cancellation of class due to instructor’s absence.
Students are responsible for announcements made on days that they are absent.
Students must check their CSULA email account regularly for information from the
instructor and the Department. Failure to do so may result in missed deadlines or
other consequences that might adversely affect students. Note that you can forward
this email account to any other account of your choosing.
Your next math class: After you pass Math 90 this quarter, you are required to take
Math 91 next quarter. Please remember that you are required to pass Math 90 and
Math 91 within your first year at CSULA.