MATHEMATICS 102-<section number>
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
<Quarter, Year>
<days, time, location>
Instructor: <name>
Office: <location>
Office phone: <number only if you have an actual office>
Office hours: <days and times>
Tutorial center hours: <days, time, location>
Tutorial center phone: 323-343-5374
Email: <university email address>
Final Exam: <date, time, location>
Prerequisites: Math 91 or a score of 50 or more on ELM.
Textbook: <author, textbook, edition, ISBN#>
Topical outline: Logarithmic and exponential functions; polynomial equations;
permutations, combinations, and probability; sequences and series; matrices and
determinants.
Student learning outcomes: Students who successfully complete this course will be
able to:
Solve linear, simultaneous and quadratic inequalities as well as inequalities involving
quotients and three factors
Solve absolute value equations and inequalities
Know and apply the definition of a function (including Evaluation of functions and
finding the domain of a function)
Recognize and be able to obtain the graph of a linear, power or absolute value function
Be able to apply the vertical line test and determine whether a given equation defines a
function
Be able to determine how certain transformations of a function affect its graph
(vertical/horizontal shifts, reflections in the X or Y axis and vertical stretching/shrinking)
Know the definition of a polynomial function. Be able to divide polynomials using long
division and synthetic division
Be able to use the remainder and factor theorem
Know how to use the rational zeros theorem to find rational zeros and factor polynomials
Know how to factor polynomials completely using complex zeros
Know the definition of an exponential function with base a, base 10 and base e
Know the definition of the logarithmic function and how to apply it
Know the laws of logarithms and how to apply them
Know how to expand and combine logarithmic expressions
Know how to expand and combine logarithmic expressions
Know how to solve exponential and logarithmic expressions
Know how to obtain the sum, difference, and product of matrices. Know how to obtain
the scalar product
Know how to find the inverse of a 2x2 matrix
Know how to solve systems of equations using Cramer's rule
Be able to find the terms of a sequence
Be able to calculate binomial coefficients
Be able to expand a binomial using Pascal's triangle and the binomial Theorem
This course satisfies General Education area A4
This course is graded ABC/NC
Grading system: <instructor’s grading system>
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: 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.