Syllabus
Mathematics 101 B
Spring 2011
Instructor:
Jeff Wilson
jwilson@shepherd.edu
Office – Academic Support Center Library 103D
Office Hours – By appointment only.
Text:
Elementary and Intermediate Algebra by Sullivan, Struve and Mazzatella 2nd edition,
Prentice Hall, 2009.
Course Information: #40621, section 01, location SS 207, prerequisite: Mathematics 101A
Course Website: http://webpages.shepherd.edu/JWILSON
On the course website you will find copies of my notes, homework assignments and solutions. Students
are encouraged to make copies of my notes before lecture and bring them to lecture. This will aid in
both note taking and in comprehension.
Course Objectives:
Work algebraically, numerically and graphically with relationships between variable quantities in both abstract
and applied settings, focusing particularly on linear relationships. Solidify the symbolic manipulation techniques
learned in Math 101A by applying them to radicals and rational exponents. Chapters 3, 8, 9 and 10 will be
covered from the text. This course is accompanied by a lab portion. Attendance is required for lectures
and labs. An additional Lab syllabus will be provided in the lab.
Grading will be based as follows:
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25 % Lab
15% Test 1 (held on 2/10)
15% Test 2 (held on 3/10)
15% Test 3 (held on 4/19)
10 % Quizzes/homework
20% Comprehensive Final Exam (held on 5/5 9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Homework will be assigned from every class and collected at the discretion of the instructor. It will be
due when stated during the lecture lecture. Similarly, quizzes may occur at any time. Late work is not
accepted and quizzes may not be made up. Students must pass both the Lab and the Final in order to
pass the course. Calculators are not permitted in class or during testing. Class participation is an
important part of learning the content. As such, participation is expected and will take the form of
asking students to complete problems that the instructor is doing. Class participation will be used to
round up or down a students final grade. Make up exams can only be taken if the student contacts the
instructor before a missed exam takes place. These will be located in the Academic Support Center and
can only be taken before the instructor reviews the exam in class. Otherwise the students final exam
grade will be used for any missing exams. Homework is a running total. The total homework points
earned by the student at the end of the semester will determine the homework grade for this course.
At the end of each lecture, I will announce the sections to be covered for the next lecture. It is the
student's responsibility to read those sections before the lecture and be prepared to answer or ask
questions on those sections.
If you are wondering if you are understanding the material, the book's quick checks found in each
section of the text can be used as an indicator. The student is expected to be able to do the quick checks
without much difficulty. The answers to the quick checks can be found in the back of the book.
Any homework turned in, or any question answered on a quiz or test, must include the work done by
the student. Simply supplying the answer to the problems will not be accepted. Any answers supplied
by the student without the accompanying work may be marked as wrong with no points awarded
This course will strictly adhere to the Shepherd University academic integrity policies set forth in the
student handbook.
If at any time you feel that you need additional help with the topics, students are encouraged to take full
advantage of the Academic Support Center located in the library.
Tentative Course Outline:
Week Ending on Thursday...
Sections
01/13/11
3.1
01/20/11
3.2
01/27/11
3.3, 3.4
02/03/11
3.5, 3.6
02/17/11
8.1
02/24/11
8.2, 8.3
03/03/11
8.3, 8.4
03/24/11
8.5
03/31/11
9.1, 9.2
04/07/11
9.3, 9.4
04/14/11
9.5
04/28/11
Course review and final's prep
Grading Scale:
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90 – 100 % = A
80 – 89% = B
70 – 79 % = C
60 – 69 % = D
< 60 = F
Math 101B Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will be able to
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Produce and read simple, informative and mathematically accurate graphs of lines, quadratics,
power functions and absolute value functions.
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Find, use, and interpret slope in numeric, graphical, algebraic and applied settings.
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Find, use and interpret intercepts from numeric, algebraic and graphical representations of
relations.
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For linear relationships, convert representations between algebraic, numeric, graphical and
applied settings. (This mostly means write equations of lines & graph lines.)
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Distinguish between relations and functions.
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Use function notation correctly in both algebraic and graphical settings.
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Identify domains and ranges of relations/functions in graphical, numeric, algebraic and applied
settings.
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Manipulate and simplify expressions involving rational exponents.
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Manipulate and simplify radical expressions.
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Convert representations between exponential and radical expressions.
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Solve quadratic equations by factoring, completing the square and using the quadratic formula.