MAT 1010 College Algebra, Winter 2022

Seattle Pacific University seeks to change the world as evidenced through graduating students of competence and character and people of wisdom who model a grace-filled community who also engage the larger culture at hand. The mathematics department at Seattle Pacific University seeks to provide excellent instruction to enable our students to be competent in the mathematics required for their chosen fields, and to share our expertise with the community through service and leadership. Hence, common goals for students in mathematics courses include 1) becoming competent in the topics covered in the course, 2) demonstrating skills and attitudes which contribute to professional, ethical behavior, 3) the ability to communicate mathematically, in both written and verbal form, and 4) learning to appreciate the beauty and utility of mathematics.

Instructor: Dr. Wai Lau Office: OMH 241 E-mail: lauw@ spu.edu
Homepage: http://myhome.spu.edu/lauw (Link to schedule and other important information)
Office Hour: See course webpage or by appointment
You are strongly encouraged to drop by my office to ask questions, discuss problems, and just to get to know me better.

Student Mentor (SM): Gabby Cockerell (cockerellg@spu.edu)
SM will “meet” with each student at least once every week through Zoom meetings, Skype, phone calls, or other viable means. If scheduling allows, these meetings can be scheduled in small groups. The main role of SM is to serve as a resource and make sure students are on schedule to finish the class. SM also manages and supervises the scheduling of the mid-term/final exams.

Prerequisites: MAT 0145 or Mathematics Placement Level B.

Text: Larson and Hodgkins, College Algebra with Applications for Business and Life Sciences, 2nd Edition (ISBN: 1133108490)
(A copy of the ebook is included in the WebAssign access. Typically, students do not need to buy a physical textbook.)

Objective: The purpose of this course is to prepare students for the study of calculus (MAT 1221).
Completing this course does not satisfy the "Ways of Knowing in Quantitative Reasoning" (WKQR) graduation requirement.

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

Solve a linear equation in one variable;
Use a linear model to solve an application problem;
Solve a quadratic equation by factoring;
Construct and use a quadratic model to solve an application problem;
Use the discriminant to determine the number of real solutions of a quadratic equation;
Solve a quadratic equation using the Quadratic Formula;
Use the Quadratic Formula to solve an application problem;
Solve a polynomial equation by factoring;
Solve an equation of quadratic type;
Rewrite and solve an equation involving radicals or rational exponents;
Rewrite and solve an equation involving fractions or absolute value;
Construct and use a non-quadratic model to solve an application problem;
Solve and graph inequalities involving absolute value;
Use critical numbers to determine test intervals for a polynomial inequality;
Plot points in the Cartesian plane, find the distance between two points, and find the midpoint of a line segment joining two points;
Find the slope of a line passing through two points;
Use the point-slope form and the the slope-intercept form to find the equation of a line;
Determine whether a correspondence is a function;
Use function notation, evaluate a function, and find the domain of a function;
Find the domain and range of a function;
Identify the graph of a function using the Vertical Line Test;
Use vertical and horizontal shifts, reflections, and transformations to sketch graphs of functions;
Find the sum, difference, product, and quotient of two functions;
Form the composition of two functions and determine its domain;
Determine whether a function has an inverse function;
Find the inverse function of a function;
Evaluate an exponential expression;
Use an exponential model to solve an application problem;
Recognize and evaluate a logarithmic function;
Use a logarithmic model to solve an application problem;
Use properties of logarithms to expand or condense a logarithmic expression;
Solve exponential and logarithmic equations.

Students should also gain an increased appreciation of mathematics as part of the language of science and as a study in itself.

Calculator: Basic scientific calculators and graphing calculators such as a Tl-83 or Tl-84 can be useful tools for learning some of the material in this course. At the same time, being able solve certain problems without a calculator can also be beneficial. Therefore calculator use may be disallowed on all of or a portion of a particular exam depending on the material. However, calculators with more than184K combined memory (RAM/Flash ROM) or symbolic computation ability are NOT allowed (e.g.TI-83 Plus Silver Ed., TI-89, TI-92 Casio FX-2.0 HP 38g, 39g, 40g, 48g/48g+/48gx, 49g). You are expected to learn to use your calculator on your own.

Reading: Students are expected to spent at least 3 hours a week to read the textbook and watch the videos to learn/refresh the algebra skills.

Exams: Students are required to take supervised mid-term and final exams in-person, on campus at the scheduled dates (see below).

Homework: Homework problems will be assigned by using the online homework system WebAssign.

On average, there are 3 homework assignments per week.
Students are expected to spend at least 3 hours per assignment. Occasionally, under-prepared students may need more than 3 hours to complete an assignment.
Students are expected to complete the assignments by their due dates. However, there are no restrictions on when to start an assignment. Students are encouraged to take advantage of this flexibility.

Make-Up Policies for Exams: If a student has a documented conflict that will prevent him or her from taking an exam at the scheduled time, he/she must arrange IN ADVANCE with the mentor/instructor to take the exam early.

Makeups on exams ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. Do NOT assume that because you miss an exam that you will get to make it up. A makeup exam must be APPROVED by the mentor/instructor. Lying to avoid taking an exam is considered as an act of academic dishonesty.

Scheduling and Points Distribution:

Exam 1	2/4 2:30-3:30pm,Section 0.1-1.3 No Calculators, 2 submissions	100 points
Exam 2	3/4 2:30-3:30pm, Section 1.4-4.1 No Calculators, 2 submissions	100 points
Final	3/17 3-4pm, Section 4.2-4.6 With Approved Calculators, 2 submissions	100 points
Homework		80 points
Weekly Mentor Meetings		20 points

Grading: There are 400 points possible. Your grade will be assigned by the following rules:

		376-400 points	=A	360-375 points	=A-
348-359 points	=B+	332-347 points	=B	320-331 points	=B-
308-319 points	=C+	292-307 points	=C	280-291 points	=C-
268-279 points	=D+	240-267 points	=D	0-239 points	=E

Tutoring: Students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the FREE ONLINE math tutoring sessions for help.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

If you have a specific disability that qualifies you for academic accommodations, please contact Disabled Student Services in the Center for Learning to make your accommodations request. Once your eligibility has been determined, Disabled Student Services will send a Disability Verification Letter to your professors indicating what accommodations have been approved.

Students with disabilities need to contact Disabled Student Services in the Center for Learning to request academic accommodations. Disabled Student Services sends Disability Verification Letters out to all your professors indicating the appropriate accommodations for the classroom based on your disability.

Academic Schedule Religious Accommodation Policy

Students who would like to request an accommodation for a religious holiday (e.g. request that an exam scheduled for a religious holiday be rescheduled) should make a written request within the first two weeks of the course pursuant to SPU’s Academic Schedule Religious Accommodation Policy. The policy is posted in the Undergraduate Student Handbook at https://spu.edu/administration/office-of-student-life/handbook/behavioral-community-expectations/university-policies and on page 16 of the 2019-20 Graduate Student Handbook, which is posted at https://spu.edu/catalog/graduate/20190/student-life.

Penalties for Breaches of Academic Integrity Statement

See the current SPU catalog for the definitions of academic integrity. In addition, lying to avoid taking an exam is considered by the instructor as an act of academic dishonesty.

Penalties for breaches of academic integrity includes no credits for the work in question or no credits for the course.

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