Departmental Outline for MATH 1111

College Algebra

Graphs; equations and inequalities; complex numbers; functions;polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions;linear systems.

Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in MATH 0099 or a suitable score on the math placement test.

Calculator: Students may have a scientific calculator. It is up to each instructor as to how much the students can use a calculator on tests.

Text: (Required) Precalculus, 3rd Edition, by Lial, Hornsby, and Schneider, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-22762-X

Syllabus:

Lesson	Sec.	Topics
1	R4	Syllabus, MyMathLab, Factoring
2	R5, R6	Rational Expressions, Rational Exponenets
3	R7, 1.1	Radical Expressions, Linear Equations
4	1.2, 1.3	Applications of Lin. Eq., Complex Numbers
5	1.4, 1.5	Quadratic Eq., Quadratic Applic.
		Review 1
		Test 1
6	1.6	Other Equations
7	1.7, 1.8	Ineq., Absolute Value Eq. and Ineq.
8	2.1	Graphs of Eq.
9	2.2	Functions
10	2.3, 2.4	Linear Functions, Lines
		Review 2
		Test 2
11	2.5	Graphs of Functions
12	2.6	Graphing Techniques
13	2.7	Functions Operations and Difference Quotients
14	3.1	Quadratic Functions
15	3.2, 3.3	Synthetic Div, Remainder Thm, Zeroes of Polys
16	3.4, 3.5	Poly. Graphs, Rational Function Graphs
		Review 3
		Test 3
17	4.1	Inverse Functions
18	4.2, 4.3	Exponential Func., Log Func.
19	4.4	Evaluating Exp and Log Func
20	9.1	Sys. of Lin. Eqs.
21	9.2/9.7	Matrix Solutions, Matrix Operations
		Review 4
		Test 4
		Final Review