Intermediate Algebra

MTH 35 Fall 2021

Wednesdays, 2:30 - 4:25, Online on Blackboard Collaborate


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Instructor: Professor Abhijit Champanerkar

Email : (Best way to contact me is online through Blackboard discussion boards or email.)

Office Hours: Online on Mon-Wed 1 - 2:15, Wed 6:30 - 7 pm, or by appointment. Please see BB for the zoom link for online office hours.

Academic Calendar


In-person/Online Course Requirements: This course will meet online only on BB Collaborate throughout the semester. There will be no in-person classes.

Technology requirements: A good working computer, up to date software, a webcam, microphone, and speakers (or headphones), a fast, reliable internet connection. This courses will heavily rely on the use of Blackboard to learn so please check the browser and operating system requirements. For more information see Online learning at CSI.

Backup online classroom: In case BB Collaborate is not working for some reason, we will hold our class on Zoom, on the same link as for the office hour.

Course Information

Goals The goal of this course is to bridge and reinforce the topics and skills needed for and covered in the course College Algebra and Trigonometry MTH 123. Students will learn by solving problems in the class on a variety of topics which are needed and covered in MTH 123.

Course description We will study and solve problems in topics such as: exponents, rational expressions, word problems, inequalities, linear functions, quadratic functions, exponential and logarithms, and other related topics.

The first hour of each class will be used to do classwork sheets, and the second hour will be used to review topics and problems in MTH123, and help with homework.

Book Precalculus Stewart, Redlin, Watson, Precalculus, 7th Edition with WebAssign. Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning (2015). ISBN# 978-1305071759 (Same book as you are using in MTH 123)

Grading This is a Pass-Fail class. Grade will be based on attendance and participation. Students will need to attend at least 10 classes in order to pass. If they miss more than 4 classes they will get an F , if they miss more than 12 classes they will get a WU.


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Syllabus, Topics & Classworks

This list of topics tentatively follows the MTH 123 course syllabus.

Week Topic Classworks
1 Aug 23rd Fractions & Exponents Classworks, Solutions and Videos
2 Aug 30 Algebraic and Rational Expressions Classworks, Solutions and Videos
3 Sep 6 No class Classworks, Solutions and Videos
4 Sep 13 No class Classworks, Solutions and Videos
5 Sep 20 Solving and Modeling Equations Classworks, Solutions and Videos
6 Sep 27 Lines Classworks, Solutions and Videos
7 Oct 4 Functions, Graphs and Transformations Classworks, Solutions and Videos
8 Oct 11 Quadratic Functions Classworks, Solutions and Videos
9 Oct 18 Exponentials and Log Expressions Classworks, Solutions and Videos
10 Oct 25 Exponential and Log Equations Classworks, Solutions and Videos
11 Nov 1 Exponential Growth and Decay Classworks, Solutions and Videos
12 Nov 8 Trigonometry Classworks, Solutions and Videos
13 Nov 15 Trigonometric Functions Classworks, Solutions and Videos
14 Nov 22 Trigonometric Functions Classworks, Solutions and Videos
15 Nov 29 Law of Sines and Cosines Classworks, Solutions and Videos
16 Dec 6 (Last class ) Law of Sines and Cosines Classworks, Solutions and Videos



Policies

CUNY policy about the recording of remote classes : Students who participate in this class with their camera on or use a profile image are agreeing to have their video or image recorded solely for the purpose of creating a record for students enrolled in the class to refer to, including those enrolled students who are unable to attend live. If you are unwilling to consent to have your profile or video image recorded, be sure to keep your camera off and do not use a profile image. Likewise, students who un-mute during class and participate orally are agreeing to have their voices recorded. If you are not willing to consent to have your voice recorded during class, you will need to keep your mute button activated and communicate exclusively using the "chat" feature, which allows students to type questions and comments live.

Academic dishonesty and Digital etiquette: Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. Please see CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity. Online cheating will be dealt with severely. Please be aware of proper online class behavior. In the online virtual classroom repeated offenses will result in being barred from participation in the class.

Disability policy: Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable academic accommodations if determined eligible by the Center for Student Accessibility. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of student’s eligibility from the Center for Student Accessibility, which is located in 1P-101. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate contact with the Center for Student Accessibility staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.