Required Text: Intermediate Algebra: A Graphing Approach, 1994.
Required Supplementary Material: A graphing calculator. The TI-82 or TI-83 is recommended.
Number of lessons: 8
Number of writing assignments: 8
Maximum number of writing assignment submissions per seven-day period: 3
You may not submit your second writing assignment until writing assignment I has been graded and returned to you. Thereafter you may submit assignments without waiting for previous ones to be returned.
Midterm Exam:
Time allowed for exam: 3 hours
Aids allowed: graphing calculator
Lessons covered on midterm: Lessons I-IV
The first four lessons must be submitted before you apply
to take the midterm.
Final Exam:
Time allowed for final: 3 hours
Aids allowed: graphing calculator
Lessons covered on final: Lessons I-VIII
All eight assignments must be submitted before you may
apply to take the final and you must have received your grade for the midterm
exam.
Course Grading:
Writing assignments (8 @ 36 pts.): 288 pts.
Midterm exam: 180 pts.
Final exam: 240 pts.
Total: 708 pts.
You must pass the final exam to pass the course; the course grading formula applies only if you pass the final.