Math 101	BEGINNING ALGEBRA	Reedley College ~V ~
Mr. George Tindall		Fall 2004
222-3990	Cell 349-0460

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Operations with signed numbers, algebraic expressions, linear equations and their graphs, inequalities, exponents, radical expressions and equations, factoring, rational expressions and equations, quadratic equations and applications.

OBJECTWE5:

Students will be able to:

solve linear, quadratic, rational and radical equations, systems of equations, and inequalities. graph linear equations and inequalities.

understand the relationship between a graph and the equation that generates it. Understand, set up, solve, and interpret the solution of application problems.

REQUIRED TEXT: Charles P. McKeague, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, second edition.

ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend all class meetings, be on time, and be in class the entire class session. The only excused absences are those due to a school related activity or a requirement to appear in court. Four absences may result in a drop from the course. However, if you decide to drop the course, it is your responsibility to make the drop official in the Admissions and Records office, or else possibly receive a grade of F.

At the beginning of the semester each student is given 20 bonus points for attendance. For each absence the student loses 4 points , and for each tardy the student loses 2 points.

HOMEWORK: Each day’s homework assignment is worth from 0 to 10 points. For each unit (time up to the first test... and between successive tests) a student’s homework scores will be averaged and added to that test score.

TESTS: It is the students responsibility to be in class.., especially on test days. If a student misses a test, that student has no RIGHT to make up the test. However, in some instances the instructor MAY grant the PRIVLEGE of making up the test. If you know you are going to be absent when a test is given, communicate that information to the instructor BEFORE the test. (home phone 222-3990)