From: Robert Rutherford [rutherfordrobert@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:11 PM
To: Gail Taylor
Subject: Revised Syllabus Rutherford Math 101

MATH 101			Beginning Algebra		REEDLEY COLLEGE
(Section #78280)					Summer 2005
MTTh  6:00-9:30 P.M.					6/13 to 8/5
POR 1
Instructor:  Bob Rutherford
Phone: 638-3641 ext. 3858

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

OBJECTIVES:  Students will be able to:
-solve linear, quadratic, rational, and radical equations, systems of equations and inequalities.
-graph linear equations and inequalities and 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, Saunders College Publishing, Second Edition, 2004.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:  Textbook, pencil, paper, graph paper

ATTENDANCE:  Students are expected to attend all class meetings, be on time, and be in class the entire class session.  Students are required to participate in all class discussions and activities.  Each evening will count as three (3) class sessions.  Arriving late or leaving early will be counted as an absence.  Ten (10) absences may result in a drop from the course.  Missing an entire evening will count as three (3) absences.  If you decide to drop the course it is your responsibility to make the drop official in the Administration and Records Office or you could receive an F grade.  The drop deadline is July 8, 2005.  There is no class on Monday, July 4.

HOMEWORK:  Homework will be collected each time we meet.  Each assignment collected will be graded on completeness, neatness, and effort.  Homework should be written on 8.5” x 11” paper, stapled in the upper left hand corner, and in order.  Record your name, the class name, the chapter, section, and page number.  Problems must be written out  (except word
problems) and all work must be shown in order to receive credit.  Late homework will be worth 60% credit up to one week late.  After one week late homework will not be accepted.  Homework not turned in because of absence is considered late.

TESTS:  There will be six chapter tests, occasional quizzes, and a comprehensive final exam.  The final exam is scheduled for Thursday, August 4, during the regular class time.
Make up exams must be arranged for and taken ahead of time.

SPECIAL NEEDS REQUESTS:  If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) including alternate media requests, please notify your course instructor immediately.  Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your special needs.

GRADING:  Tests and quizzes account for approximately 70% of your grade, homework will account for approximately 25% of your grade, and class projects will account for approximately 5% of your grade.  A lack of participation in class activities will result in a deduction of your grade.
The grading scale will be:
	Percent of Total Points	  Grade
                90-100	                     A
                80-89	                     B
                65-79	                     C
                55-64                             D
                0 –54		     F

Please turn off cell phones, pagers, etc. during class.  Also, children are not allowed in class.