Math 1314 College Algebra

Spring 2008

Time: TR 530 pm { 645 pm

Room: GR 3.420

Instru tor: Dr. Mi hael Baron Assistant: Houssein Assaad

OÆ e: ECSN 3.912 OÆ e: FO 1.601
Phone: (972) UTD-6874 E-mail: had313hotmail. om
E-mail: mbaronutdallas.edu OÆ e hours:
OÆ e hours: Tuesday 420{520 pm;
Thursday 100{200 pm
Internet : http://www.utdallas.edu/ mbaron/1314/
Also, see http://web t.utdallas.edu/ to he k your performan e and join dis ussion, mail,
and hat with your lassmates. Use your Unix password to log in.
Textbook : College Algebra by Arthur Goodman and Lewis Hirs h, 2004 (ISBN 053442327)
Grading: Best 9 of 10 ten-minute quizzes = 30%
A 1 41 -hour Midterm exam on Mar h 6 = 30%
A 2 21 -hour Final exam on May 1 at 5:00 pm = 40%

97 100 % = A+ 93 13 97 % = A 90 93 13 % = A
86 23 90 % = B+ 83 13 86 23 % = B 80 83 13 % = B
76 23 80 % = C+ 73 13 76 23 % = C 70 73 13 % = C
66 32 70 % = D+ 60 66 23 % = D 55 60 % = D
In omplete grade is possible only in the ase of a do umented serious medi al emergen y near
the end of semester, with  70% of work ompleted at an on-going passing grade.
Rules : All quizzes and exams are losed-book and losed-notes.
Your solutions, not your answers, are graded. Show your work. No work - no redit.
No late exams or quizzes. However, it may be possible to take an exam/quiz early.
Homework will be assigned but will not be olle ted or graded.
Tips : Keep lean and onveniently arranged le ture notes and homework. It will be your best helper
in preparation for quizzes and exams.
A steady eort to work out all the assigned problems is highly re ommended.
Use your absolute right to ask questions in lass and during oÆ e hours. For example, any
homework problem an be dis ussed.
For ea h exam/quiz, review all the new on epts, methods, formulae, et . Try to understand
the methods rather than memorizing them blindly.
COVERAGE
TOPICS CHAPTERS
Introdu tion: real numbers, rationals, radi als, omplex numbers 1
Linear, quadrati , radi al equations and inequalities 2
Introdu tion to fun tions and their graphs 3, 4
Polynomials, their roots and graphs 5.1-5.4
Rational and radi al fun tions 5.5, 5.6
Exponential and logarithmi fun tions 6