Schedule for MAT-080, Spring 2008

Section N, Monday and Wednesday Evenings

Monday, 7 January       Introduction                                    Sections 1.1 - 1.3
                        Real Numbers: Operations and Properties

Wednesday, 9 January    Algebraic Expressions                           Sections 1.4 - 1.5
                        Review

Monday, 14 January      Quiz 1
			Linear Equations                                Sections 2.1 - 2.3

Wednesday, 16 January   Solving Business and Scientific Problems        Sections 2.1 - 2.3

Monday, 21 January      No class, in honor of Martin Luther King

Wednesday, 23 January   Linear Inequalities, Absolute Value Equations   Sections 2.4 - 2.5

Monday, 28 January      Review
                        Test 1
                        The Rectangular Coordinate System               Section 3.1 

Wednesday, 30 January	Graphs of Equations and Graphing Utilities	Sections 3.2 	 
									Appendix A1 - Read as needed  
									The user manual for your calculator

Monday, 4 February	Slope, Equations of lines, 			Sections 3.3 through 3.5 
			Relations and Functions 

Wednesday, 6 February	Snow day, no class

Monday, 11 February	Graphs of Functions 				Sections 3.6 - 3.7	

Wednesday, 13 February	Review
			Test 2

Mon, 18 February	Systems of Linear Equations in  
			one and two Variables   			Section 4.1 - 4.3 

Wed, 20 February	Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation 	Section 5.1
			Operations with Polynomials			Section 5.2 - 5.3

Mon, 25 February	Factoring 		 			Sections 5.4 and 5.5 


Wed, 27 February	Solving Polynomial Equations  			Section 5.6
			Review 

Mon, 3 March   		Quiz 2

Wed, 5 March 		Operations with Rational Expressions		Section 6.1 - 6.4

 
Mon, 10 March  		No class   Spring Vacation  
 
Wed, 12 March 	  	No class   Spring Vacation 


Mon, 17 March	 	Dividing Polynomials  
			Solving Rational Equations   			Sections 6.5 through 6.7 
  		
Wed, 19 March  		Review
			Test 3

Sometime before the last class there will be a no-notice quiz(4).

Mon, 24 Mar	   	Operations with Radicals 	  		Sections 7.1 through 7.3 
 
Wed, 26 Mar  		Solving Radical Equations   			Sections 7.4 through 7.6  
                        Complex Numbers 

Mon, 31 Mar  	 	Review 
			Quiz 3	 

Wed, 2 Apr   		Solving Quadratics: Factoring	   		Section 8.1 
                        
Mon, 7 Apr   		Completing the Square  
			The Quadratic Formula   			Section 8.2 through 8.3  

Wed, 9 Apr   		Applications of Quadratic Equations		  
			Quadratic and Rational Inequalities 		Sections 8.4 through 8.6
			
Mon, 14 Apr             Review 
			Test 4
			Take-home test(5) handed out
                        
Wed, 16 Apr		Take-home test(5) collected
			Graphs of Quadratic Functions			Section 8.4

Mon, 21 Apr		Circles and Parabolas				Sections 10.1 and 10.2

Wed, 23 Apr  	 	Ellipses, and Hyperbolas 			Sections 10.3 and 10.4
                        
Mon, 28 Apr   		Last class   					Review 
                        
Wed, 30 Apr 		Compass test in room 2F3		 
                        
To be announced		Comprehensive Final Exam