Instructor's Educational Philosophy: I as an instructor will do all I can to assist in the learning process, but the ultimate responsibility lies with each individual student to do what is needed to acquire knowledge, advance and achieve one's goals. To benefit most from the concepts and techniques presented, the student should practice until all assignments are completed and full understanding of the material is grasped.

Topics Covered:

Week One:
Fraction Review, Real Numbers, Ordered Pairs and Graphs, Basic Rules of Algebra

Week Two:
Addition of Real Numbers, Subtraction of Real Numbers, Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers, Exponents, Order of Operations, and Mathematical Models.

Week Three:
Addition Property of Equality, Multiplication Property of Equality, Solving Linear Equations

Week Four:
Formulas and Percents, Introduction to Problem Solving, Solving Linear Inequalities

Week Five:
Further Problem Solving, Ratio and Proportions, Problem Solving in Geometry, Midterm Review

Week Six:
Graphing Linear Equations, Graphing Linear Equations using Intercepts, Slope

Week Seven:
The Slope-Intercept Form of the Equation of a Line, the Point-Slope Form of the Equation of a Line

Week Eight:
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing, Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Substitution Method

Week Nine:
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Addition Method, Problem Solving Using Systems of Equations

Week Ten/Eleven:
Systems of Linear Inequalities and Final Review

Course Purpose/Overview/Goals: To have students acquire the mathematical skills needed for success in their next math course.

Student Assignments: There is one assignment per week. The maximum points that are available on each assignment are 5, for a total 55 assignment points.

Exams: Two Midterm Exams and one Final Exam (100 points each) for a total of 300 Exam points. Final Exam is 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM on Thursday, June 19