Course Syllabus

Ohio Northern University

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Date: Fall 2005

Course MATH 105 Name: Intermediate Algebra

Credit hours: 4 Lecture hours/week: Lab hours/week:

Instructor: Rader

Usual student level: Freshman

Course required of students in:

Course frequency per year: fall

Average enrollment per year:15 - 20

This course has a prerequisite: recommendation by the department

This course is a prerequisite for: MATH 120, STAT 142, MATH 144 as needed

Catalogue description

Algebraic expressions and operations, equations and problem solving, special products and factoring, linear equations and inequalities, exponents, radicals, and graphs, and quadratic equations

Course Objectives

To aid the student who has a need for review in the fundamentals of algebra.

Textbook: Intermediate Algebra: An Applied Approach, 7^th Edition,

by Aufmann/Barker/Lockwood

Outline of content follows:

(See attached)

*Credit earned in this course does not satisfy graduation requirements for any program offered at the university.

Course Outline

MATH-105

Intermediate Algebra

It is the intent that by the end of the course the student will be able to:

1. Combine real numbers using the four basic arithmetic operations in the correct order and demonstrate an understanding of the properties of real numbers.

2. Solve first-degree equations and inequalities, solve systems of linear equations and write linear equations

3. Graph points as well as linear equations and inequalities on a coordinate plane.

4. Combine and simplify polynomials using the four arithmetic operations and factor some quadratic polynomials as well as polynomials of special form.

5. Combine and simplify algebraic fractions using the four arithmetic operations.

6. Work with expressions involving exponents, roots, and radicals.

7. Use several techniques to solve quadratic equations and inequalities.