Math 112 - College Algebra Concepts and Applications
Lower Division Undergraduate Course, University of Arizona, 2021
The following is some information regarding the 15 week iCourse section (103/203/403) of the course Math 112 that I will be assisting with during Spring 2021.
Our section has about 80 students. The full course has about 1400 students.
Course Coordinators: Taryn Laird
Instructor: Michael Rossetti
Teaching Assistant: Gaurish Korpal (GTA), Jessica Elliott (UTA)
Course syllabus: Topics include properties of functions and graphs, linear and quadratic equations, polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions with applications. For this course we will be using Desmos as the graphing calculator. The textbook for the course is provided as an electronic textbook in ALEKS. For this class you will need daily access to a laptop or web-enabled device with webcam and microphone, and regular access to reliable internet. The course work will take place in Microsoft Teams, D2L and Gradescope. Students will be able to access video content via D2L and Microsoft Stream.
Homework assignments: There are 4 components to homework: ALEKS HW, ALEKS Quizzes, Gradescope Written HW and Gradescope Group Work. There will be 24 ALEKS HW assignments, 6 ALEKS Quizzes, 6 Gradescope Written HW and 6 Gradescope Group Assignments. You will be able to access all these via D2L portal.
- Exams: There will 3 unit (“Midterm”) exams and a final exam, the unit exams will proctored via Examity and the final exam will be proctered via Zoom. All unit exams will have a choice of times to overcome the timezone differences. However, the final exam is given at a common time according to the final exam schedule posted by The University of Arizona.
- Midterm 1: Tuesday, February 23, or Wednesday, February 24.
- Topics: Functions, Graphs of Functions, Linear Functions, Piecewise Linear Functions, Transformations of Functions
- Midterm 2: Tuesday, March 23, or Wednesday, March 24.
- Topics: Combining Functions, Inverse Functions, Quadratic Functions, Polynomial Functions
- Midterm 3: Tuesday, April 27, or Wednesday, April 28.
- Topics: Rational Functions, Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions, Properties of Logarithms, Exponential and Logarithmic Equations and Applications
- Final Exam: Monday, May 10, 8-10 am.
- Topics: Full syllabus.
- Midterm 1: Tuesday, February 23, or Wednesday, February 24.
- Study guides and other information regarding exams: https://math112.math.arizona.edu/