Schedule

The first day of class (January 5 Thursday), I'll discuss the administrative aspects of the course and give a brief introduction to the basic ideas of College Algebra. If you miss this day, then you shouldn't suffer too much for it, but you'll want to get the administrative information from me. The next day (January 10 Tuesday), the class will begin in earnest.

In addition to a quick review of Chapter 1, we cover the following sections of the textbook: 2.1–2.3, 3.1–3.6, 4.1, 4.3&4.4, 5.1–5.6, 6.1–6.8, and 12.1. In other words, we cover Chapters 2–6, except for Sections 2.4&2.5, 4.2, 4.5, and 6.9, plus Section 12.1.

I'm going to cover Sections 6.1&6.2 within Chapter 3, since I think that they make more sense there and they don't depend on anything in Chapters 4&5. Since Section 2.1 isn't really needed for anything else in the course, I'll do it after Section 3.6 as an example of the techniques covered there; on the other hand, Section 12.1 is very useful, so I'll do it earlier, along with the rest of Chapter 2. I'll also do the rest of Chapter 6 before I do Chapter 5, since I think that the material in Chapter 6 is more important. Finally, I'll mix up Chapter 5 a bit, the end of which doesn't depend on the middle.

It's a lot of material for 10 weeks, so the class has to move pretty fast; please talk to me early if you need help!

Our daily schedule will look something like this:

January 5 Thursday:	Introduction, Chapter 1;
January 10 Tuesday:	§§2.2&2.3;
January 12 Thursday:	§2.3, §12.1;
January 17 Tuesday:	§§3.1&3.2;
January 19 Thursday:	§3.3;
January 24 Tuesday:	§3.4, §6.1;
January 26 Thursday:	§§6.1&6.2;
January 31 Tuesday:	§3.5;
February 2 Thursday:	§3.6, §2.1;
February 7 Tuesday:	Review, Exam 1;
February 9 Thursday:	§4.1, §4.3;
February 14 Tuesday:	§4.4;
February 16 Thursday:	§§6.3&6.4;
February 21 Tuesday:	§§6.5&6.6;
February 23 Thursday:	§§6.7&6.8;
February 28 Tuesday:	§5.1;
March 1 Thursday:	§§5.5&5.6;
March 6 Tuesday:	§§5.2&5.3;
March 8 Thursday:	§5.4;
March 13 Tuesday:	Review, Exam 2;
March 15 Thursday:	Final Exam.

But this is a table of estimates, not promises! (I will update this table as time passes.)

The last day to drop the course with a full refund is January 11 Wednesday; the last day to drop at all is February 14 Tuesday. By February 10 Friday, your midterm grade estimates should be available on WebAdvisor; your final grades should be available by March 19 Monday.

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