Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TROGONOMETRY COURSE OUTLINE

GLOBAL ADVANCED BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (GaBBA) PROGRAM IN VIETNAM

COURSE OUTLINE MATH 120: ALGEBRA & TRIGONOMETRY Summer Semester 2011

COURSE NAME: Math 120: College Algebra and Trigonometry

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TROGONOMETRY COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE CODE: Math 120 SESSIONS: - 13 sessions in class including 01 mid-tem exam - 07 session online/groupwork - 01 final exam. INSTRUCTOR: Ms Tran Kim Anh Phone: 84 16 86 70 71 77 Email: anhtk@etc.edu.vn PROGRAM ASSISTANT Ms. Trn Th nh th Room: Room 908, 9 floor, Hanoi Academy of Theatre & Cinema Ho Tung Mau Street, Cau Giay Dist, Hanoi Phone: +849 8232 8486 Email: anh tt@etc.edu.vn PREREQUISITES: None COURSE PERSPECTIVE & DESCRIPTION Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to work with algebraic concepts; solve linear, quadratic, and absolute equations/inequalities; work with functions and the f(x) notation; work with properties of functions and their graphs; solve and graph exponential and logarithmic equations/functions, solve systems of linear and non-linear systems of equations/inequalities by using substitution/elimination; solve and graph rational functions; solve equations with radicals; find domain and range; find inverses; factoring; factoring higher degree polynomials; find asymptotes; and variations. Topics also include families of functions and their inverses. Students will be required to solve applied problems and

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TROGONOMETRY COURSE OUTLINE communicate their findings effectively. Other skills will include reading and interpreting graphs of relations and functions.

USAGE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN/DURING THE COURSE - Students will be provided information, offline materials or materials via Moodle. - Students will be given online research work related to language learning as and when required by lecturers or lessons. - Lecturers and students will exchange information after the class via Moodle, email or YM (Assignment submission, writing, marking, comments, etc) - Class website: http://gabba.griggs.edu.vn - Moodle: http://bba.griggs.edu .vn SELF STUDY - Students should spend at least 6 hours on their self-study for each session. In addition, students are encouraged to do self study research activities depending on the interests. LEARNING MATERIALS - Learning materials including handouts will be provided. - Textbook: College Algebra (8th edition) by Sullivan, published by Prentice Hall Class preparation - Students must be fully prepared for each class. Classroom guidelines - Avoid classroom disruptions. - Electronic device, hand phone must be turned off during class. - Secondary conversations are not allowed. - Respect for the individual - Students have to respect the views and opinions of their colleagues.

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TROGONOMETRY COURSE OUTLINE Class participation - Students are expected to actively participate in class by asking questions suggesting new solutions or approaches to exercises. Honesty - Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and anyone found to have cheated or plagiarized will receive a failing grade for the semester. EVALUATION Grading breakdown

Quizzes: 20% Assignment: 30% Mid-term exam: 20% Final exam:30% Grading System Point 94 100 90 93 86 89 82 85 78 81 74 77 70 73 66 69 62 65 58 61 54 57 <53 Converted score 4,00 3,67 3,33 3,00 2,67 2,33 2,00 1,67 1,33 1,00 0,67 0,00 Grade A (Superior) AB+ (Above Average) B BC+ (Average) C C D+ (Below Average) D DF

Course repeat policy All grade point averages for admission, academic setting, and graduation are calculated based on hours attempted, except that a student may repeat a course in which he or she has received a grade of C- or below. In such cases, when calculating the grade point

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TROGONOMETRY COURSE OUTLINE average, the hours and quality points earned on the second effort will be used (Academic handbook, Griggs University, 2010)

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

Reading Session Date Topic Session content assignments

Teaching Mode

Review 1 R.1 Real Numbers 2 R.2 Algebra Essentials 17 R.3 Geometry Essentials 30 1 Thursday 4/28 Review R.4 Polynomials 39 R.S Factoring Polynomials 49 R.6 Synthetic Division 57 R.7 Rat ional Expressions 61 R.8 nth Roots; Rational Exponents Tuesday 5/3 Thursday 5/5 Equations and Inequalities 1 . 1 Linear E quations 86 1.2 Quadratic Equations 97 1.3 Complex Numbers; Quadratic E quations in the Chapter 1 Chapter R In class

2 3

Online/groupwork 1 In class

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE Complex Number System 109 1 .4 Radical Equations; Equations Quadratic in Form; Factorable Equations 118 1.5 Solving Inequalities 124 1 . 6 E quations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Val ue Tuesday 5/10 3 . 1 Functions 3.2 The Graph of a Function 5 Thursday 5/12 Functions and Their Graphs 3.3 P roperties of Functions 3.4 Library of Functions; P iecewisedefined Functions 3.5 Graphing Techniques: Transformations Tuesday 6 7 5/17 Thursday 5/19 Linear and Quadratic Functions 4.1 Linear Functions and Their Properties 4.2 Building Linear Functions from Data 4.3 Q uadratic Functions and Their P Chapter 4 Online/groupwork 3 In class Chapter 3 In class

Online/groupwork 2

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE roperties 4.4 Quadratic Models; Building Quadratic Functions from Data 4.5 Inequalities Involving Quadratic Functions Tuesday 8 5/24 Thursday 5/26 Tuesday 5/31 Polynomial 11 Thursday 6/2 Rational Functions and 5 .1 Polynomial Functions and Models 324 5 .2 Properties of Rational Functions 344 5 .3 The Graph of a Rational Function 355 5.4 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities Chapter 5 In class Midterm test In class Online/groupwork 4

Revision

In class

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Tuesday 12 13 6/7 Thursday 6/9 Global Advanced Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 6.1 Composite Functions 6.2 One-to-One Functions; Inverse 8/11 Chapter 6 Online/groupwork 5 In class

Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE Exponential and Functions 6.3 E xponential Functions 6.4 Logarithmic Functions 6.5 P roperties of Logarithms 6.6 Logarithmic and Exponential Equations 6.7 Compound Interest 6.8 Exponential Growth and Decay Models; Logistic Growth and Decay Models 475

Logarithmic Functions

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Tuesday 6/14

Trigonometric Functions

7.1 Angles and Their Measure 7.2 Right Triangle Trigonometry 7.3 Computing the Values of Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles 7.4 Trigonometric Functions of General Angles 7.5 Unit Circle Approach; P roperties of the Trigonometric Functions 7.6 Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions 7.7 Graphs of the Tangent, Cotangent, Cosecant, and Secant Functions

Chapter 7

In class

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE

Systems of Equations 12.1 Systems of Linear Equations: 15 Thursday 6/16 and Inequalities Substitution and Elimination 12.2 Systems of Linear Equations: Matrices Systems of Equations 12.3 Systems of Linear Equations: 16 Tuesday 6/21 and Inequalities Determinants 1 2.4 Matrix Algebra 12.5 P artial Fraction Decomposition Chapter 12 In class Chapter 12 In class

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Thursday 6/23 Sequence, Series Tuesday 13.1 Sequences 1 3 .2 Arithmetic Sequences 13.3 Geometric Sequences; Geometric Series 13.4 Mathematical Induction 13.5 The Binomial Theorem Thursday REVISION Chapter 13

Online/groupwork 6

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In class

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In class

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Global Advanced Bachelor of Business Administration MATH 120: College Algebra & Trigonometry COURSE OUTLINE Tuesday 20 7/4 Thursday 21 7/5 FINAL EXAM In class Online/groupwork 7

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