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1. Department and Contact Information

Tracking Number Date & Time Submitted872 2010-03-08 10:38:38 Department College Budget Account NumberSecondary Education Education 172400 Contact Person Phone EmailRick Austin 9743533 austin@usf.edu

2. Course Information

Prefix Number Full TitleMAT 1033 Intermediate Algebra

Is the course title variable? NIs a permit required for registration? NAre the credit hours variable? N

Credit Hours Section Type Grading Option3 Class Lecture (Primarily) Regular Total Clock Hours Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum)45 Int Algebra

Prerequisites MAT 0024 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test,Mathematics (SATM)

Corequisites

Co-Prerequisites

Course Description This course provides students with an opportunity to develop algebraic knowledge needed forfurther study in several fields such as engineering, business, science, computer technology, andmathematics.

3. Justification

A. Indicate how this course will strengthen the Undergraduate Program. Is this course necessaryfor accreditation or certification?

This course serves to remediate those students who have not developed a strongmathematics background in high school. The course is important in that it will helpprepare those students for successful, further mathematics study at the university level.

B. What specific area of knowledge is covered by this course which is not covered by coursescurrently listed?

This course covers, at a more fundamental level, those topics needed to succeed inCollege Algebra and classes at that level and above.

C. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a requiredsequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service?

The need for this course has been determined to be 5 sections of 30 students each in thefall semester and 2 sections of 30 students in the spring semester each academic year.

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This course was offered on the USF campus by HCC in the past, however thosearrangements are growing to a close by Fall 2010.

D. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, what wasthe enrollment?

This course was offered in the past by HCC on the USF campus. The number of 5 sectionsin the fall and 2 sections in the spring was developed from the past HCC enrollmentdata.

E. How frequently will the course be offered? What is the anticipated enrollment?

5 sections in the fall and 2 sections in the spring each academic year

F. Do you plan to drop a course if this course is added? If so, what will be the effect on the programand on the students? (Please forward the nonsubstantive course change form regarding the courseto be deleted to the Council secretary.)

No other courses are affected by this course being created at USF.

G. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (Listminimum qualifications for the instructor.)

The instructor will hold at least a masters degree and have at least 18 graduate levelcredits in mathematics or mathematics education.

4. Other Course Information

A. Objectives / Outcomes

Performance Objectives by content focus: Factoring: Factoring: • Students will be ableto factor quadratic expressions. • Students will be able to factor sums and differences ofcubes. • Students will be able to factor polynomials having common factors. AlgebraicFractions and Rational Expressions: • Students will be able to determine values forwhich an algebraic fraction is undefined. • Students will be able to perform operationsand express results in simplest form. • Students will be able to solve rational equations.• Students will be able to solve problems involving variation. Radicals and RationalExponents: • Students will be able to write expressions in simplest radical or rationalexponent form. • Students will be able to perform operations involving radicals andrational exponents. • Students will be able to rationalize denominators. • Students willbe able to solve rational equations. Complex Numbers: • Students will be able to definecomplex numbers. • Students will be able to perform operations involving complexnumbers. Quadratic Equations: • Students will be able to solve by factoring, takingroots, completing the square, quadratic formula. • Students will be able to use thediscriminant to determine the nature of the roots. Linear Equations and Inequalities intwo variables: • Students will be able to graph the solution set. • Students will be ableto write equations given various criteria. • Students will be able to solve systems ofinequalities graphically. Introduction to Functions: • Students will be able to define afunction. • Students will be able to write functions numerically, symbolically, andgraphically. Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities in one variable • Students will beable to solve and write solutions graphically • Students will be able to solve and writesolutions using interval notation. Applications: • Students will be able to solveapplication problems involving all of the types already listed above.

B. Major Topics

Factoring: Introduction to Functions: Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities in onevariable Algebraic Fractions and Rational Expressions: Radicals and Rational Exponents:Complex Numbers: Quadratic Equations: Linear Equations and Inequalities in twovariables: Applications of algebra in problem solving:

C. Textbooks

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A current Intermediate Algebra text. Possible texts would include Bello and Hopf.Intermediate Algebra, 3rd edition. McGraw Hill; 2009 Martin-Gay. Intermediate Algebra,5th edition. Pearson Prentice Hall; 2009. Angle and Runde. Intermediate Algebra forCollege Students, 8th edition. Pearson Prentice Hall; 2011.

5. Syllabus

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