Math 108

Detailed Syllabus and Schedule

The actual pace of the course may vary a bit.

Week Sections

1: J 12-16 Review Ch 1, department quiz, 2.3

2: J 19-23 MLK Day, 2.5, 2.6

3: J 26-30 2.7, 2.8, 3.2

4: F 2 - 6 3.3, 12.1, 3.4, Friday: Test 1

5: F 9 -13 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

6: F 16-20 4.4, 4.5

7: F 23-27 5.1, 5.2

8: M 1 - 5 5.3, 5.4

*: M 8 -12 SPRING BREAK

9: M 15-19 5.5, 5.6

10: M 22-26 5.7, Friday: Test 2

11: M 29-A2 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

12: A 5 - 9 6.4, 6.5

13: A 12-16 6.6, 6.7

14: A 19-23 11.1-11.4, 12.6

15: A 26-30 Monday: Test 3, REVIEW FOR FINAL

*: M 3 - 7 FINAL EXAMS

Week	Sections
1: J 12-16	Review Ch 1, department quiz, 2.3
2: J 19-23	MLK Day, 2.5, 2.6
3: J 26-30	2.7, 2.8, 3.2
4: F 2 - 6	3.3, 12.1, 3.4, Friday: Test 1
5: F 9 -13	4.1, 4.2, 4.3
6: F 16-20	4.4, 4.5
7: F 23-27	5.1, 5.2
8: M 1 - 5	5.3, 5.4
*: M 8 -12	SPRING BREAK
9: M 15-19	5.5, 5.6
10: M 22-26	5.7, Friday: Test 2
11: M 29-A2	6.1, 6.2, 6.3
12: A 5 - 9	6.4, 6.5
13: A 12-16	6.6, 6.7
14: A 19-23	11.1-11.4, 12.6
15: A 26-30	Monday: Test 3, REVIEW FOR FINAL
*: M 3 - 7	FINAL EXAMS

Some skipped sections we expect students to already know. You should read these on your own. You can still be tested on these. Others really are skipped. Some parts of included sections are skipped. Some sections should just be skimmed.

Skipped or skimmed sections and subsections

Chapter 1: should already know. Review quickly.
2.1, 2.2, & 2.4, you should already know.
2.3: You should know this already, but we review anyway.
3.1: You should know already, except for scatter diagrams, which are skipped.
3.5, 3.6: really skipped.
5.1: skip curve fitting.
5.4: optional, but makes some later problems easier.
5.5: Descartes' Rule of Signs & Bounds on Zeros are optional.
6.4: skip curve fitting.
6.8: really skipped.
12.1: All we want is for the students to be able to find the point where two lines intersect or see that they are parallel or the same. (The book is setting up the way for matrices, which we do not cover.)

Note: All of the material should have been covered in your high school college preparatory math courses. So, in a sense it is all review.