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<!-- MATH V03  SPRING 2009      COURSE INFORMATION PAGE XML FILE -->
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  <nomenclature>
    <section_title>Math V03</section_title> <!-- Specify time, e.g., "(4:30 Section)", if multiple sections of one course -->
    <course_number>Math V03</course_number>
    <academic_department>MATHEMATICS</academic_department>
    <semester_revised>SPRING</semester_revised> <!-- Specify "FALL", "SPRING", or "SUMMER" -->
    <calendar_year>2009</calendar_year>
  </nomenclature>

  <links>
    <linksked name="Instructor's schedule" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009haru/classked.pdf" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009haru/classked.pdf" />
    <linkstart name="Course start page" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009haru/m03.shtml" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009haru/m03.shtml" />
    <linkslo name="Student learning objectives" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/mathdept/MathSLO.shtml" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/mathdept/MathSLO.shtml" />
    <linkcore name="Core competencies" url="http://www.venturacollege.edu/assets/pdf/core_competencies/corecomps_math.pdf" description="http://www.venturacollege.edu/assets/pdf/core_competencies/corecomps_math.pdf" />
    <linkreturn name="Return link" url="courses/2009haru/m03.shtml" description="Back to course start page" />
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  <the_course>
    <units>5</units>
    <lecture_hours>5</lecture_hours>     <!-- Weekly lecture hours; leave blank if none -->
    <lab_hours></lab_hours>              <!-- Weekly lab hours; leave blank if none -->
    <position_in_sequence>second</position_in_sequence>  <!-- Leave blank (do not delete) if course is not sequential -->
    <generic_course_type>algebra</generic_course_type>  <!-- Text follows the preposition "in" -->
    <knowledge_assumed>a background in the basics of algebra</knowledge_assumed>
    <topics_covered>reviews solving and graphing equations, and then introduces functions, systems of equations and inequalities, radicals and rational exponents, complex numbers, quadratic functions (graphing and solving for zeros), exponential and logarithmic functions, and (if time permits) conic sections</topics_covered>
    <additional_topics>instruction in proper notation, word problems, calculator use, and emphasizes the importance of acquiring good study skills</additional_topics>
    <expected_outcomes>solve moderately complex systems of equations and inequalities; simplify and perform operations on expressions (and solve equations) containing radicals and/or rational exponents, exponentials, and logarithms; solve any quadratic equation or inequality; graph linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions and conic sections; and solve applied word problems</expected_outcomes>
  </the_course>

  <class_meetings>
    <lecture>
      <whenwhere>Monday through Friday 11:30 a.m.&ndash;12:20 p.m. in room SCI-351</whenwhere>
    </lecture>
  </class_meetings>

  <office_hours>
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    <office_times></office_times>
    <office_location>SCI-358 (north end of SCI building, third floor)</office_location>
    <tutorial_times>Tuesday 2:00&ndash;3:00 p.m., Wednesday 1:00&ndash;2:30 p.m., and Friday 9:30&ndash;10:30 a.m.</tutorial_times>
    <tutorial_location>Tutorial Center (first floor of LRC across the hall from the BEACH)</tutorial_location>
    <lab_times>Monday 7:00&ndash;8:30 p.m.</lab_times>
    <lab_location>Math Center (Room SCI-223)</lab_location>
    <classroom_times></classroom_times>
    <classroom_location></classroom_location>
  </office_hours>

  <prerequisites>
    <prerequisite_courses>Math V01 or equivalent</prerequisite_courses>
    <prerequisite_skills>how to solve and graph linear equations (including systems) and inequalities, perform operations on polynomials (particularly factoring), and simplify rational expressions</prerequisite_skills>
  </prerequisites>

  <course_materials>
    <textbook>
      <textbook_authors>E. Martin-Gay</textbook_authors>
      <textbook_title>Intermediate Algebra</textbook_title>
      <textbook_edition>Fifth</textbook_edition>
      <textbook_ISBN>0-13-600729-5</textbook_ISBN>
      <textbook_chapters>2.1; 2.4 through 2.7; 3.2; 3.3; 4.1 through 4.5; 5.4 through 5.8; 6.1, 6.2, 6.5; 7.1 through 7.7; 8.1 through 8.6; 9.1 through 9.7; and 10.1 through 10.2</textbook_chapters>
      <textbook_how_covered>in numerical order</textbook_how_covered>
    </textbook>
    <calculator>
      <calculator_capability>The calculator must be capable of evaluating powers, roots, exponentials, and logarithms</calculator_capability>
      <calculator_recommendation>The Department of Mathematics recommends that students planning to continue beyond Math&nbsp;V03 acquire a graphing calculator, such as the TI-82, TI-83, or TI-84</calculator_recommendation>
    </calculator>
    <zipdisk>N</zipdisk>
  </course_materials>

  <important_dates>
    <holidays>19 January, 13&ndash;16 February, and 3&ndash;10 April</holidays>
    <add_deadline>Friday 23 January (or Sunday 25 January via Webstar)</add_deadline>
    <full_refund>Friday 23 January (or Sunday 25 January via Webstar)</full_refund>
    <non_resident_refund>Friday 6 February</non_resident_refund>
    <drop_w_deadline>Friday 6 February</drop_w_deadline>
    <cr_nc_deadline>Tuesday 17 February</cr_nc_deadline>
    <drop_f_deadline>Friday 24 April</drop_f_deadline>
    <homework_deadline></homework_deadline>
    <final_examination>
      <whenwhere>Room SCI-351, 10:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 noon, Friday&nbsp;15&nbsp;May</whenwhere>
    </final_examination>
  </important_dates>

</course_information>