Within each section are links to notes, video lectures,
technology guides, demonstrations in Desmos,
practice exercises, problems, and past exams.
Chapters enumerated with § refer to
College Algebra 6ed , Harshbarger & Yocco
Week One · January 22
Mon/Tuesday – §1.1 Functions and Models
Wednes/Thursday – §1.2 Graphs of Functions
Week Two · January 29
Mon/Tuesday – Syllabus, and §1.3 Linear Functions
Wednes/Thursday – §1.4 Equations of Lines
Week Three · February 5
Mon/Tuesday – §2.1 Solutions of Linear Equations
Wednes/Thursday – §2.2 Fitting Lines to Data Points
Week Four · February 12
Mon/Tuesday – §2.3 Systems of Linear Equations and §2.4 Inequalities
Wednes/Thursday – First Midterm Exam
Week Five · February 19
Mon/Tuesday – §3.1 Quadratic Functions; Parabolas
Wednes/Thursday – §3.2 Solving Quadratic Equations
Notes: Quadratic Equations, Part II , Paul Dawkins
Notes: Quadratic Equations, A Summary , Paul Dawkins
Notes: Applications of Quadratic Equations , Paul Dawkins
Notes: Parabolas , Paul Dawkins
Lecture: The Square Root Method in Solving Quadratics , Professor Leonard
Lecture: Using Factoring to Solve Quadratics , Professor Leonard
Lecture: Completing the Square Made Easy , Professor Leonard
Lecture: Proving the Quadratic Formula , Professor Leonard
Lecture: Using the Quadratic Formula , Professor Leonard
Lecture: Graphing Quadratic Functions , Professor Leonard
TI-Calc Guide: Programming the Quadratic Formula into a TI-83/84+ Calculator
Class Problem Sheet
Week Six · February 26
Mon/Tuesday – §3.3 Power and Root Functions, and Direct Variation
Wednes/Thursday – §3.5 Quadratic and Power Modelling
Week Seven · March 4
Mon/Tuesday - §3.4 Piecewise-Defined Functions
Wednes/Thursday – §4.1 Transformations of Graphs and §4.2 Combining Functions
Week Eight · March 11
Mon/Tuesday – §4.3 One-to-One and Inverse Functions
Wednes/Thursday – Second Midterm Exam
Week Nine · March 18
Week Ten · March 25
Mon/Tuesday – §5.1 Exponential Functions
Wednes/Thursday – §5.2 Logarithmic Functions
Week Eleven · April 1
Mon/Tuesday – §5.3 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
Wednes/Thursday – §5.4 Exponential and Logarithmic Models
Week Twelve · April 8
Mon/Tuesday – §5.5 Exponential Functions and Investing
Wednes/Thursday – §5.6 Annuities; Loan Repayment
Week Thirteen · April 15
Mon/Tuesday – §5.7 Logistic and Gompertz Functions
Wednes/Thursday – Third Midterm Exam
Week Fourteen · April 22
Mon/Tuesday – §6.1 Higher-Degree Polynomial Functions
Wednes/Thursday – §6.2 Cubic and Quartic Functions
Week Fifteen · April 29
Mon/Tuesday – §6.3 Solving Polynomial Equations
Wednes/Thursday – §6.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Week Sixteen · May 6
Mon/Tuesday – §6.5 Rational Functions
Wednes/Thursday – §6.6 Rational Inequalities
Final Exam
Section 005 → Monday May 13 @ 10am
Section 001 → Wednesday May 15 @ 10am