MATH 102 - Suggested Weekly Schedule

Textbook: Fundamentals of College Algebra, 10th Ed. by Swokowski & Cole

Note: This is a fall or spring schedule. In summer, this schedule is accelerated by a factor of 3 in order to accommodate a 5-week session.

Suggested Schedule

• Week 1
  • Chapter 1 Review, Section 2.1
    Topics covered: equations and inequalities
• Week 2
  • Sections 2.2–2.4
    Topics covered: applications of equations, quadratic equations, complex numbers
• Week 3
  • Sections 2.4–2.6
    Topics covered: other equations, inequalities
• Week 4
  • Sections 2.7, 3.1–3.2
    Exam. Topics covered: rectangular coordinate systems and graphs
• Week 5
  • Sections 3.3–3.5
    Topics covered: lines and functions
• Week 6
  • Sections 3.6–3.8
    Topics covered: quadratic functions, operations on functions and inverse functions
• Week 7
  • Sections 3.9, 4.1–4.2
    Topics covered: variation, polynomials
• Week 8
  • Sections 4.3–4.4
    Exam 2. Topics covered: zeros of polynomials, complex roots
• Week 9
  • Sections 4.5, 5.1
    Topics covered: rational functions, exponential functions
• Week 10
  • Sections 5.2–5.4
    Topics covered: more on exponentials, logarithms
• Week 11
  • Sections 5.4–5.5, 6.1
    Topics covered: exponential and logarithmic equations, systems of equations
• Week 12
  • Sections 6.1–6.3
    Exam 3. Topics covered: systems of linear equations and inequalities
• Week 13
  • Sections 6.6–6.8
    Topics covered: algebra of matrices, inverse of a matrix, determinants
• Week 14
  • Sections 6.9, 7.1
    Topics covered: more on determinants, infinite sequences
• Week 15
  • Sections 7.2–7.3
    Topics covered: arithmetic and geometric sequences
• Comprehensive Final exam.