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HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FORM 335

Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]

1. Digital Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised digital description below):

Credit hours: 3.0

Lecture hours: 3.0

Lab hours: 0.0

Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:

[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [X] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%

(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of in-class instruction.)

2. Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):

In-Class Instruction: 24

Lab Instruction:

3. Catalog Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised description in space below):

Designed to augment the knowledge of the student who has limited background in algebra: fundamental operations, special products and factors, functions and fractional equations, exponents, radicals, quadratic equations. A course fee is required.

Minimum Grade Required

4. Prerequisites [§335.2]: MATH 020 C

Corequisites:

Other: Placement through the College Testing and Placement Program

5. Learning Outcomes [§335.2]

[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential

knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Perform the operations of multiplication and synthetic division on polynomials

• Simplify and perform the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on rational expressions, radical expressions, and complex numbers

• Factor polynomials by substitution and multi-step techniques

• Solve each of the following: absolute value equations, absolute value inequalities, quadratic equations, rational equations, systems of linear equations in three unknowns, and radical equations

• Use the laws of exponents to simplify expressions containing rational exponents

• Translate real life applications into mathematical equations, formulate problem solving strategies, and interpret the solutions

• Determine whether a relation is a function, evaluate functions, interpret functions, and use function notation

• Graph solution sets for linear and non-linear functions in two unknowns and identify domain and range of the functions

6. Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]

[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Linear and Non-Linear Functions

Systems of 3 Equations

Polynomials and Factoring

Rational Expressions & Equations

Rational Exponents & Radicals

Quadratic Equations & Functions

Exams

7. Assessment of Student Learning [§335.44]

[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]

Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by the Shared Governance Policy – Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s assessment management system.

Student assessment includes tests and a comprehensive final exam. Other forms of assessment may include, but are not limited to, the following: proctored gateway exams, class participation, graded assignments, projects, portfolios, and/or quizzes. All assessment instruments cover course competencies and are in accordance with the course policy on file in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.

8. List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use) [§335.2]: C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

A, I: Intermediate Algebra (latest edition) by Rockswold & Krieger

|NAME AND SIGNATURE |DATE |

|1. Discipline Faculty Proponent: George Lehman |9/29/14 |

|2. Curriculum Manager & College Catalog Editor: Erika Steenland |3/30/15 |

|3. Department Chairperson (Discipline Approval): | |

This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A/B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the College’s mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer accredited four-year colleges and universities.

|NAME AND SIGNATURE |DATE |

|4. Associate Provost: | |

|5. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: | |

9. Original Date of course approval by the college: 196510

10. Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:

8/72, 5/75, 1/76, 7/77, 1/79, 9/79, 4/82, 6/85, 12/85, 6/86, 12/87, 5/88, 12/88, 1/90,

5/90, 1/91, 7/92, 12/98, 5/99, 5/03,

12/14/06 (additional textbook)

9/07 – learning outcomes

1/08 – textbook change effective

2/09 – Learning Outcomes, Learning Activities, Textbook Updates

4/10 – Assessment Statement & Textbook Updates

9/10 – Assessment Statement

10/12 – Learning Outcomes & Planned Sequence of Instruction

8/13 – Textbook Change

9/14 – Planned Sequence of Instruction to align to the 14 + 1 semester – Summer 15

06/03/15 – Added new blended ratio format & approved maximum enrollment number - nb

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