Typical 10 week schedule

Week:Topics covered:Assignments, Quizzes & Exams due:
Week 1Prerequisite material
Absolute value equations & inequalities
Writing equation of lines & slopes
Assignments 1-4
Assignments 5 & 6
Week 2Slopes as rates of change
Intro to functions
Piecewise functions & transformations
Assignments 7-9
Quiz 1
Week 3Systems of equations
Operations on polynomials
Factoring polynomials & Solving quadratic equations by factoring
Assignments 10-12
Quiz 2
Week 4Rational expressions (part I)
Rational expressions (part II)
Assignments 13 & 14
Quiz 3
Week 5Radical basics & rational exponents
Operations on radical expressions
Assignments 15 & 16
Midterm Exam
Week 6Imaginary & complex numbers
Solving quadratic equations by other methods
The algebra, composition & inverse of functions
Assignments 17-19
Quiz 4
Week 7Intro exponential & logarithmic functions
Properties of logarithms
Assignments 20 & 21
Quiz 5
Week 8Solving exponential & log equations & apps
Parabolas & Circles
Assignments 22 & 23
Quiz 6
Week 9Trigonometry & the unit circle
Right triangle trigonometry
Assignments 24 & 25
Quiz 8
Week 10Trigonometry & the unit circleAssignment 26
Final Exam