Course Materials

The following are the required materials for Math 140 Precalculus Online:

    Textbook:     Precalculus Graphs and Models, third edition,

                                by Bittinger, Beecher, Ellenbogen, and Penna   

                              ISBN: 0-321-27906-9

                              Publisher: Addison Wesley          

    MyMathLab  (www.mymathlab.com) (An access card is required.)

        We will be using MyMathLab/CourseCompass for all of our homework assignments, all of

        our quizzes, and all of our unit tests.  (We will only do a Midterm Exam, a Final Exam, and

        two writing assignments in a paper and pencil format.)

                        Your textbook, if purchased at the Jackson Community College Bookstore,

                        was bundled with several resources, including MyMathLab. 

                        In the MyMathLab package, you will find a Student Access Card.

                        Please Note:  If you did not purchase your textbook at the Jackson Community

                        College Bookstore, you will need to purchase MyMathLab separately.  You can do this

                        online using a credit card or the bookstore will order it for you.

    Calculator:      Graphing Calculator is required - TI-83 Plus is recommended

                                The TI-83 Plus is recommended for the course.  This is the calculator that is

                                 used in the textbook examples and illustrations, thus it would be to your

                                 advantage to have the same model.  I will be able to assist people in the

                                 usage of their calculators if they have a TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI-85

                                 or TI-86. 

                                 If you have any other calculator, you will need to learn it on your own.

The following materials are not required, but will be a great asset to the online student taking Math 140 Precalculus.  These are excellent resource materials to facilitate the self-teaching of the material.

    Student's Solutions Manual   (ISBN: 0-321-28794-0)

            Provides step-by-step solutions for every odd numbered exercise in the text

    Digital Video Tutor   (ISBN: 0-321-28887-4)

            Complete set of digitized videos on CD-ROMs for students to use at home or on campus

          Since there is no formal classroom environment for this online course, these will provide the

          student a visual presentation in lecture format on each section of the text.

    Graphing Calculator Manual  (ISBN: 0-321-28888-2)

            Contains keystroke level instruction for the Texas Instruments TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus,

            and TI-89

    Addison-Wesley Math Tutor Center 

        (www.aw-bc.com/tutorcenter) (An access card is required.)

    Please Note:  If the student purchases his/her textbook from the

                         Jackson Community College bookstore, it will come

                         packaged with the following materials:

                            1.    Textbook

                            2.    MyMathLab

                            3.    Digital Video Tutor

                            4.    Graphing Calculator Manual

The Student's Solutions Manual  will be available for purchase separately at the bookstore.

The packaged set of materials should be the least expensive way to go about getting all of the required materials for the course, plus two of the helpful resources.