The textbook for the course is Aufmann, Barker & Lockwood, Basic College Mathematics, An Applied Approach, Eighth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 ISBN# 0-618-50305-6. This same textbook is used for both AE108 and AE109.

AE108 covers chapters 1 - 6
AE109 covers chapters 7 - 12

Students will need to purchase the textbook for this course by contacting Laura Parish at the virtual college office. All of the lessons refer to sections in the textbook making it essential to this course. It contains all the assignments, a tutorial Cd providing additional help in many areas of the textbook, and comes with the e-instructor at Smarthinking ( an on-line tutorial service, where you can either email your questions and wait for answers, or you can actually connect live with an e-instructor who will walk you through your problems). The Smarthinking service is accessible at no additional cost for one year from the date of purchase of the textbook, so it is essential if you are taking both courses that you complete them within the one-year period.

 

Applications

One way to motivate an interest in mathematics is through applications. Whenever appropriate, the last objective of a section presents applications that require the student to use problem-solving strategies, along with the skills covered in that section, to solve practical problems. This approach generates student awareness of the value of Mathematics as a real-life tool.

Chapter six is devoted to real-life applictions.

 

Resource Help

Resource help for each lesson is available from a variety of sources:

the student text-specific web site - This site contains references to each section of the textbook to help you understand the material better. Just click on Text Specific Information

real, on-line one-on-one instruction. This link provides a tutor who will answer your questions on your own computer screen. The tutors are available from 1:00 - 4:00 every weekday afternoon, and from 9:00 - 11:00 every evening. Just click on Smarthinking

24 hour tutoring - ask a question and receive a reply within 24 hours. During the hours that the tutors are not available, you can email your question and they will respond to your email within 24 hours. Just click on Smarthinking

Practice Tests - At the end of each section in the textbook, there are practice tests available for you to try. To access these, click on Practice Tests

The Instructor - either by email at Mike Turco or on the virtual college bulletin board.

BMCC chat board - Here you can communicate with either the instructor or share problems and successes with others in your course.

BMCC Tutorial - This service is offered through Bay Mills Community College

 

Icons

Icons at each objective head remind students that there are videos and tutorials available for that lesson. To view its relative information, click on the word "Icon" whenever it appears in the lesson.