Math 110A + 110S Hybrid

I am teaching 2 sections of Math 110A+110S Hybrid. The following information is the same for both sections.

The textbook and online homework system are both online and free, so there is no cost for this course beyond the regular tuition and fees.

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What does the 110A+110S system mean?

For this course you are required to enroll in both 110A, Calculus I, and 110S, Support for Calculus I. The fact that you have to enroll in two classes is just due to the college's system of how courses are made. You should think of this as being one 7-unit course, and not two separate courses. Here's how I think of it: in the traditional system, you were expected to know certain things (pre-calculus) before enrolling in Calculus I, and we would not use class time to cover those precalculus topics. With this system, it is not assumed that you know all of the precalculus topics, so we will use some class time to cover those topics, not in great depth, but to the extent that we will use them in calculus. So this system essentially gives us more class time to cover these topics.

Of note: Your schedule technically shows that we meet 1 hour per week for 110A and 2 hours per week for 110S. There will not be any separation between the 110A time and the 110S time. Again, think of this as being a 7-unit Calculus I course, where we meet for 3 hours per week in-person.

What does it mean that the class is hybrid?

The hybrid sections require students to do a significant amount of independent work online, and we will meet in-person for one 3-hour class each week. This is a combined 7-unit course, which by some standard estimations means that you should expect to spend approximately 21 hours per week on the course, including class time and independent time. The in-person class time is about 3 hours, so you should expect to spend approximately 18 hours per week working independently. This includes studying the book, watching videos, doing homework, and reviewing concepts.

All of the "lectures" of the course will be delivered online, through written section summaries and lecture videos. Students are expected to read their textbooks and follow along.

Homework will be given in two formats:

online homework through Canvas, which will be practice for getting correct answers
written textbook problems (just a few problems each week), which will be practice for organizing your work and communicating mathematically.

The grading will be based almost entirely on students' demonstrated understanding of the underlying concepts of the course, mostly through weekly quizzes, which will be administered in our in-person meetings.

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