Pikes Peak State College | MAT 0340 & MAT 1340 | 2 credits & 4 credits| Spring 2026
This syllabus is provided as a website so you can easily access it from your smartphone, and provide you with essential information to support you with a successful start in this course. I encourage you to bookmark it on your phone so it's easy to find and reference when you need it.
Hi! I'm Carrie Baldwin and I will be your online instructor for MAT 0340 & 1340: College Algebra with Support. Please take 1-minute to watch my introduction video and learn a little about me. Then explore the rest of this page to get prepared for Day 1.
See you online!
-Carrie
Instructor: Carrie M. Baldwin
Email: carrie.baldwin@pikespeak.edu
Office: Rampart Campus W 119b
Office Phone: 719.502.3644
Student Hours: By appointment.
Class Day/Time: Online
Class Location: https://mycourses.cccs.edu/
Science, Engineering, & Math Division
Rampart Range W119
719.502.3600
Need individual help or guidance?
I am here for you! My preferred contact method is email.
There is nothing too trivial to email me about and I will never feel "bugged" by too many emails from you.
If you contact me Monday-Friday, I will respond by 5pm. If I can reply over the weekends, it might take me longer.
I'm happy to arrange times to meet individually with you in a virtual environment if that's preferred. Just let me know!
I can be available other days & times. What works for you?
Have a general course-related question?
Use the Online Office Discussion Board. Your question will be seen by your peers and if anyone has the answer - by all means, answer it!
If your question is personal in nature, please send it directly to me through email.
Textbook: College Algebra with Corequisite Support, 1st edition
Calculator: a scientific calculator is allowed. The TI-83, 84, 86 graphing calculators are encouraged. (This is what I use in all videos and examples.)
Computer & Internet Access: This is a 100% online course, so internet access is required. You will be submitting assignments multiple times a week.
Determination, hard work, and a desire to succeed!
6 Credit Hour(s) • 90 Contact Hours (Lecture)
Focuses on a variety of functions and the exploration of their graphs. Topics include: equations and inequalities, operations on functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, linear and non-linear systems, and an introduction to conic sections. This course provides essential skills for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) pathways. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-MA1 category.
The course competency information can be found on the Master Course Syllabus.
College academic and student policies required for all courses can be found on the Institutional Syllabus.
This is a 15-week, fully online, course starting January 20 and ending on May 10
The main course site is D2L. But we will also use ALEKS for assignments.
There is a required textbook, and ALEKS access is required for completing assignments and exams.
You will learn in a community with your peers.
This class does not meet regularly. Your learning will be conducted asynchronously (not live) in D2L.
This class is organized into modules, each taking 1-2 weeks to complete.
Each module contains readings, lecture videos, homework, quizzes, and an exam.
You can expect to spend a minimum of 15 hours per week in this class. You will be allowed (and encouraged) to work ahead. Some topics will "click" right away, and that's when you should work ahead. Then, if you get to a topic that doesn't "click"' right away, you have some extra time to process and ask for help.
January 20 Classes Begin
February 4 Drop Date
April 16 Withdraw Date
May 10 Classes End
May 14 Grades Due