DC PreCalculusMATH 1314

Fall 2017

Instructor Information:Name: Angela CalvinOffice Location: 2301Office Phone: 903-737-7400 ext 2590Email: acalvin@parisjc.edu or angela.calvin@parisisd.net Office Hours: Monday through Friday 3 to 3:50 pm

Course Information:Course Title: College Algebra/Pre-CalculusClass Room Number & Campus: PHS 2301Class Meeting Days & Times: Monday Through Friday 9:45 to 10:35 am, 10:40 to 11:30am, or 12:05 to 1:00 pm

Required Textbook and Materials: PreCalculus by Carter, Cuevas, Day, and Malloy McGraw Hill Publishing ISBN # 978-0-02-140250-2

Course Description: In-depth study and applications of polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations using matrices. Additional topics such as sequences, series, probability, and conics may be included. Pre-requisite: MATH 0401 or two years high school algebra and appropriate placement test.

Methods of Instruction/Course Format/Delivery:

This course is conducted using a traditional lecture format. There will be projects and other group activities throughout the school year as well.

Important Dates:

August 28th First Day of Class (PJC)September 4th Labor DaySeptember 13th Official Reporting DayNovember 16th Last day to drop class with WNovember 22nd Thanksgiving WeekDecember 11- 14th Final Exam Week

Evaluation Methods:

Progress reports are given at the end of the first three weeks of each grading period. The grading scale is as follows:

90% – 100% A80% – 89% B70% – 79% C0% – 69% F

Your grading weight will be:

Homework/Classwork 25%Tests/Quizzes 75%

Your grade calculation for the semester will be:

1st 9 weeks 40%2nd 9 weeks 40%Semester 1 Exam 20%

3rd 9 weeks 40%4th 9 weeks 40%Semester 2 Exam 20%

All quiz grades will count as 1 test grade, all unit tests will count as 2 test grades. The mid-term will count as 3 test grades. No test or quiz will be dropped under any circumstance. No test or quiz can be retaken. If you are absent the day of a test or a quiz, you have 2 class days to take the test or a quiz, otherwise, it will be a zero in the grade book. All tests are closed notes and closed book. Quizzes are allowed one sheet of paper for notes.

Ordinarily, there are no make-up tests; exceptions to this policy will be considered on a case-by-case basis. You must determine BEFORE the exam date whether your excuse will be acceptable.

All tests and quizzes must be finished in the day it was given. Everyone is allowed one full class period to finish their test. If you are allowed extra time, you must come in after school that same day to finish. You will not be allowed to come in the next day to finish your test or a quiz, so you will need to make the appropriate arrangements. All tests and quizzes must be finished by 5pm the day they are given.

Homework is assigned on a regular basis. It will be collected on certain days and only certain problems will be graded. Students will not know which problems until the day of the turn in and each class will have a different set of problems to turn in. Students will be able to transfer their homework answers from their homework binder only. Students will not be allowed to use a textbook or work with each other when homework is to be turned in. No homework will be accepted late. If you are absent the day that homework is to be turned in, you must come in during tutorials the next day to turn in your homework assignment. Your absence must be excused in order to receive credit for the homework assignment. If your absence is unexcused, your homework assignment will not be accepted.

Cooperative Learning Groups

You may do some of the work of this course in cooperative learning groups. It seems to work best if there are three or four students in each group. You will be working with your small group in class and on certain homework assignments

Working well in a group is an important skill. Some of you may enjoy the group work more than others, and all of you will benefit from further developing this skill. After graduation, most of you will be working in jobs which will require you to function as a member of a project team. One objective of group work in this course is to help you to develop skills in working effectively as part of a team.

One of the objectives of this course is to help you to learn to think about problems mathematically and to solve the problems on your own. Working with your colleagues in this class and talking about problems with your group members are strategies to help you better understand a problem situation from several points of view.

Student Expectations

Responsibilities of students:

Come to class on time, prepared and ready to learn. Treat all people in the classroom with common courtesy and respect. Participate in class to the best of your ability. Remain quiet and in their seats until they are dismissed by the teacher at the end of class. Maintain a personal standard of academic ethics. In no way participate or give the appearance of contributing to any cheating, copying, or plagiarizing. Communicate with their parents/guardians about their progress in the course. Aim for success!!! Do your best to successfully complete the course and aim for an “A”!

Daily Classroom Procedures

Before Entering the Classroom: Use the restroom. Students will not be allowed to use the restroom while the lesson is being given (unless there is an emergency). Make sure you have your textbook, binder, pencil, calculator, and completed assignments.

When You First Enter the Classroom: Sit in a seat. Place everything but the instructional materials on the floor. Begin "warm up" problems as part of the next assignment while attendance is being taken.

When You Leave the Classroom: Make sure you have written down the homework. Leave your desk area clean.

Return any supplies that you used to me.

Attendance:You are expected to attend and participate in class and complete all assignments by the assigned due date. Attendance will be taken daily within the first 5 minutes of class. You will be counted as tardy if you are not in the classroom and in your seat when the bell rings. You CAN NOT expect to do well in this class without attending class, doing the required homework, and participating in assignments.

General Policies and Procedures: Students must use appropriate language in all emails, class discussions, and postings. No cell phones, pagers, tablets, books, notes, or other electronic materials may be used by students during testing. Tests are to be taken at the time scheduled. No retests are allowed and makeup.  If a student should need to leave the testing room during a test, the student may choose to take the grade on the completed portion of the exam. Violations of these class conduct policies may result in the student being removed from the class and/or being assigned additional or different class work and assessments.   PJC Student's Standard of Conduct as well as the PHS Student Handbook will be followed as well.

Cellular Phones, Beepers, Computers, Smart Watches & Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s)All cell phones, beepers, computers, tablets, and personal digital assistants (PDA’s) must be turned off or in silent mode while in class. If you have a Smart watch, it must be taken off during the class period. Under no circumstances should a cell phone or beeper sound during class. If a cell phone or beeper does sound during class the student may be asked to leave for the remainder of the period and the cellphone will be collected. The only exception to this rule includes peace officers, EMT, EMS, or other emergence personnel, and their devices should be in silent mode (not vibrate) or approved for ADA purposes.

Academic Honesty:

“Scholastic dishonesty” shall include, but not be limited to, cheating, plagiarism, and collusion.“Cheating” shall include, but not be limited to:1. Copying from another student’s test or class work;2. Using test materials not authorized by the person administering the test;3. Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without

permission from the test administrator4. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing or soliciting in whole or in part, the

contents of an un-administered test, paper, or another assignment5. The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of the

un-administered test

6. Substituting for another student, or permitting another student t o substitute for one’s self, to take a test

7. Bribing another person to obtain an un-administered test or information about an un-administered test

8. Manipulating a test, assignment, or final course grades.

“Plagiarism” shall be defined as the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own written work.

“Collusion” shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements.

Accommodations:

Paris Junior College complies with the needs of students who fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). PJC will provide reasonable accommodations for students with qualified disabilities. It is the responsibility of the student to contact and disclose the nature and extent of the disability to the ADA Coordinator located in the Counseling/Advising Center at all campuses.

Foundational Component Area: Mathematics Courses in this category focus on quantitative literacy in logic, patterns, and relationships. Courses involve the understanding of key mathematical concepts and the application of appropriate quantitative tools to everyday experience.

Required Core ObjectivesStudent Learning Outcomes (Core Curriculum-Level):

1. Demonstrate Critical Thinking Skills--to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.

2. Demonstrate Communications Skills--to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.

3. Demonstrate Empirical and Quantitative Skills-to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.

Student Learning Outcomes (Mathematics Program-Level:1. Apply algebraic, analytic, geometric, or statistical reasoning to solve abstract and applied

problems appropriate to an individual discipline.2. Interpret mathematical, quantitative or symbolic models such as formulas, graphs and

tables, and draw inferences from them.3. Construct and interpret mathematical models using numerical, graphical, symbolic, and

verbal representations with the help of technology in order to draw conclusions or make predictions.

Student Learning Outcomes (MATH 1314 Course-Level)

1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of properties of functions, including domain and range, operations, compositions, and inverses.

2. Recognize and apply polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions and solve related equations.

3. Apply graphing techniques.4. Evaluate all roots of higher degree polynomial and rational functions.

Semester Schedule

TOPICS: The topics to be discussed are listed below with an approximate pacing.

I. Introduction (week 1)

Goals for Course Working in Groups Calculators & Computers Number System

II. Review (weeks 1 & 2)

Absolute Values Inequalities Integer Exponents Polynomials Radicals & Fractional Exponents Pythagorean Theorem

III. Equations (weeks 3 & 4)

Linear Equations Quadratic Equations Applications of Equations Other Equations

IV. Inequalities (weeks 5 & 6)

Linear Inequalities Quadratic Inequalities

Applications of Inequalities

V. Graphing (weeks 7, 8 & 9)

Intro to Graphing Distance Midpoint Formulas Circles Lines

VI. Functions (weeks 10 & 11)

Definition & Notation Function Operations Graphs of Functions Functions as Models Quadratic Functions One-to-One Functions & Inverses

VII. Exponentials & Logarithms (weeks 12, 13 & 14)

Definitions & Graphs of Exponential Functions

Exponential Growth & Decay Logarithmic Functions Exponential & Logarithmic

Applications

DC Pre-Calculus Syllabus Acknowledgment Form

Please read and sign the following.

I have received and read the syllabus for DC Pre-Calculus.

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Calculator Release Form

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Your child is assigned a calculator to assist in his/her classwork. This calculator must remain in the classroom and may not be checked out for any reason. These calculators are an expensive investment that the school has made on behalf of your child’s education. Your child will be responsible for any loss or damage that occurs while the calculator is assigned to be in his/her possession. Please, remind your child to check that the calculator is functioning properly each day even if he/she chooses not to use it that day. Please sign in the appropriate space below that you have seen and read this release form. Have your child return this form to me.

Sincerely,

Angela Calvin

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