NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Course title:  College Algebra

Course prefix, number, and section number:  MATH 1314 0840

Semester/Year of course:  Spring 2022

Semester start and end dates: (16-wk) 1/18/2022 – 5/14/2022

 

Modality:  Face to face: Class meeting location room #112 period 3B

 

Semester credit hours:  3 (Lecture hours: 48)

 

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.

 

Course prerequisites:  Meet TSI college-readiness standard for College Algebra or equivalent

 

Required course materials:  College Algebra, Lial/Hornsby/Schneider/Daniels, 13th edition, Pearson, 2021 or MyLab Math access code (e-text included in MyLab Math)

Scientific calculator, TI-30X IIS is recommended

Graphing calculators and phone calculators will not be allowed on exams.

 

Name of instructor: Albert Kamego

Office location: room #129

Telephone number: 940 – 497 - 4031

E-mail address: akamego@ldisd.net

Office hours for students:  MTWR 8:00am – 8:20am and 3:45pm – 4:15pm or by appointment

 

STUDENT HOURS (OFFICE HOURS)

Each week instructors have time set aside to meet with students outside of class. (Traditionally these times have been called “office hours”.) This is a time when a student may ask questions regarding the class, or discuss a particular problem/topic with an instructor one-on-one.  Student hours may be held in-person or online.  See below for instructions on where/when/how instructors will offer student hours in this class.

 

Email me or talk to me face to face to set up an appointment for office hours. Office hours will be held in room #129  

 

MATH TUTORING LAB

 

Students who need help with any math class can visit the NCTC Mathematics Lab to receive assistance.  There are math tutors available on every campus and online.  Sign up for an appointment or see the most current tutoring hours for all campuses at http://www.nctc.edu/student-services/student-success/tutoring/mathematics-lab.html

 

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

 

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

 

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

 

List of graded assignments:  

Section 1.1 HW lecture date: Jan 18 due date: Jan 23

Section 1.2 HW lecture date: Jan 20 due date: Jan 23

Section 1.3 HW lecture date: Jan 20 due date: Jan 23

Quiz #1 (1.1 - 1.3) due date: Jan 23

Section 1.4 HW lecture date: Jan 24 due date: Jan 30

Section 1.5 HW lecture date: Jan 26 due date: Jan 30

Section 1.6 HW lecture date: Jan 28 due date: Jan 30

Section 1.7 HW lecture date: Feb 1 due date: Feb 6

Quiz #2 (1.4 - 1.7) due date: Feb 6

Section 1.8 HW lecture date: Feb 3 due date: Feb 6

Section 2.1 HW lecture date: Feb 7 due date: Feb 13

Section 2.2 HW lecture date: Feb 9 due date: Feb 13

Quiz #3 (1.8 - 2.2) due date: Feb 13

Test #1 Review date: Feb 11

Test #1 date: Feb 15

Section 2.3 HW lecture date: Feb 17 due date: Feb 20

Section 2.4 HW lecture date: Feb 23 due date: Feb 27

Section 2.5 HW lecture date: Feb 23 due date: Feb 27

Section 2.6 HW lecture date: Feb 25 due date: Feb 27

Quiz #4 (2.3 - 2.6) due date: Feb 27

Section 2.7 HW lecture date: Mar 1 due date: Mar 6

Section 2.8 HW lecture date: Mar 1 due date: Mar 6

Section 3.1 HW lecture date: Mar 3 due date: Mar 6

Section 3.2 HW lecture date: Mar 3 due date: Mar 6

Quiz #5 (2.7 - 3.2) due date: Mar 6

Test #2 Review date: Mar 7

Test #2 date: Mar 9

Section 3.3 HW lecture date: Mar 11 due date: Mar 13

Section 3.4 HW lecture date: Mar 23 due date: Mar 27

Section 3.5 HW lecture date: Mar 23 / Mar 25 due date: Mar 27

Section 3.7 HW lecture date: Mar 25 due date: Mar 27

Quiz #6 (3.3 - 3.7) due date: Mar 27

Section 4.1 HW lecture date: Mar 29 due date: Apr 3

Section 4.2 HW lecture date: Mar 29 / Mar 31 due date: Apr 3

Section 4.3 HW lecture date: Mar 31 due date: Apr 3

Section 4.4 HW lecture date: Apr 4 due date: Apr 10

Quiz #7 (4.1 - 4.4) due date: Apr 10

Test #3 Review date: Apr 6

Test #3 date: Apr 8

Section 4.5 HW lecture date: Apr 12 due date: Apr 17

Section 4.6 HW lecture date: Apr 12 due date: Apr 17

Quiz #8 (4.5 - 4.6) due date: Apr 17

Section 5.1 HW lecture date: Apr 14 due date: Apr 17

Section 5.3 HW lecture date: Apr 14 / Apr 20 due date: Apr 24

Section 5.5 HW lecture date: Apr 20 due date: Apr 24

Quiz #9 (5.1, 5.3, 5.5) due date: Apr 24

Section 5.7 HW lecture date: Apr 22 due date: Apr 24

Section 7.1 HW lecture date: Apr 22 due date: Apr 24

Quiz #10 (5.7, 7.1) due date: Apr 24

Test #4 Review date: Apr 26

Test #4                       date: Apr 28

Final Review Week date: May 2 / May 4 / May 6

Final date May 10 / May 12

 

Grade Percentages

10% Average of 33 Homeworks

10% Average of 10 Quizzes

60% Average of 4 Exams

20% Final Exam

 

Final grade scale:  90 – 100% = A;   80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C;  60 – 69% = D;  Below 60% = F

*The final exam is a departmental comprehensive algebra exam and must be taken by all students. The final exam may also be used to replace the lowest unit test grade.

Your 4 lowest homework assignment grades and 2 lowest quiz grades will be dropped.  

 

Late work policy:

Late work will only be accepted for excused absences. I must be contacted by email within 24-hours of the absence and a time to make up work will be scheduled then.

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

 

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Integrity Policy:

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation, and collusion.  The use of online math solvers with submitted work is considered academic dishonesty.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Code of Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.   

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:

1. Zero on the assignment

2. Failing grade for the course

 

Attendance Policy:

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies. It is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval by the faculty member. Approved college-sponsored activities are also excused absences. The instructor is responsible for judging the validity of any reason given for an absence. Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work. Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless the absence is documented and excused by the instructor. Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives. Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

 

Withdrawal Policy

A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

 

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: (16-wk) Monday, April 4, 2022 

 

Student Learning Outcomes:  At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

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.

5. Recognize, solve, and apply systems of linear equations using matrices.

 

Core Objectives:

X Critical Thinking

X Communication

X Empirical and Quantitative

Teamwork

Personal Responsibility

Social Responsibility

 

COLLEGE POLICIES

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

https://www.nctc.edu/_documents/academics/student-handbook.pdf

 

ADA STATEMENT

NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations.  See the OSD Syllabus Addendum. 

STUDENT SERVICES

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

 

THE OFFICE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students with disabilities. OSD counselors and advisors also provide strategies for academic success; individual, career, and academic counseling services as well as referrals to campus and community services and assistance with admission and registration.

It is not necessary that a student with a disability disclose his/her disability to college officials if he/she is not requesting any accommodations.

OSD is federally funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Federal Grant.

NCTC is committed to making its degree and certificate programs accessible to all qualified persons in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Amendments Act, and The Rehabilitation Act (1973), Section 504.

REQUEST SERVICES

New Students

Accommodations require advance preparation.  Please make your request before the semester begins. 

Documentation is required before any accommodations can be provided.  Depending on your diagnosis, this documentation should come from a medical doctor, psychologist or other licensed or properly credentialed professional.

Current Students

Contact the OSD at the beginning of each semester well in advance of registration.

Contact Us

Please reach out to us to schedule and intake or if you have questions or concerns. 

Wayne Smith, OSD Manager, kwsmith@nctc.edu, (940) 498-6207 

Yvonne Sandmann, OSD Advisor, ysandmann@nctc.edu, (940) 668-3300

http://nctc.site/student-services/disability-services/index.html

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class.  If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division.  If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator:  Ben Owens

Office location:  Corinth 173

Telephone number:  940.498.6209

E-mail address:  bowens@nctc.edu 

 

Name of Instructional Dean:  Mary Martinson

Office location:  Gainesville 1403

Telephone number:  940.668.7731 ext. 4377

E-mail address:  mmartinson@nctc.edu