NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:	Integrated Mathematics for Business & Social Sciences
Course Prefix & Number:	MATH 1324/ NCBM 0224	Section Number:	420	Semester/Year:	Spring 2019
Semester Credit Hours:	5	Lecture Hours:	80	Lab Hours:
Course Description for MATH 1324 (NCTC Catalog): The application of common algebraic functions, including polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and rational, to problems in business, economics, and the social sciences are addressed. The applications include mathematics of finance, including simple and compound interest and annuities; systems of linear equations; matrices; linear programming; and probability, including expected value. Course Description for NCBM 0224 (NCTC Catalog): Concepts instructed in this course are algebraic including polynomials and rational expressions, linear expressions and inequalities, exponents and radicals, absolute value equations and inequalities, factoring, and quadratic equations and graphs. This course does not count toward graduation at NCTC.
Course Prerequisite(s): Pass Math 0305 with a “C” or better, or earn satisfactory TSI Assessment placement score, or earn satisfactory placement score on another approved assessment.
Required Course Materials: Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences, Lial/Hungerford/Holcomb/Mullins, 12th edition, Pearson, 2019 with MyMathLab access OR MyMathLab access code (e-text included in ML access) Scientific calculator, TI-30X IIS is recommended Graphing calculators and phone calculators will not be allowed on exams.

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Aziel Wilson
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth Room 208
Office Hours:	MW 1:30 – 3 pm; TR 10:50 - 12:20 pm, 2 – 3 pm
Telephone Number:	(940) 498-6227
E-mail Address:	awilson@nctc.edu

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES MATH 1324

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
1	Apply elementary functions, including linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and exponential functions to solving real-world problems.
2	Solve mathematics of finance problems, including the computation of interest, annuities, and amortization of loans.
3	Apply basic matrix operations, including linear programming methods, to solve application problems.
4	Demonstrate fundamental probability techniques and application of those techniques, including expected value, to solve problems.
5	Apply matrix skills and probability analyses to model applications to solve real-world problems.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES NCBM 0224 (review material only)

	At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
1.	Define, represent, and perform operations on real and complex numbers.
2.	Recognize, understand, and analyze features of a function.
3.	Recognize and use algebraic (field) properties, concepts, procedures (including factoring), and algorithms to combine, transform, and evaluate absolute value, polynomial, radical, and rational expressions.
4.	Identify and solve absolute value, polynomial, radical, and rational equations.
5.	Identify and solve absolute value and linear inequalities.
6.	Model, interpret and justify mathematical ideas and concepts using multiple representations.
7.	Connect and use multiple strands of mathematics in situations and problems, as well as in the study of other disciplines.

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage or Point Values
	Participation	5%
35	Homework	10%
12	Quizzes	10%
4	Unit Tests	60%
1	Final Exam	15%

Grade Scale:   90 – 100% = A;   80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C;  60 – 69% = D;  Below 60% = F

Participation:  Your participation grade is a measure of your active participation in class.  Activities including, but not limited to, attendance, completing support assignments, class work, researching information, communication with instructor, and timely completion of work may be considered in this category. 

Practice (ML Homework): Homework exercises are available for you to practice the skills and reinforce concepts learned in class.  There is a homework assignment for every section we cover and it is recommended that students complete the homework assignment for each section, prior to the next class meeting.  The last date to complete homework for full credit will be on Sundays at 11:59 pm for sections covered the previous week.   After the due date students may work to improve scores on these assignments at any time prior to the last in-class unit test, for reduced credit.    If you have any issues accessing the homework, contact the instructor prior to the day it is due.

Quizzes: Each week you will have 5 attempts on an online quiz based on the sections covered the previous week.  Quizzes will be due on Monday night at 11:59 pm, but it is recommended that students complete.  You will have approximately 45-65 minutes for each online quiz attempt.  If your quiz is interrupted/disconnected, you will need to begin again using another attempt.   I will keep the highest score.

Exams: There will be 4 unit exams.  There are no makeup exams and exams may not be re-taken. Students that notify the instructor prior to the exam, may make alternate arrangements at the instructor’s discretion. All exams are paper and pencil, in-person exams.  

Final Exam: The final exam is required and comprehensive.  Additionally, if the final exam score is higher than the student’s lowest unit test, the final exam score will be used to replace that unit test score. If circumstances outside of the student’s control cause the student to miss a unit test, the final exam score will replace the zero earned on the missed unit test.

 

Students who have not registered with MyMathLab by January 28, 2019 may be dropped from the course.

The grading policy may be amended during the semester at the instructor’s discretion.

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE

Tentative Schedule: may be amended during the semester at the instructor’s discretion. 

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE  - Tentative Schedule

All online assignments are due by 11:59pm on their scheduled due date (see Canvas for assignment due dates).  There are no makeup exams for missed tests. This tentative Schedule: may be amended during the semester at the instructor’s discretion. 

Week 1, beginning Monday, January 21

• MLK Holiday
• Orientation
• Review: calculator basics, 1.1 real number system, exponent rules
• Prep:  Studying for Math

 

Week 2, beginning Monday, January 28

• Sections probability/9.1, 5.1, 5.2
• Homework, sections 9.1 W, 5.1F, 5.2F 
• Quiz #1 due calc,1.1, 9.1, 5.1

 

Week 3, beginning Tuesday, February 4

• Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
• Homework, sections 5.3W, 5.4F, 5.5F
• Prep: Discuss Test taking
• Quiz #2 due 5.2-5.5

 

Week 4, beginning Monday, February 11

• Review, like terms, lower -level linear equations, Section 1.6 linear equations
• Review for Test 1
• Exam #1:  Wednesday, February 13: (Sections 1.1, 9.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5)
• Prep:  Mindset (speaker)

 

Week 5, beginning Monday, February 18

• Review Test 1 (30 min- make appts)
• Concepts: absolute value, other types of equations,
• Sections 2.1 Graphs part A (graphing lines),
• Sections 2.2 Linear Equations,
• Quiz #3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2

 

Week 6, beginning Monday, February 25

• Sections 2.3 Linear Models,
• Sections 2.4 Linear inequalities, 3.3 Applications of linear functions
• Concepts: absolute value, other types of equations,
• Quiz #4, sections 2.3, 2.4, 3.3 and review topics

 

Week 7, beginning Monday, March 4

• Section 6.1 Systems of linear equations
• Section 6.2 larger systems,
• Exam #2:  Wednesday, March 6:  Weeks 4 –5 (Sections 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.3)
• Section 6.3 Applications of linear systems

 

Spring Break (March 11-March 17)

Week 8, beginning Monday, March 18

• Homework, section 6.4/ 6.5 Matrix operations, inverses
• 7.1A graph linear inequalities
• Quiz #5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4/6.5

 

Week 9, beginning Monday, March 25

• Homework, sections, 7.1-7.2 Linear programming
• Sections 3.1 Intro to functions,
• Review for Test 3
• Quiz #6, sections 7.1, 7.2

 

Week 10, beginning Monday, April 1 

• Exam #3:  Monday, April 8 (Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2)
• 3.2 Graphs of functions (offline assignment)
• Review simplifying Radicals
• Section 1.5 Exponents and radical, Section 1.7 Quadratic Equation
• Quiz #7, sections 3.1, 3.2, 1.5

 

Week 11, beginning Monday, April 8

• Offline Assignment due Wednesday 4/17
• Review factoring (practice in-class)/ Difference quotient with quadratics?
• 3.4 Quadratic Functions and Applications (max/min), graphing
• Section 3.5 Polynomial Functions Section, 2.5A Polynomial inequalities
• Quiz #8, sections 1.7, 3.4, 3.5,

 

Week 12, beginning Monday, April 15

• Review Rational Expressions
• Section 1.4 rational equations, start 3.6
• Section 3.6 rational function graphing, 2.5B Rational inequalities
• Review and Practice (in-class)
• Quiz #9, section 1.4, 2.5A

 

Week 13, beginning Monday, April 22

• Exam #4:  Monday, April 22 (Sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 2.5A, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5).
• Section 2.5 B Rational inequalities
• Review Exponent Rules
• Section 4.1 Exponential Functions
• Quiz #10, section 3.6, 2.5B, 4.1

 

Week 14, beginning Monday, April 29

• Section 4.2 Applications of Exponential Functions
• Section 4.4A Exponential Equations
• Section 4.3 Logarithmic Functions
• Quiz #11, section 4.2, 4.3

 

Week 15, beginning Monday, May 6

• Section 4.4 B Logarithmic Equations
• Quiz #12, section 4.4
• Review for final exam

 

Week 16, beginning Monday, May 13 Final Exam: Wednesday, May 15 (Required and Comprehensive). 10 am- 11:50 am   

 

All students at NCTC are assigned a student email address, also known as Lion Pride email. Lion Pride email can be accessed on the NCTC home page by clicking on MyNCTC, then the link “Lion Pride Email” to the left. After clicking the Lion Pride Email link, the Microsoft Office 365 window will open.
1. Enter your NCTC student e-mail address. (for example, Smithj123456@student.nctc.edu)

2. Enter your password (your NCTC Student ID Number, either 7 or 9 numbers).

3. From the list of Microsoft icons, choose MAIL.

4. You will be asked to set your language and local time zone (Central Time). Your account is now activated.

 

**It is the student’s responsibility to activate and regularly monitor the assigned NCTC (Lion Pride) e-mail account. Important announcements and notifications from the Admissions office, Financial Aid, or other college staff will be sent via the Lion Pride student email system.

 

For communicating with classmates and instructors, students also have an option to communicate through Canvas. Canvas messaging is NOT the same as Lion Pride e-mail. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mails (either in Lion Pride or in Canvas) is no excuse for not complying with the College Prep Attendance Policy or any other school policies. Be sure to regularly check BOTH the Lion Pride email as well as the Canvas inbox for important messages and information.

At North Central Texas College, students who test but do not meet the passing scores in ALL sections of the TSI Assessment or any other THECB approved testing measurements are required by state law to obtain TSI advising and continuously enroll in a formal college preparatory studies (developmental) program every semester until all TSI requirements are satisfied. TSI program attendance is MANDATORY. Non-compliance with the rules of attendance will result in a student being WITHDRAWN from the college preparatory and the college-level math courses and possibly being placed on academic hold at North Central Texas College. Withdrawals are subject to college policies as set forth in the college catalog.

 

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all College Prep classes for which they have registered. There are NO excused absences.  Faculty teaching College Preparatory courses will notify students of absences on a regular basis and one courtesy warning e-mail notification will be sent to the students’ current NCTC student e-mail address (Lion Pride email and/or Canvas email) when the student accrues 1 week absence (not necessarily consecutive days) in a course. Please check your NCTC student email (Lion Pride) frequently to ensure that you are receiving notifications from the college and from your instructors. Some faculty may send notifications in Canvas as well. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mail (Lion Pride) is no excuse for not complying with the Attendance Policy. It is the student's responsibility to maintain correct and current e-mail and local and permanent addresses with the college.

 

After a student has been absent from class 2 weeks (not necessarily consecutive days), the student may be dropped. A student dropped from the College Prep math course will also be dropped from the co-requisite credit math course. After a student receives an F/W in the same College Prep course twice, the student will receive a hold so that the student is blocked from enrolling in any other course except the required College Prep courses in the subsequent semester. This hold will be enforced even in summer.

Inform the instructor in writing during the first week of class of any religious holidays observed this semester. Documentation must be given to the instructor at the class following the holiday.

Also, since punctuality has become a problem in recent semesters, three tardies may be considered one absence. Coming in late disrupts the class. Occasions do occur that you will need to be tardy, but not on a consistent basis.

Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course with a “W” is Thursday, April 4, 2019.

 

MATH LAB Students who need help with any math class can visit the NCTC Mathematics Lab to receive assistance. No appointments are necessary. See the most current tutoring hours for all five campuses at http://www.nctc.edu/student-services/student-success/tutoring/mathematics-lab.html.      TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON TUTOR AVAILABILITY: GAINESVILLE – 1403 (Library) CORINTH – 182 FLOWER MOUND – 2nd floor in MSU Mon & Thurs 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Mon – Thurs 8:30 am – 6:30 pm Mon & Wed 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tues & Wed 9:00 am – 5:00 pm   Tues & Thurs 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Sun 1:00 – 5:00 pm Sat 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-498-6207.

North Central Texas College is committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112 http://www.nctc.edu/catalog/student-services/office-students-with-disabilities.html

 

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA (For classes in the Core)________          

o        Communication

x        Mathematics             

o        Life and Physical Science

o        Language, Philosophy & Culture

o        Creative Arts

o        American History

 

o        Government/Political Science

o        Social and Behavioral Sciences

o        Component Area Option

 

x          Critical Thinking

x          Communication

x          Empirical and Quantitative

 

o           Teamwork

o           Personal Responsibility

o           Social Responsibility

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CAMPUS RESTRICTIONS