Syllabus

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

Course Title:

Calculus for Business & Social Sciences

Course Prefix & Number: 

MATH1325

Section Number: 

401

Semester/Year:

Fall 2019

Semester Credit Hours:

3

Lecture Hours:

48

Lab Hours:

 

Course Description (NCTC Catalog): This course is the basic study of limits and continuity, differentiation, optimization and graphing, and integration of elementary functions, with emphasis on applications in business, economics, and social sciences. This course is not a substitute for MATH 2413, Calculus I.           

Course Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 College Algebra or MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences

Required or Recommended Course Materials: Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences, Lial/Hungerford/Holcomb/Mullins, 12th edition, Pearson, 2019 or MyMathLab access code (e-text included in MML 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 208

Office Hours:

M/W 10:00 am - 10:50 am, 3:20 pm – 4:20 pm

T/R 11:00 am – 12:20 pm, 2:30 pm – 3:50 pm, 6:20 pm -6:50 pm

Telephone Number:

(940)  498-6227

E-mail Address:

Awilson@nctc.edu

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Point Values

 

Attendance

5%

20

Homework

10%

12

Quizzes

15%

4

Unit Exams

60%

1

Final Exam

10%

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

Homework: Homework consists of exercises to practice skills and reinforce concepts learned in class.  It is due at 11:59 pm on its due date.

 

Quizzes: Students will have up to 3 attempts on online quizzes.  Online quizzes will be due at 11:59 pm on their due date and are based on the sections from the previous week. It is recommended that students review and attempt online quizzes in advance.  Students may freely ask questions about material in online quizzes during class. I will keep the highest scores for each online quiz.

 

Exams: There will be 4 unit exams and a final exam. The exams will be short answer, where students must show their work on the test.  Partial credit will be awarded as deemed appropriate by the instructor and scratch paper will be provided.  Students that notify the instructor prior to the exam, may be allowed to 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. 

 

Policies

Make-up policy:  Make-ups are only offered to students who experience a formally documented medical emergency or military service requirement. Make-ups are not offered due to missing class for celebrations, extracurricular activities, changes in work schedules, relationship problems, or undocumented medical issues. Students who experience an emergency which interferes with an assignment must contact me within three days of that documented emergency so we can determine how to proceed.

  • Medical Emergencies: Students need to attach an image of the hospital documentation along with their initial email. I do not need to know the specifics of any diagnosis (that can remain confidential). The portion of the discharge instruction sheet that hospitals must provide patients--the section showing the name of the patient and date(s) of service--will usually suffice.
  • Funerals: Unfortunately, it's not unheard of that stories are fabricated of death/illness in the family. As such, I require documentation if you miss an assignment/exam and seek a make-up for this reason. As above, students must contact me within three days of the death so we can determine how to proceed. Death is a serious matter and to protect students who sadly do experience such an event, I do not tolerate fabrications in this area. I consider fabricating a family sickness/death for personal gain to be a form of scholastic dishonesty, which will result in an automatic zero for the work in question.
  • Military Service: The military service stipulation is offered only to the military personnel himself/herself since their access to a computer may be temporarily disrupted. Students who need to meet a military service requirement during the semester should contact me in advance of leaving for service so we can determine how to proceed with schoolwork. If a student is unexpectedly called into service to assist with a crisis/disaster (e.g. as occurred during Hurricane Harvey a few years ago), please notify me via email as soon as the word comes down so I can anticipate any necessary adjustments. Usually, there is not a problem making adjustments, so do not worry. However, feel free to email me any questions on this matter.  Albeit a stressful time for the family of the service person, extensions for assignments do not extend to significant others of the service person.
  • If other 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. Feel free to email me any questions on this matter. 
  • Attendance on exam days: Students must be on time with a pencil and a calculator at the beginning of each exam. I will provide extra paper for student use. Students entering late on exam days must, should enter as quietly as possible, leave belongings at the front of the class, take their seat, and submit their exam at the regularly scheduled time.   Students may not leave and return to the classroom during a test period.

 

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Tentative Schedule)

Week

Section

Title

Due Date *

1

1.6

First-Degree Equations

September 03

1

1.7

Quadratic Equations

September 03

1

2.2

Equations of Lines

September 03

1

3.1

Functions

September 03

1

 

Quiz #1

September 04

2

3.3

Applications of Linear Functions

September 10

2

3.4

Quadratic Functions and Applications

September 10

2

4.3

Logarithmic Functions

September 10

2

6.1

Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables

September 10

2

 

Quiz #2

September 11

3

11.1

Limits

September 17

3

11.2

One-Sided Limits and Limits of Infinity

September 17

3

 

Quiz #3

September 18

4

 

Review for Exam #1

September 17

4

 

Exam #1   (Sections: 1.6, 1.7, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3, 6.1, 11.1, 11.2)

September 19

4

11.3

Rates of Change

September 24

4

 

Quiz #4

September 25

5

11.4

Tangent Lines and Derivatives

October 01

5

11.5

Techniques for Finding Derivatives

October 01

5

 

Quiz #5

October 02

6

11.6

Derivatives of Products and Quotients

October 08

6

11.7

The Chain Rule

October 08

6

 

Quiz #6

October 09

 

 

Week

Section

Title

Due Date *

7

 

Review for Exam #2

October 10

7

11.8

Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithms Functions

October 15

7

 

Quiz #7

October 16

8

 

Exam #2   (Sections: 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8)

October 15

8

11.9

Continuity and differentiability

October 22

8

 

Quiz #8

October 23

9

12.1

Local Extrema

October 29

9

12.2

The Second Derivative

October 29

9

 

Quiz #9

October 30

10

 

Review for Exam #3

November 05

10

12.3

Optimization Applications

November 05

10

12.4

Implicit Differentiation

November 05

10

 

Quiz #10

November 06

11

 

Exam #3   (Sections: 11.9, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4)

November 07

11

12.5

Related Rates

November 12

11

 

Quiz #11

November 13

12

12.6

Curve Sketching

November 19

12

13.1

Antiderivatives

November 19

12

 

Quiz #12

November 20

13

13.2

Integration by Substitution

November 26

13

13.5

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

November 26

13

 

Quiz #13

November 27

14

 

Review for Exam #4

November 26

14

13.6

Applications of Integrals

December 03

14

 

Quiz #14

December 04

15

Offline

Graphing Homework

(Posted in Canvas/Files/Off-Line Homework)

December 03

15

 

Exam #4   (Sections: 12.5, 12.6, 13.1, 13.2, 13.5, 13.6)

December 03

15

 

Review for the Final Exam

December 05

16

 

Final Exam

(Includes all calculus sections covered)

TBD

 

 

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog)

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

1

Apply calculus to solve business, economics, and social sciences problems.

2

Apply appropriate differentiation techniques to obtain derivatives of various functions, including logarithmic and exponential functions.

3

Solve application problems involving implicit differentiation and related rates.

4

Solve optimization problems with emphasis on business and social sciences applications.

5

Determine appropriate technique(s) of integration.

6

Integrate functions using the method of integration by parts or substitution, as appropriate.

7

Solve business, economics, and social sciences applications problems using integration techniques.

 

STUDENT EMAIL

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 any school policy. Be sure to regularly check BOTH the Lion Pride email as well as the Canvas inbox for important messages and information.

 

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)

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course with a “W” is Friday, November 1, 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:

Corinth Math Lab – 186

All other campuses

Monday – Thursday          8:30 am – 6:30 pm

Check the Math Lab/tutoring hours

Friday                                    8:30 am – 12:00 pm

on the website listed above.

Saturday                             10:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

 

 

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

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).   https://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

 


REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES (For classes in the Core)


x          Critical Thinking

x          Communication

x          Empirical and Quantitative

 

o           Teamwork

o           Personal Responsibility

o           Social Responsibility


COURSE TYPE

o           Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)

x        Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

o        WECM Course

 

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

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion.  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 Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”. 

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:

  1.  Zero on the assignment
  2. Failing grade for the course

 

Name of Chair :

Dr. Elizabeth Howell

Office Location:

Corinth 236

Telephone Number:

940.498.6209

E-mail Address:

ehowell@nctc.edu

Name of Instructional Dean:

Mary Martinson

Office Location:

Gainesville 1404

Telephone Number:

940.668.7731 ext. 4377

E-mail Address:

mmartinson@nctc.edu

 

CAMPUS RESTRICTIONS

Tobacco-Free Campus:  NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco, on campus property.

 

Campus Carry: Effective August 1, 2017, a license holder may carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state. For more information, see the website at http://www.nctc.edu/police/campus-carry.html.

 

Parking:  The North Central Texas Community College District has managed traffic and parking regulations in order to ensure the safety of the campus community related to the operation and parking of vehicles on campus. These regulations apply to all operators of motor vehicles on campus. Various transportation options are available for on and off campus travel. Public transit for Denton County campuses are operated by DCTA, see the website at http://www.nctc.edu/campus-safety/transportation-parking.html

 

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