NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title:		Calculus for Business & Social Sciences			Course Modality:	Online
Course Prefix & Number:		MATH 1325	Section Number:	0402	Class Day/Time:	Online
Semester Credit Hours:		3	Lecture Hours:	48	Semester/Year:	Spring 2021
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. MyMathLab access code is required (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:	Ravi Kumar
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth 313
Office Hours:	Monday & Wednesday:  11:0am- 2:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday:  9: 45 am – 10:45 am; 12: 25 pm- 2:25 pm
Telephone Number:	940-498-6282, ext. 6355
E-mail Address:	rkumar@nctc.edu

 

All office hours will be held online this semester.  Students can schedule an appointment with their instructor by selecting the Cisco Webex option in Canvas and navigating to the “Office Hour” tab.  The times that the instructor is available will be displayed there and a student may schedule a meeting by choosing a time and selecting “Confirm Meeting” at the bottom of the page.

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage or Point Values
19	Homework assignments	15%
7	Quizzes	10%
4	Exams	60%
1	Final Exam	15%

 

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

 

 

 

HOMEWORK, AND QUIZZES POLICIES

All homework, and quizzes  are completed online in MyMathLab. The first day of class; please log into Canvas and click on the MyLab and Mastering link. If for any reason you cannot log into MyMathLab from Canvas email me immediately. Everyone needs an access code for MyMathLab before they may complete any assignments. If you do not have the money at this time to purchase the access code you may use the temporary access.

You will be permitted temporary access for the first 14 days after you log into your course. At the end of that time, you will be prompted again for a new access code. If you are waiting for Financial Aid, please use the Temporary Access Code, but buy the code as soon as your Financial Aid money is in the bookstore. Do not enter the new code until you are prompted by MyMathLab, otherwise it will create a new account.

 

Homework: Please complete all scheduled homework assignments by the date listed in MyMathLab. Watching videos for each section will be required before you can start working on each homework assignment. Each homework question may be attempted five times in order to increase your homework grade. To do this click on the Similar Exercise button located at the bottom of the page (this button replaces Check Answer).

 

Quizzes: Please complete all scheduled quizzes by the date listed in MyMathLab. Quizzes may be attempted three times. You may review your quiz by going into your Gradebook and select your quiz. Do NOT use any notes or help to complete quizzes while testing.

 

Plug-ins: At home, you will need to download some plug-ins before viewing assignments. There are several places in MLP for you to run the Installation Wizard. These plug-ins do not take very long to download. They are required for you to view the assignments and to generate new problems. Please call Tech Support Number for Priority Schools: Students and Instructors. 1-855-875-1797. If you have any issues downloading the plug-ins, you may also use the 24/7 web site if you are having technical problems with MyLabsPlus, contact the Customer Technical Support Team at http://247pearsoned.custhelp.com.

 

EMAILS

I will check emails periodically Monday thru Friday and will try to respond within 24 hours.  Email will not be checked over the weekend, holidays, or after 7 pm on any weekday.  Keep in mind if there are any emails that are urgent over the weekend TRY not to panic.  The solution probably can be resolved quickly upon the beginning of the week.    Be mindful of the tone that is presented in emails.  If it is aggressive, unprofessional, or is academically offensive in anyway, the professor will not reply.  Know that the student’s name may be given to the Associate Dean of Denton County Campuses for further review.

 

RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY

In an effort to keep everyone within this class on an equal playing field regarding IT issues, everyone will be held to the same process and standards.  Be sure that you are doing all of your assignments on a reliable computer with sufficient battery life and appropriate Internet connectivity.   The instructor cannot help instances of computers “shutting down,” “crashing,” “running slow,” or “electrical outages due to a storm,” etc.  Be mindful of this before you begin any assignments.   The burden rests solely on the student if there is a problem mid-assignment and it truly rests with someone other than the student, you will have to: 1.Create an e-ticket at  http://www.nctc.edu/eLearning_Department/Support.aspx (Links to an external site.) Select “submit a request.”  Describe the problem to the e-Learning Department and produce the evidence to support your technological issue.  Include screenshots via computer or phone of the error message or issue.  In addition, include dates and times within the screenshots or photos.   2. Forward the emailed response to the instructor from the e-Learning Department if there is evidence to support your claim.  That includes the response that the Canvas help desk delivered with the overwhelming amount of data regarding your issue to indicate that the technical difficulty was through no fault of the students’.  Do not email the instructor if the e-Learning Department cannot verify your technical difficulty.  Please include your “request number” in parenthesis which can be found in the email from e-Learning. 3. Then the instructor will gather all evidence from the student, e-Learning, and from the student activity from within Canvas to make an appropriate decision in moving forward with the request to re-open assignments.  If students do not provide a good defense, the instructor will not likely re-open any assignments.    4. Finally, THE INSTRUCTOR WILL LOOK AT THE ENTIRE RECORD OF THE STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY ON CANVAS.  If the student makes a false claim regarding technical difficulties, they should expect to be dropped from the course at the point of the offense.  This is child’s play to look at students’ Canvas activity so avoid being inventive of any fictitious IT stories. On a personal note:   This syllabus is our contract; it cannot and will not be amended by students for personal issues.  This is not limited to birthdays, deaths, hospital / incarceration stays, or minor holidays.  Everyone is held to the same standard in this class. Decreased stress for this class can be traced back to utilizing a calendar system (for all assignment due dates), working on a reliable computer, and not waiting until the last minute to get started on assignments (cheating, plagiarism, creating fictitious I.T. stories, and sloppy work can get the very best under these conditions).  Overall, I would respect a student more if they honestly could not complete an assignment rather than to invent creative stories, blame others, or recycle assignments or copy other work.  In short, these issues just waste my time and could get the student in more academic trouble and potentially expelled from college.

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

Date	Topics	Assignments
Week 1 – 1/19-1/24	11.1:  Limits	HW 11.1 due on Sunday, Jan. 24 by 11:59 pm
Week 2 – 1/25-1/31	11.2:  One Sided Limits and Limits Involving Infinity 11.3: Rates of Change	HW 11.2, 11.3, & Quiz # 1 due on Sunday, Jan. 31 by 11:59 pm
Week 3 – 2/1-2/7	11.4: Tangent Lines and Derivatives 11.5: Techniques for Finding Derivatives	HW 11.4, & 11.5 due on Sunday, Feb.7 by 11:59 pm
Week 4 – 2/8-2/14	Review Exam #1	Exam #1:   Thursday, Feb. 11
Week 5 – 2/15-2/21	11.6: Derivatives of Products and Quotients 11.7: The Chain Rule	HW 11.6, 11.7, & Quiz # 2 due on Sunday, Feb. 21 by 11:59 pm
Week 6 – 2/22-2/28	11.8: Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 11.9:  Continuity and Differentiability	HW 11.8 & 11.9 due on Sunday, Feb. 28 by 11:59 pm
Week 7 – 3/1-3/7	12.1: Local Extrema	HW 12.1 & Quiz # 3 due on Sunday, March 7 by 11:59 pm
Week 8 – 3/8-3/14	Review Exam # 2	Exam # 2 : Thursday , March 11
Spring Break – 3/15-3/21		Spring Break
Week 9 – 3/22-3/28	12.2: The Second Derivative	HW 12.2 due on Sunday, March 28 by 11:59 pm
Week 10 – 3/29-4/4	12.3: Optimization Applications 12.4: Implicit Differentiation	HW 12.3, 12.4 & quiz # 4 due on Sunday, April 4 by 11:59 pm
Week 11 – 4/5-4/11	12.5: Related Rates 12.6: Curve Sketching	HW 12.5, 12.6 & quiz # 5due on Sunday, April 11 by 11:59 pm
Week 12 – 4/12-4/18	Review Exam # 3	Exam # 3:  Thursday, April 15
Week 13 – 4/19-4/25	13.1: Antiderivatives 13.2: Integration by Substitution	HW 13.1, 13.2 & quiz # 6 due on Sunday, April 25 by 11:59 pm
Week 14 – 4/26-5/2	13.5: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 13.6: Applications of Integrals	HW 13.5, 13.6 & quiz # 7 due on Sunday, May 2 by 11:59 pm
Week 15 – 5/2-5/9	Review Exam # 4	Exam # 4:  Thursday, May 6
Finals – Week 16 – 5/10-5/15		Final Exam: Monday, May 10

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

 

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.

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)

Testing may be administered in a variety of ways and the mode of testing may change during the semester as deemed appropriate by the instructor.  When possible, in-person proctored testing is preferred.  For in-person classes testing will occur during the designated class times.  For online classes in-person proctored testing may be required.  On site testing may be done in an NCTC testing center, at test locations provided by the math division, or at another authorized testing site.  If online testing is used students may be required to use a webcam while testing.  For online testing students will be required to scan and upload supporting documents.  Students may be asked to demonstrate knowledge/skills in a one-on-one conference if deemed necessary by the instructor. 

This schedule is tentative and will most likely change as the semester progresses.  It is provided so that you have a general idea of the order and speed with which we will be covering the material.

 

Exams	Tentative Date
Exam # 1	Thursday, Feb. 11
Exam # 2	Thursday, March 11
Exam # 3	Thursday, April 15
Exam# 4	Thursday, May 6
Final Exam	Monday, May 10

 

Students who are unable to attend the above primary exam dates & times may, with the instructor’s approval, test at another day.  These alternate testing arrangements must be communicated to the instructor at least 1 weeks prior to the primary testing date and may be approved at the instructor’s discretion. 

Exams will generally be graded in about a week.  Once graded, the grades will be posted in our Canvas course site. 

Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course with a “W” is Monday, April 5, 2021.

 

Students who need help with any math class can visit the NCTC Mathematics Lab to receive assistance. 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. 

 

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)________        

            Communication

            Mathematics                  

            Life and Physical Science

            Language, Philosophy & Culture

            Creative Arts

            American History

 

            Government/Political Science

            Social and Behavioral Sciences

            Component Area Option

 

            Critical Thinking

            Communication

            Empirical and Quantitative

 

            Teamwork

            Personal Responsibility

            Social Responsibility