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COURSE SYLLABUS
MATH 103—College Algebra
2020-21
INSTRUCTOR: Karen Hemme
INSTIUTION GRANTING CREDIT: Central Methodist University/Concordia High School
SCHOOL PHONE: (660) 463-2246 EMAIL: khemme@concordia.k12.mo.us
HOME PHONE: (660) 463-7808, before 8:30 pm. SCHOOL FAX: (660) 463-4081
OFFICE HOURS: please make arrangements
MISSION:
Central Methodist University prepares students to make a difference in the world by emphasizing academic and professional excellence, ethical leadership, and social responsibility.
Concordia R-II School District helps all students develop their unique talents as well as the critical thinking, technological, and lifelong learning skills needed in order to become productive citizens in a global community.
CREED:
The Central Methodist University community believes in:
- Seeking knowledge, truth, and wisdom;
- Valuing freedom, honesty, civility, and diversity;
- Living lives of service and leadership; and
- Taking responsibility for ourselves and the communities in which we live.
VISION: In Concordia, we envision a school district where:
- Students, staff administrators and parents communicate effectively and work collaboratively to create educational activities which challenge the students’ creativity and maximize their abilities;
- Students will learn the critical thinking skills they need to make positive civic and personal choices;
- There is an environment of mutual respect where students are involved in experiences that develop their understanding of diversity and cultural differences; and
- Everyone takes responsibility for his or her own actions, creating an environment that is a supportive and safe place to learn.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A study of equations and inequalities, functions and graphs, and systems of equations and inequalities. Prerequisite: MA99 or a “C” or above in one year of high school algebra. (3 undergraduate credit hours)
UNIT OBJECTIVIES: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Explore the symbolic nature of algebraic concepts by identifying and extending patterns in algebra, by following algebraic procedures, and by proving theorems with properties. (Algebraic Concepts Unit)
- Analyze problems, evaluate solutions, problem exploration, and utilize various problem solving strategies. (Problem Solving Unit)
- Explore polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, and circular functions. (Functions Unit)
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: College Algebra,Third Edition, by Blitzer. We will cover the following chapters.
Chapter 1: Basic Algebra Operations
Chapter 2: Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 3: Functions and Graphs
Chapter 4: Polynomials and Rational Functions
Chapter 5: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 6: Systems of Equations and Inequalities (optional)
Chapter 7: Matrices and Determinants
Chapter 8: Sequence and Series
Chapter 9: Additional Topics in Analytic Geometry
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Methods may include any of the following: Classroom lecture, teacher demonstration, audiovisual aids, discussion, return demonstration by students, practice in simulated and actual situations.
GRADING: Grades will be assigned as follows:
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College 90 - 100, A 80 - 89, B 70 - 79, C 60 - 69, D Below 60, F
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High School A+ 100% C+ 77-79 F 0-59 A 93-99 C 73-76 A- 90-92 C- 70-72 B+ 87-89 D+ 67-69 B 83-86 D 63-66 B- 80-82 D- 60-62 |
At the end of the semester, the total number of points earned divided by the total number of points possible will yield your percentage for the course. At that time, borderline cases will be given individual consideration. Attendance, participation and score on the final exam may be taken into consideration.
EXAMS: We will have nine 100-point in-class exams and two 200-point teacher created comprehensive (midterm and final) exam. The common final exam is provided by Central Methodist University.
HOMEWORK: Daily attendance/participation points will be awarded. Please refer to the Academic Honest Policy below.
QUIZZES: Quizzes may be given periodically to check on student understanding. Quizzes cannot be made up, if an unexcused absence is recorded. Excused absences or class trips will result in an alternative quiz.
DUAL-CREDIT:
Dual credit allows students to earn high school credit and college credit at the same time. Students enrolled in a Dual Credit course take the course at the high school, and if the student earns a passing grade, he/she then earns college credit.
Students must pay the tuition and fees of Central Methodist University if they are seeking college credit. Students must have completed the course prerequisites prior to enrolling in a dual credit class.
Dual credit courses are more challenging and stimulating, but they take more time and require more work. Dual Credit classes require energetic, involved and self-motivated students. Dual Credit courses are taught by highly qualified teachers who have received advanced training through university coursework and meet the requirements of a college-level instructor.
CMU Math Prerequisites Fall 2015
MA103 College Algebra
MA103 Intensive meets for five hours per week and is worth five credit hours. MA103 meets for three hours per week and is worth three credit hours.
Prerequisite for the Intensive 5 credit hours course: ACT math subscore of 20 or 21; OR the COMPASS 45, OR an Advanced EOC in math >= 200 (Algebra II preferred for EOC, but Algebra I score may be submitted)
Prerequisite for the 3 credit hour courses: ACT math subscore >= 22 OR the COMPASS math score of > 50, OR EOC Algebra II score >= 225 (Algebra II preferred for EOC, but Algebra I score may be submitted)
Note: If the course is being offered for a full year in the high school and they meet five times (or 5 hours average for schools with a block schedule) per week then the student can take the three hour MA103 course, but still needs to at the minimum meet the prerequisites for the five hour MA103 course.
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY:
Central Methodist College’s Policy on academic honesty is attached and will be strictly enforced.
ACADEMIC PROPERTY:
All work (original or copy) submitted by the student to satisfy the requirements of the course may be retained at the discretion of the instructor for non-profit and educational purposes. Such work is generally used for assessing the course and providing evidence of student accomplishment for review by accrediting agencies. Any student wishing to prohibit such use of their work may do so by notifying the instructor in writing.
NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY:
Central Methodist University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or federally defined disability in its recruitment, admission, and retention of students.
INSTRUCTOR POLICIES:
CALCULATORS: There will be several occasions in this course when a scientific calculator will be required. Graphing calculators are acceptable, but not required. Calculators are the responsibility of the student.
ABSENCES:
If the student will be absent because of a school sponsored activity, it is his or her responsibility to check with the instructor ahead of time and turn in, before the absence, any assignments that will be missed.
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY:
Central Methodist University believes that honesty throughout life is a significant foundation of character and personal integrity. The University’s Policy on Academic Honesty applies to all forms of academic work, including but not limited to quizzes and examination, essays and papers, lab reports, oral presentations, surveys, take-home tests, etc. Every student is responsible for understanding this policy. By registering at the university, every student accepts the obligation to abide by this policy. Students are also responsible for understanding the particular policy applications required by each of their instructors and to ask the instructor for clarification of any areas of uncertainty.
Academic honesty requires that each person accept the obligation to be truthful in all academic endeavors. To help members of the community understand the implications of academic honesty; the University provides the following explanation of academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty is any conduct that has either as its intent or its effect (independent of intent) the false representation of a student’s academic performance.
Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to the following:
1. Cheating in any form (e.g., ghost-written papers, cheat sheets or notes, copying during exams, quizzes or other graded class work, etc.)
2. Collaborating with others on work to be presented contrary to the stated rules of the course
3. Stealing or having unauthorized assess to examination or course materials.
4. Falsifying records, or laboratory or other data.
5. Submitting work previously presented in another course without the advance consent of the instructor.
6. Knowingly and intentionally assisting any other student in any act of academic dishonesty (this includes intentionally allowing any other student to use or submit your academic work or performance, or other academic work supplied by you, under a name different from the author of the work), and
7. Plagiarism. Plagiarism is a form of cheating and stealing. It is morally unacceptable as well as against academic policy. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to (1) representing as one’s own work a paper, speech, or report written in whole or in part by someone else (from the unaccredited use of significant phrases to the unaccredited use of larger portions of materials), (2) failing to provide appropriate recognition of the sources of borrowed material through the proper use of quotation marks, proper attribution of paraphrases, and proper citations. Paraphrase is the direct use of others’ ides, data, or structures of thought stated in language substantially different from the source upon which they depend, and therefore not requiring quotation marks even though the substance of the material is borrowed. In borrowed material, appropriated recognition of the source must be given.
The University will discipline students for infractions of the Academic Honesty Policy with various sanctions which it deems appropriate, up to and including suspension or expulsion from the University. Penalties internal to a course, including grades and expulsion from the course, are at the discretion of the instructor. Students can appeal instructors’ internal course penalties to the Committee on Academic Standards and Admissions, whose decision is final. Instructors must report all penalties they impose for academic dishonesty, with a brief account of the offense, to the Dean of the University, so that all violations are recorded. For serious or repeated offenses, the Dean may impose further penalties beyond the course penalty. These penalties include but are not limited to notations in the student’s file, notations on the student’s transcript, probation, suspension, and expulsion. A decision by the Dean of the University can be appealed to the Faculty Committee on Academic Standards and Admission, whose decision is final.