PVCC: Professor Stephen Nicoloff

CLASS ATTENDANCE:

Students must be present in class at least once every seven days (unless the student has worked ahead of deadlines and/or completed the course early). Your participation is measured electronically by your log-in to MyMathLab and by completing your MML(MyMathLab) homework and quizzes. If you appear to have stopped attending class, you may be dropped. Students who have not logged into MyMathLab and Canvas during the first week and completed the Acknowledgment, and the Introductory Discussion 1 will be dropped.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Assignments count for 10% of your semester grade.
You must show detailed work on you Assignments.
If you get an Assignment problem wrong you are allowed to redo it. You will get two attempts per question version. If you miss a question twice, you can work a similar problem for full credit. Assignment problems have an unlimited number of attempts per question. This means you can get a 100% on every assignment.
It is important to spend time learning the concepts before you start the assignment. You should read the textbook and watch the video lessons for the course before you start your assignment.
Homework assignments for each of the sections we will be covering will be completed in MyMathLab, and must be completed by the due date listed with each assignment (it can be completed early if you prefer; you are allowed to work ahead of schedule but please don’t get behind!). To help you complete your homework, MyMathLab provides multiple resources including short videos, "ask your instructor" button and worked out solutions with steps shown. MML Homework may be redone after the due date to raise your score. There are a total of 27 MyMathLab assignments.
Your notebook is a valuable resource for the course. It is to your benefit to have a thorough and complete notebook to help you study for the module tests, the midterm and final exams.
You can always review the correct answers to an Assignment within each question or through your online grade book.
Written Assignments are assigned and submitted through Canvas. These assignments are designed to assess your understanding of how to apply the content. Late assignments will be accepted, but will be docked 10% per day late, and will not be accepted more than five days late. Although collaboration with classmates is encouraged, make sure that the work you submit is your own work in your own words.

Discussion Forum and Surveys

Discussion Questions/Participation: As part of our online class, you will be answering discussion questions in this class. The Discussion Board assignments are housed in Canvas. In order to receive full credit, you should:
1. Complete your initial post by Thursday of the week assigned and be sure that your post is precise, within the word count given for the assignment and written with proper grammar and punctuation.
2. Starting on Thursday and by Sunday of the week assigned, participate in the discussion by giving at least 2 substantive posts in response to classmates’ initial posts.
  
  a) Substantive posts are thought provoking posts that further the conversation. The post might answer or clarify a question posed by another student, might give additional information about the topic discussed or you may relate the post to personal experience, or you may pose questions to your classmate. Posts that state “good job” or “I learned a lot by reading your post” or “I don’t understand” are not in and of themselves considered substantive and will not receive full credit.
  b) Discussion posts that are posted after the week in which the discussion was held (and due) will not be graded.

Midterm / Final Exam

The midterm and final exam must be proctored from the PVCC Q-Building Testing Center or similar testing center or Proctor U (http://www.proctoru.com/). Taking your exams at PVCC is free. Taking your exams at a different location or through Proctor U usually involves a fee.
If you will not be taking your midterm or final at PVCC, you must contact your professor at least one week prior to the first day of the exam to make other arrangements. Making arrangements to take the exam at a different location or through Proctor U will be up to the student.
You are required to turn in your work from both the midterm and final.
You will NOT be allowed to use your math notebook for the midterm or final exams.
You will be allowed to use your calculator, which will be cleared by the testing administrator before you begin your exam.
The midterm and final are worth 20% & 30% respectively toward your semester grade (50% total).
The best way to prepare for the midterm and final is to rework your Module Tests and work the problems in the practice midterm and final provided to you.
Late passes are NOT accepted for the midterm or final exam.

QUIZZES/TESTING:

Quizzes: There will be five chapter quizzes during the semester. All quizzes are completed online in MyMathLab and they must be completed by the due date. There are no extensions granted for quizzes but quizzes may be completed ahead of their due dates. If you miss a quiz due date, you will receive a 0 score for that quiz as there are no quiz makeups
Midterm Exam: During the fourth week of the semester, your knowledge will be assessed through a midterm exam worth 150 points. The exam is proctored but taken online at the math testing center (located in the Q building) during their open hours and will be 2 hours long. Students need to pay special note that the testing center is open only during daytime hours. Students who are unable to take their exam at the math testing center due to work obligations or because they are not within driving distance of the center, may use the online proctoring service ProctorU to take their midterm and/or final exams. The fee for this service (typically between $25 – 35 per exam) will be the responsibility of the student.
Comprehensive Final Exam: During the eighth week of the semester, your knowledge will be assessed through a cumulative final exam worth 200 points. The exam is proctored but taken online at the math testing center (located in the Q building) during their open hours and will be 2 hours long. Students need to pay special note that the testing center is open only during daytime hours. Students who are unable to take their exam at the math testing center due to work obligations or because they are not within driving distance of the center, may use the online proctoring service ProctorU to take their midterm and/or final exams. The fee for this service (typically between $25 – 35 per exam) will be the responsibility of the student.

GRADING:

Discussions	5% of Final Grade	A=90%-100%
Written Assignments	10% of Final Grade	B=80%-89%
Homework & Acknowledgement	15% of Final Grade	C=70%-79%
Quizzes	20% of Final Grade	D=60%-69%
Midterm	20% of Final Grade	F=0%-59%
Final Exam	30% of Final Grade
This class requires that the midterm and final be completed in a proctored facility, i.e. the campus testing center or through Proctor U. Please note the official end date for this class and write it in your calendar. The specific end date for this class can be found in My.Maricopa.edu, Student Center under My Class Schedule. You can complete this course early. However, there are no extensions past the official end date. All work must be completed by the official end date even if a late pass extends a due date passed the official end date. Not taking the final exam will result in a failing grade, F.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

WEEK OF CLASS MEETING	SECTIONS TO BE COVERED	TOPICS TO BE COVERED	ASSIGN DUE DATE
5/25 - 5/30	Orientation Acknowledgement Discussion 1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4	Orientation Acknowledgement Discussion 1 Introductions Set Concepts Subsets Venn Diagrams and Set Operations Venn Diagrams with Three Sets and Verification of Equality of Sets	5/28 5/28 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30
5/31 - 6/6	2.5	Application of Sets	5/31
	QUIZ 1	QUIZ ON CHAPTER 2	6/1
	11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4	Percent Personal Loans and Simple Interest Compound Interest Installment Buying	6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6
	Discussion 2	Buying a Car	6/4
6/7 - 6/13	11.5 11.6	Buying a House with a Mortgage Ordinary Annuities, Sinking Funds, and Retirement Investments	6/7 6/8
	QUIZ 2	QUIZ ON CHAPTER 11	6/9
	Written Assignment	Part 1	6/11
6/14 - 6/20	Written Assignment	Part 2	6/14
	MIDTERM	CHAPTERS (2 & 11)	6/18
6/21 - 6/27	9.3 9.4	Perimeter and Area Volume and Surface Area	6/22 6/23
	Discussion 3	Geometry	6/25
	8.4	Dimensional Analysis and Conversion to and from the Metric System	6/26
6/28 - 7/4	Quiz 3	CHAPTERS (8&9)	6/28
	12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7	The Nature of Probability Theoretical Probability Odds Expected Value Tree Diagrams Or and And Problems Conditional Probability	6/29 6/29 6/30 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/2
7/5 - 7/11	12.8 12.9 12.10	The Counting Principle and Permutations Combinations Solving Probability Problems by Using Combinations	7/5 7/5 7/5
	QUIZ 4	QUIZ ON CHAPTER 12	7/6
	13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6	Sampling Techniques The Misuses of Statistics Frequency Distributions and Statistical Graphs Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Dispersion The Normal Curve	7/7 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11
7/12 - 7/16	QUIZ 5	QUIZ ON CHAPTER 13	7/13
	Discussion 4	Final Reflections and Goodbyes	7/16
	FINAL EXAM	FINAL EXAM	7/16

WEEK OF CLASS MEETING

SECTIONS TO BE COVERED

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

ASSIGN DUE DATE

5/25 - 5/30

Orientation
Acknowledgement
Discussion 1
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Orientation
Acknowledgement
Discussion 1 Introductions
Set Concepts
Subsets
Venn Diagrams and Set Operations
Venn Diagrams with Three Sets and Verification of Equality of Sets

5/28
5/28
5/27
5/28
5/29
5/30

5/31 - 6/6

2.5

Application of Sets

5/31

QUIZ 1

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 2

6/1

11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4

Percent
Personal Loans and Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Installment Buying

6/3
6/4
6/5
6/6

Discussion 2

Buying a Car

6/4

6/7 - 6/13

11.5
11.6

Buying a House with a Mortgage
Ordinary Annuities, Sinking Funds, and Retirement Investments

6/7
6/8

QUIZ 2

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 11

6/9

Written Assignment

Part 1

6/11

6/14 - 6/20

Written Assignment

Part 2

6/14

MIDTERM

CHAPTERS (2 & 11)

6/18

6/21 - 6/27

9.3
9.4

Perimeter and Area
Volume and Surface Area

6/22
6/23

Discussion 3

Geometry

6/25

8.4

Dimensional Analysis and Conversion to and from the Metric System

6/26

6/28 - 7/4

Quiz 3

CHAPTERS (8&9)

6/28

12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
12.7

The Nature of Probability
Theoretical Probability
Odds
Expected Value
Tree Diagrams
Or and And Problems
Conditional Probability

6/29
6/29
6/30
6/30
7/1
7/2
7/2

7/5 - 7/11

12.8

12.9
12.10

The Counting Principle and Permutations
Combinations
Solving Probability Problems by Using Combinations

7/5

7/5
7/5

QUIZ 4

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 12

7/6

13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6

Sampling Techniques
The Misuses of Statistics
Frequency Distributions and Statistical Graphs
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
The Normal Curve

7/7
7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10
7/11

7/12 - 7/16

QUIZ 5

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 13

7/13

Discussion 4

Final Reflections and Goodbyes

7/16

FINAL EXAM

7/16

STUDENT INFORMATION/SYLLABUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
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C) All of the policies and procedures for this course, especially the Grading, Attendance and Withdrawal Policies.
D) I am responsible for knowing all of the information that pertains to my legal rights that are contained in the current Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) Student Handbook and College Catalog.
E) In order to receive any special accommodations for this class I must register myself with the PVCC Disability Resource Center.
F) The class syllabus is subject to change, and it is my responsibility to know the changes.

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COLLEGE MATHEMATICS MAT 142 COURSE SYLLABUS Summer 2015

COLLEGE MATHEMATICS
MAT 142 COURSE SYLLABUS
Summer 2015