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San Diego Mesa College, Fall 2016 MATH 116 College and Matrix Algebra INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Elghraoui EMAIL: [email protected] (when sending email, write course # in subject) OFFICE HOURS (MS 4th fl study space): T 1PM2PM/ Th 1:302PM LECTURE: MS 420 TTh 3:55PM5:20PM/ CRN 61553 / 3 units PREREQUISITE A “C” or better in Math 96, or equivalent, or Assessment Skill Level M50 COURSE DESCRIPTION MATH 116 is designed to strengthen the algebra skills and concepts of students seeking Business or Natural Science degrees that are required to take an applied calculus course. Topics in the course in clude (but are not limited to) the theory of functions; graphing functions; ex ponential and logarithmic functions; solve equations involving algebraic expo nential and logarithmic functions; solving systems of equations; matrix alge bra; linear programming, modeling and applications. Analytical reading and problem solving are required for success in this course. TEXT AND MATERIALS • College Algebra 6th ed, by Blitzer NOTE: you may use any form or edition of the text: rental, ebook, MyMath Lab, looseleaf. However, lectures, tests, and homework are based on the 6th edition hard cover version). • Optional: (strongly recommended, but not required) (a) the student solution manual, and (b) supplemental text similar to Schaum’s Outline for College Algebra. • Scientific calculator. No graphing calculators, cell phones or other electronic devices will be permitted on exams or quizzes. STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: 1. Analyze, graph, and evaluate linear functions related to application prob lems in business and the natural sciences. 2. Perform algebraic operations on functions and determine function inverses. 3. Analyze and interpret the relationship between the properties and graphs of polynomial functions. 4. Determine all the exact zeros of a polynomial by applying rootfinding tech niques and theorems. 5. Analyze and interpret the graphs of algebraic functions including square root, cube root, absolute value, piecewise defined functions and rational func tions. 6. Solve and graph nonlinear inequalities.
7. Analyze and apply rigid and nonrigid transformations to algebraic, expo nential and logarithmic functions. 8. Solve equations involving logarithmic and exponential functions, including application problems. 9. Perform algebraic operations with matrices. 10. Construct systems of equations from application problems and solve them using various techniques. 11. Solve linear programming problems to find optimum points of operations. 12. Model (i.e. word problems) algebra, exponential and logarithmic, piece wise, rational functions STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO): 1. Students is able to perform operations on functions, including writing and simplifying the difference quotient. 2. Students are able to graph rational functions 3. Students will use GaussJordon elimination to find the inverse of a 3x3 matrix. METHODS OF EVALUATION Homework: Just like in any field, perfection is achieved with continued practice. Your success in the course will be strongly linked to the time you put in reviewing class notes and completing the homework. Make sure to start homework after each lecture and come to class or office hours with any questions. I also take homework questions by email: send a picture of your work on a problem along with your question and I can provide guidance from there. Quizzes: There will be 10 inclass quizzes covering material from homework as well as lecture. Your attendance and participation is important: any class work or groupwork collected will also count as a quiz grade. There are no makeups for missed quizzes or classwork. The lowest three quiz grades will be dropped. Exams and Final: There will be four inclass exams and a comprehensive fi nal exam. There are no makeup exams. Any questions regarding grades must be addressed the day they are returned. Once the exams have left the room, questions regarding the grade will not be considered.
Quizzes
15%
4 Exams
15% EACH
Final
25%
Alternative grade options, if it helps your grade: • The final exam score will replace one lower exam score; OR • The overall quiz grade will replace one lower exam score A = 90 – 100%; B = 80% 89%; C = 70% 79%; D = 60% 69% Borderline grades: Grades within 1% will be rounded up if the final exam grade is higher. BLACKBOARD: Class materials and grades can be found on our course page on Blackboard. How to Login? Access the Blackboard Login page:https://sdccd.blackboard.com Type your Username: 7digit College Student ID (CSID) number Type your Password: mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spa ces) or use your current password if you are a returning Blackboard user at the SDCCD. ATTENDANCE Regular attendance is expected, as required by Mesa Col lege Policy. You are responsible for all material covered in class during your absence. If you must miss class, please inform me with an email Tardiness and leaving class early may be treated as an absence. Students will be dropped from the course on their third absence. Reinstatement in the course is at the instructor’s discretion, if the student's grade supports it. It is the student’s responsibility to drop should they choose. Students who re main enrolled in the class beyond the published withdrawal deadline will re ceive an evaluative letter grade in this class. STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT: Students are expected to adhere to the Student Code of Conduct at all times. Students who violate the Student Code of Conduct may be removed from class by the faculty for the class meeting in which the behavior occurred, and the next class meeting. The Student Code of Conduct can be found in Board of Trustees Policy, BP 3100, Student Rights, Responsibilities and Administrative Due Process posted on the Dis trict website at: http://www.sdccd.edu/public/district/policies/index.shtml
CELL PHONES Turn off your phone and put it away. • If your phone is seen out during class, you will be asked to leave. Cell phone use is OK during breaks. • If your cell phone goes off during class, __________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Students are expected to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity in this course. Students who are found to be in vi olation of Administrative Procedure 3100.3 Honest Academic Conduct, will receive a grade of zero on the assignment, quiz, or exam in question and may be referred for disciplinary action in accordance with Administrative Proce dure 3100.2, Student Disciplinary Procedures. TIME: For every hour in class, plan to spend 23 hours outside of class. Plan to spend hours a week outside of class on your work. This level of mathematics cannot be done without such a time commitment. This time should be spent on: • • • • • DSPS: Any student who may need an academic accommodation should dis cuss the situation with me during the first two weeks. MESA TUTORING and COMPUTER CENTER (MT2C): Tutoring for var ious disciplines is available in the LRC. The 4th floor of the LRC provides free oneonone and small group tutoring in Math and Science. www.sdmesa.edu/tutoring MyMathLab If you would like to use an erental of the book, you can register on mymath lab.com and enroll using course id: elghraoui87118 You are able to use MyMathlab free for two weeks at any given time in the semester.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: It is your responsibility to keep up with any changes.
Monday 8/22 8/28 9/5 HOLIDAY 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 HOLIDAY 11/28 12/5 12/12
Tuesday 8/23 2.12.2 8/30 2.4 & 2.5 9/6 2.6 & 2.7 9/13 EXAM 1 9/20 3.2 & 3.3 9/27 3.5 10/4 REVIEW 10/11 4.1 & 4.2 10/18 4.5 10/25 EXAM 3 11/1 5.4 11/8 5.6 11/15 6.2 11/22 HOLIDAY 11/29 6.4 12/6 REVIEW 12/13 REVIEW
Wednesday 8/24 8/31 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 HOLIDAY 11/30 12/7 12/14
Thursday 8/25 2.3 9/1 Quiz 1 2.5 & 2.6 9/8 Quiz 2 REVIEW 9/15 3.1 & 3.2 9/22 Quiz 3 3.3 & 3.4 9/29 Quiz 4 3.6 10/6 EXAM 2 10/13 Quiz 5 4.3 & 4.4 10/20 Quiz 6 REVIEW 10/27 5.1 & 5.2 11/3 Quiz 7 5.5 11/10 Quiz 8 6.1 11/17 Quiz 9 6.3 11/24 HOLIDAY 12/1 Quiz 10 6.4 12/8 EXAM 4 12/15 FINAL EXAM
IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Drop deadline 9/2 Withdrawal deadline 10/28
Friday 8/26 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 HOLIDAY 11/18 11/25 HOLIDAY 12/2 12/9 12/16
7. Analyze and apply rigid and nonrigid transformations to algebraic, expo nential and logarithmic functions. 8. Solve equations involving logarithmic and exponential functions, including application problems. 9. Perform algebraic operations with matrices. 10. Construct systems of equations from application problems and solve them using various techniques. 11. Solve linear programming problems to find optimum points of operations. 12. Model (i.e. word problems) algebra, exponential and logarithmic, piece wise, rational functions STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO): 1. Students is able to perform operations on functions, including writing and simplifying the difference quotient. 2. Students are able to graph rational functions 3. Students will use GaussJordon elimination to find the inverse of a 3x3 matrix. METHODS OF EVALUATION Homework: Just like in any field, perfection is achieved with continued practice. Your success in the course will be strongly linked to the time you put in reviewing class notes and completing the homework. Make sure to start homework after each lecture and come to class or office hours with any questions. I also take homework questions by email: send a picture of your work on a problem along with your question and I can provide guidance from there. Quizzes: There will be 10 inclass quizzes covering material from homework as well as lecture. Your attendance and participation is important: any class work or groupwork collected will also count as a quiz grade. There are no makeups for missed quizzes or classwork. The lowest three quiz grades will be dropped. Exams and Final: There will be four inclass exams and a comprehensive fi nal exam. There are no makeup exams. Any questions regarding grades must be addressed the day they are returned. Once the exams have left the room, questions regarding the grade will not be considered.
Quizzes
15%
4 Exams
15% EACH
Final
25%
Alternative grade options, if it helps your grade: • The final exam score will replace one lower exam score; OR • The overall quiz grade will replace one lower exam score A = 90 – 100%; B = 80% 89%; C = 70% 79%; D = 60% 69% Borderline grades: Grades within 1% will be rounded up if the final exam grade is higher. BLACKBOARD: Class materials and grades can be found on our course page on Blackboard. How to Login? Access the Blackboard Login page:https://sdccd.blackboard.com Type your Username: 7digit College Student ID (CSID) number Type your Password: mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spa ces) or use your current password if you are a returning Blackboard user at the SDCCD. ATTENDANCE Regular attendance is expected, as required by Mesa Col lege Policy. You are responsible for all material covered in class during your absence. If you must miss class, please inform me with an email Tardiness and leaving class early may be treated as an absence. Students will be dropped from the course on their third absence. Reinstatement in the course is at the instructor’s discretion, if the student's grade supports it. It is the student’s responsibility to drop should they choose. Students who re main enrolled in the class beyond the published withdrawal deadline will re ceive an evaluative letter grade in this class. STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT: Students are expected to adhere to the Student Code of Conduct at all times. Students who violate the Student Code of Conduct may be removed from class by the faculty for the class meeting in which the behavior occurred, and the next class meeting. The Student Code of Conduct can be found in Board of Trustees Policy, BP 3100, Student Rights, Responsibilities and Administrative Due Process posted on the Dis trict website at: http://www.sdccd.edu/public/district/policies/index.shtml
CELL PHONES Turn off your phone and put it away. • If your phone is seen out during class, you will be asked to leave. Cell phone use is OK during breaks. • If your cell phone goes off during class, __________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Students are expected to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity in this course. Students who are found to be in vi olation of Administrative Procedure 3100.3 Honest Academic Conduct, will receive a grade of zero on the assignment, quiz, or exam in question and may be referred for disciplinary action in accordance with Administrative Proce dure 3100.2, Student Disciplinary Procedures. TIME: For every hour in class, plan to spend 23 hours outside of class. Plan to spend hours a week outside of class on your work. This level of mathematics cannot be done without such a time commitment. This time should be spent on: • • • • • DSPS: Any student who may need an academic accommodation should dis cuss the situation with me during the first two weeks. MESA TUTORING and COMPUTER CENTER (MT2C): Tutoring for var ious disciplines is available in the LRC. The 4th floor of the LRC provides free oneonone and small group tutoring in Math and Science. www.sdmesa.edu/tutoring MyMathLab If you would like to use an erental of the book, you can register on mymath lab.com and enroll using course id: elghraoui87118 You are able to use MyMathlab free for two weeks at any given time in the semester.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: It is your responsibility to keep up with any changes.
Monday 8/22 8/28 9/5 HOLIDAY 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 HOLIDAY 11/28 12/5 12/12
Tuesday 8/23 2.12.2 8/30 2.4 & 2.5 9/6 2.6 & 2.7 9/13 EXAM 1 9/20 3.2 & 3.3 9/27 3.5 10/4 REVIEW 10/11 4.1 & 4.2 10/18 4.5 10/25 EXAM 3 11/1 5.4 11/8 5.6 11/15 6.2 11/22 HOLIDAY 11/29 6.4 12/6 REVIEW 12/13 REVIEW
Wednesday 8/24 8/31 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 HOLIDAY 11/30 12/7 12/14
Thursday 8/25 2.3 9/1 Quiz 1 2.5 & 2.6 9/8 Quiz 2 REVIEW 9/15 3.1 & 3.2 9/22 Quiz 3 3.3 & 3.4 9/29 Quiz 4 3.6 10/6 EXAM 2 10/13 Quiz 5 4.3 & 4.4 10/20 Quiz 6 REVIEW 10/27 5.1 & 5.2 11/3 Quiz 7 5.5 11/10 Quiz 8 6.1 11/17 Quiz 9 6.3 11/24 HOLIDAY 12/1 Quiz 10 6.4 12/8 EXAM 4 12/15 FINAL EXAM
IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Drop deadline 9/2 Withdrawal deadline 10/28
Friday 8/26 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 HOLIDAY 11/18 11/25 HOLIDAY 12/2 12/9 12/16
