SYLLABUS

MAT 122

ALGEBRA/TRIGONOMETRY II

 

Revised 3/26/09.  Your lowest test grade will be replaced by the average of your midterm exam and your final exam, if that average is higher.

 

Faculty Information

Instructor:                  Deane W. Merrill, Ph.D. Physics

Email Address:          dmerrill@abtech.edu

Office:                                    none

Phone:                        home 828-0305-9443 or 828-505-0763 (email is preferred)

Office Hours:             by appointment

 

Course Information

Course Title:              Algebra/Trigonometry II

Course Number:       MAT 122 N1

Credit Hours:            3

Contact Hours:          4

Class Location:          Elm 338

Class Meeting Time: TU, TH 06:00PM - 06:50PM; 07:00PM - 07:50PM

Syllabus (html):         http://merrill.olm.net/abtech/spr2009/mat122n1/mat122n1syllabus.htm

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Course Description  This course extends the concepts covered in MAT 121 to include additional topics in algebra, function analysis, and trigonometry. Topics include exponential and logarithmic functions, translation and scaling of functions, Sine Law, Cosine Law, vectors, and statistics.

 

Prerequisite:  MAT 121

 

Corequisite:  None

 

Textbook:  John C. Peterson, Technical Mathematics, Third Edition, ISBN 0-7668-6188-0.

 

Course Goal:  Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the use of technology to solve problems and to analyze and communicate results.

 

Course Specific Competencies:  Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

 

 

 

 

Reinforcement Experiences for General Education Cross-Curriculum Competencies

 

The course encapsulates reinforcement experiences for the general education cross-curriculum competencies:

 

Grading Policy:  Your grade will be calculated as follows:

            5 chapter tests             50%

            Homework (*1)           10%

            Quizzes (*2)                8%

            Midterm exam             16%

            Final exam                   16%

            Total                            100%

 

(*1) “homework” = Skills Building Exercises, announced in class and by email.  If you are absent, a homework assignment gets full credit if received on the day you return to class.  Homework is not graded; it is counted “complete” or “incomplete.”  Late homework gets 50% credit if received before the next chapter test.

 

(*2) Short unannounced quizzes will be given when time permits, usually at the end of the class, and usually on the material presented during that class.  Missed quizzes receive no credit.  The lowest 20% of quizzes will be dropped.

 

All tests and exams are closed book.  If you miss a test or exam (except for the last chapter test and the final exam) you may make it up within one week outside class, provided your present attendance and homework averages are both above 80%.  One week means exactly one week, i.e. before the class which is one week after the class you missed.

 

Your lowest test grade will be replaced by the average of your midterm exam and your final exam, if that average is higher. (added 3/26/09)

 

If for any reason you need to withdraw from this class, you must complete the appropriate form and submit it to the Records and Registration Office by the deadline.  If you quit attending class without completing the appropriate forms your grade will become an ²F².  A(90-100), B(80-89),C(70-79),D(60-69), F(below 60)

 

Final Exam Policy:  Final exams for all classes are given during the last 1-2 hours of the 

                                   regular class schedule.

 

Attendance Policy:  To receive course credit, a student should attend a minimum of 80 % of the contact hours of the class.  Upon accumulating absences exceeding 20 % of the course contact hours, the student may be dropped from the class with a grade of “U” at the discretion of the instructor.  A tardy is defined as arriving late for class, leaving early, or being away from class without permission during class hours.  Three tardies  constitute one absence. (*3)

 

(*3) In this class, tardy means 10 minutes after the announced class time.  The classroom wall clock will be used.

 

Important Dates:

 

Spring Semester – 2009

 

Late Registration                                                                                January 5 - 9

Last Day to Pay Tuition and Fees for Late Registration                    January 9

New Student Welcome                                                                       January 9, 9:00 am.

Classes Begin                                                                                      January 12

Schedule Adjustments                                                                        January 12 - 14

Minimester I                                                                                        Jan 12 - Mar 9

 

Martin Luther King Jr. College Holiday                                             January 19

Last Day to Drop for a Partial Refund (Full term)                             January 22

Late Start Semester First Class Day                                                   January 20

Professional Development - 1/2 Day                                                  February 17

Minimester II                                                                                      Mar 10 – May 12

Last Day to Apply for Spring Graduation                                          February 27

Last Day to Withdraw frorn a full 16-Week Class                             April 7

Student Break –or- Inclement weather makeup                                 March 13

Student Spring Break                                                                         April 13 - 18

Last Day of Class/Examination**                                                      May 12

 Spring Graduation                                                                             May 15

 Total Class Days                                                                                80

** Up to three days may be made up due to inclement weather closings.

 

Activity Schedule:

 

This schedule will be used for most approved and announced student activities.

Normal Class Time                   Activity Day Schedule

8:00 am                                   8:00-8:40 am

8:30 am                                   8:20-9:00 am

9:00 am                                   8:45-9:25 am

9:30 am                                   9:05-9:45 am

10:00 am                                 9:30-10:10 am

10:30 am                                 9:50-10:30 am

11:00 am                                 10:15-10:55 am

11:30 am                                 10:35-11:00 am*

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11:00 am-1:00 pm Free for activities !

12:00 noon                              1:00-1:40 pm

12:30 pm                                 1:20-2:00 pm

1:00 pm                                  1:45-2:25 pm

1:30 pm                                  2:05-2:45 pm

2:00 pm                                  2:30-3:10 pm

2:30 pm                                  2:50-3:30pm

3:00 pm                                  3:15-3:55 pm

3:30 pm                                  3:35-4:15pm

4:00 pm                                  4:00 pm

* 25 minute period

Inclement Weather Schedule:

 

The College will close when weather conditions are such that driving is hazardous.

The following procedure will be observed for inclement weather conditions:

  1. Announcements concerning school operation will be made by 6:30 am on local radio and TV stations for day classes. A voice mail message will be recorded on the switchboard. If it appears that ice or snow may be cleared by mid-morning, the schedule below will be followed and all College personnel and students should report by 10am.
  2. Closing or delaying the day programs does not automatically close evening classes. Announcements will be made on radio stations and the College switchboard no later than 3pm concerning the evening classes.
  3. When weather conditions dictate early dismissal of the day or evening classes, the announcement will be made by telephone to each building on campus.
  4. Commuters should exercise personal judgment concerning highway conditions regardless of College announcements, particularly those commuting from outlying areas.
  5. Adjustments in the College calendar for days missed because of inclement weather will be made at the end of the semester.
  6. Normal Class Time        Delayed Opening

8 a.m.                                        10-10:40 a.m.

8:30 a.m.                                   10:20-11 a.m.

9 a.m.                                        10:45-11:25 a.m.

9:30 a.m.                                   11:05-11:45 a.m.

10 a.m.                                      11:30am-12:10 p.m.

10:30 a.m.                                 11:50am-12:30 p.m.

11 a.m.                                      12:15-12:55 p.m.

11:30 a.m.                                 12:35-1:15 p.m.

12 p.m.                                      1-1:40 p.m.

12:30 p.m.                                 1:20-2 p.m.

1 p.m.                                       1:45-2:25 p.m.

1:30 p.m.                                   2:05-2:45 p.m.

2 p.m.                                       2:30-3:10 p.m.

2:30 p.m.                                   2:50-3:30 p.m.

3 p.m.                                       3:15-3:55 p.m.

3:30 p.m.                                   3:35-4:15 p.m.

4 p.m.                                       4 p.m.

 

Important: If weather conditions become worse after the 6:30am announcement, an additional announcement closing school for the day will be made no later than 8:30am.
Oak Student Center will open at 8am for early arrivals.    

Code of Student Conduct:  Academic Dishonesty - You may not deceive any official of the college by cheating on any assignment, exam, or paper.  This includes plagiarism, which is the intentional theft or unacknowledged use of another’s words or ideas.  Plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) paraphrasing or summarizing another’s words or works without proper acknowledgement, using direct quotes of material without proper acknowledgement, or purchasing or using a paper or presentation written or produced  by another.  The faculty at A-B Tech may also consider presenting as original work a paper written for one class to satisfy a requirement in another class to be academic dishonesty.

 

Code of Classroom Conduct:  Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is an institution for adult learning. It is a partnership between instructors with the desire to teach and students with the desire to learn. In order to create an appropriate environment for teaching and learning to flourish, there must be respect for the instructor and fellow students. Listed below are guidelines for classroom behavior which the College has established to ensure that the learning environment is not compromised.

  1. Attendance: You are expected to be in class the entire class time. Do not enter late or leave early. Rare exceptions may be excused, particularly under emergency circumstances, but you should be prepared to explain your tardiness to the instructor after class. Likewise, the need to leave early should be explained to the instructor before class. (*5)
  2. Absences: Inform the instructor in advance, if you know you are going to miss a class. Also, take responsibility for getting missed assignments from other students. Do not expect that you will be allowed to make up work, such as unannounced quizzes or tests, after an absence. Instructors are not responsible for re-teaching the material you missed because of absence.
  3. Conversation: Do not carry on side conversations in class.
  4. Other Activities: You may not work on other activities while in class. This includes homework for other courses or other personal activities.
  5. Internet: In classes where Internet access is provided, you may use the Internet for valid, academic purposes only. You may not use it for open access to other non-academic sites which are unrelated to the course. (*6)
  6. Sleep: Do not sleep in class.
  7. Attitude: You are expected to maintain a civil attitude in class. You may not use inappropriate or offensive commentary or body language to show your attitude regarding the course, the instructor, assignments, or fellow students.
  8. Profanity and Offensive Language: You may not use profanity or offensive language in class.
  9. Cell phones and beepers: You may not receive or send telephone calls or pages during class. You are responsible for turning off cell phones and beepers upon entering class.
  10. Guests: You may not bring unregistered friends or children to class.
  11. Food, Drink, Tobacco Products: You may not have food or drink in class. You may not use tobacco products in the buildings of A-B Tech.
  12. Personal Business: You may need to transact personal business with the instructor, asking him or her to sign forms. Plan to do this before instruction begins or after class.

(*5) In this class you are tardy if you arrive more than 10 minutes after start time, as shown on the classroom wall clock.

(*6) The only permitted use of a computer in this class is to take lecture notes. During the lecture it may not be used, for example, to do homework for this course or another course.  To ensure that this rule is observed, the instructor at his discretion may request an electronic copy of your notes from a particular class.

Typically, violations of the Code of Classroom Conduct will be dealt with as minor infractions. However, repetition of minor infractions or other more serious violations of the Code of Student Conduct may lead to removal from the classroom while the matter is resolved and referral to the Vice President for Student Services for disciplinary action.

Netiquette: 

 

General

 

1. Understand that typed messages lack cues normally associated with face-to-face conversation.   

    Without these supporting cues for context, satire or sarcasm can come across in unintended ways.

 

2. Use parenthetical explanation to explain meanings that might be misunderstood.

 

3. Do not criticize spelling or grammar but do check your own spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

 

4. Don’t use all capital letters. In the online world, this is the equivalent of shouting and it is difficult to read.

 

5. All lowercase letters indicate mumbling.

 

6. Be brief and to the point.

 

 

Subject Lines

 

1. Keep subject lines short.

 

2. Make subject lines informative by indicating the content of the message.

 

3. Make subject lines clear and unambiguous.

 

 

Replying

 

1. If you excessively reply to ongoing discussions and include the original message, your messages will  

    be very long and hard to follow.

 

2. For simple messages, quoting the original message when replying will clarify your response.

 

3. Using carets to indicate lines of text that are quoted.

 

 

Email

 

1. Unless you are explicitly given permission, don't publicly post email sent to you in private.

 

2. Recognize that instant delivery of email does not guarantee an instant response.

 

3. If you are sending information from another source, pay attention to whether the material is

    copyrighted and cite sources.

 

4. For important messages, compose a draft in a word processor so you can spell check it.

 

5. Be careful when addressing emails. One character out of place, or a ".com" suffix when the person's

    email really ends with ".edu", and your message won't be delivered.

 

6. If it is going to take considerable time to reply fully, try to acknowledge receipt of a message promptly

    and let the sender know that you will answer.

 

 

Attachments

 

1. Do not send huge attachments.

 

2. When you're replying to a message that has an attachment, do not include the attachment again.  

 

3. Avoid sending attached files that lack filename extensions (that's because some computers won't be able to open  

    them).

 

 

Flaming

 

1. Do not flame! Flaming refers to derogatory, abusive, threatening, sarcastic, rude, or otherwise mean-spirited  

    messages directed at people.

 

2. If a message provokes a negative emotional response, put it away for a while, then reread it and see if you're

    misinterpreting it. If you don't understand a particular item, ask the sender for clarification before replying to an  

    incorrect conclusion.

 

3. Messages are not secure. Remember, it's very easy for someone else to forward messages you thought were

    confidential.

 

4. Apologize. If there's been a misunderstanding or miscommunication, you can often nip a flame war in the bud by a

     brief apology.

 

5. Don't write anything that you won't want other people to be able to see for a long time (posts can be archived for  

     years).

 

 

Discussions

 

1. Lurk before you leap. Lurking is visiting without participating. While it's rude to make a habit of lurking, a little

    lurking can acquaint you with rules and procedures, help you get the “lay of the land,” and prevent embarrassment.

 

2. Avoid posting non-informative messages on bulletin boards. Chat is more like a telephone, so saying “Me, too!” or “I

    don't know” is accepted. But on bulletin boards, people don't like to read postings that aren't substantive.

 

 

Chat

 

1. Remember that chat rooms are "logged" (i.e., a record is kept of conversations).

 

2. Do not disrupt chat rooms by pasting large blocks of text into the input box (thus causing the screen to scroll faster

    than other users are able to type) or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in

    real time exchanges.

 

3. If you are having a conversation that is off the main topic, please move to another chat room.

 

4. If you are a fast typist, please pause occasionally to let slower typists contribute to the discussion.

California State University at Fullerton

 

Excerpted from Bramucci, Robert. Cal State Fullerton.

 

Email Communication:  You are responsible for all information sent to you by the instructor.  Email communications from the instructor will be sent only to your student email address, e.g. johnqdoe@students.abtech.edu.  If you prefer to receive your email at an alternate address, you must log in once to your student AB Tech student email account and arrange for messages to be automatically forwarded.  Regardless of the originating address and the return address in a message you receive, replies should be directed to dmerrill@abtech.edu.

Other Information:  Additional help in math and related courses is available in The Learning Center, Laurel Building, Room 118.  The hours are from 9am-6:30pm M-Th, and 9am-1:00pm on Friday.

Calculator:  A graphing calculator is required for this course. The TI-86 will be the calculator used by the instructor for instruction purposes. Whatever calculator you use, you are responsible for understanding its operation.  Bring it to every class, along with spare batteries.  In tests and exams you may not share a calculator, nor use a calculator that is integrated with a wireless device.

 

Statement of Right to Make Changes:  The instructor reserves the right to make changes in the syllabus.  Any changes will be announced in class.  In case of any disagreement, the announcement in class takes precedence.

 

Tentative Schedule**

  

 

Chapter(s)

no of sections

no of pages

no of days

day of test

Test date

7

6

28

7

7

Tu 2/3 7PM

8

5

37

6.5

13.5

Th 2/26 6PM

10

7

49

7.5

20

Th 3/19 7PM

7,8,10

19

114

0.5

20.5

Tu 3/24 6PM

12

6

36

6.5

27

Tu 4/21 7PM

13

4

34

4.5

31.5

Th 5/7 6PM

12,13

10

70

0.5

32

Th 5/7 7PM

 

** This schedule is subject to change by the instructor as needed.    Changes will be announced in class and by email.  In case of disagreement, the class announcement takes precedence.

 

MAT 122

ALGEBRA/TRIGONOMETRY II

Content Outline

 

7.1      Special products

7.2      Factoring

7.3      Factoring Trinomials

7.4      Fractions

7.5      Multiplication and Division of Fractions

7.6      Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

    Chapter 7 Test

 

8.1    Introduction to Vectors

8.2    Adding and Subtracting Vectors

8.3    Applications of Vectors

8.4    Oblique Triangles: Law of Sine

8.5    8.5 Oblique Triangles: Law of Cosines

    Chapter 8 Test

 

 10.1 Sine and Cosine Curves: Amplitude and Period

 10.2 Sine and Cosine Curves: Horizontal and Vertical Displacement

 10.3 Combinations of Sine and Cosine Curves

 10.4 Graphs of the other Trigonometric Functions

 10.5 Applications of trigonometric Graphs

 10.6 Parametric Equations

 10.7 Polar Coordinates

     Chapter 10 Test

 

     MIDTERM EXAM

 

 12.1 Exponent Functions

 12.2 The Exponent Function  ℮^x

 12.3 Logarithmic Functions

 12.4 Properties of Logarithms

 12.5 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

 12.6 Graphs Using Semi logarithmic and Logarithmic Paper

     Chapter 12 Test

 

 13.1 Probability

 13.2 Measures of Central Tendency

 13.3 Measures of Dispersion

 13.4 Statistical Process Control

    Chapter 13 Test

 

    FINAL EXAM

 

Dear Student,

 

Welcome to the Mathematics Department!

 

We look forward to working with you and providing you with the very best education in mathematics.

 

We are a seven-member team that boasts a combined experience of over one-hundred-fifty years in professional education. We are extremely proud of our services and our accomplishments, and we always strive to maintain the best of quality instruction and as well as adherence to high academic standards and goals. Because of this dedication, we enjoy an excellent academic reputation with the surrounding upper-division colleges and universities in the region.  It is a high priority to maintain this reputation, and consequently the value of your degree.

 

In order to be successful in your Math class and to ensure that other students have the learning environment they deserve, we require that you adhere to the Code of Student Conduct located in your Student Handbook, and on your syllabus.  A positive learning environment makes it much easier for any student to achieve their goals.

 

If it is necessary for you to discuss any personal issue with your instructor, it is imperative that you do so during their office hours or during an out of class appointment.  We are happy to meet with you to talk about any issue that is relevant to your participation in class, or your grade in the course.  We have appropriate and time-proven suggestions that should help you.

 

As a student at AB-Tech, it is expected that you to keep up with the class, turn in assignments on time, and take responsibility for your education.   The instructor will assist you in every way possible that does not compromise the integrity of the course itself.  Our reputation depends on it.

 

Again, Welcome to AB-Tech and have a great semester!

 

R. Trent Codd, Jr.; Chairman; AA, BS, BSCS, MA, EASGC; 38 years of experience

Jerry L. Ashe; Instructor; AA, BS, MS; 22 years of experience

Jackie Caldwell; Instructor; BS, MA; 20 years of experience

Karma Crouch; Instructor; BS, MA Ed; 23 years of experience

Valerie Martin; Instructor; AA, BA, MS; 8 years of experience

Tammy Pagan; Instructor; AA, BS, MS; 20 years of experience

Robby Webb; Instructor; BA, MA; 23 years of experience

 


SYLLABUS

MAT 122

ALGEBRA/TRIGONOMETRY II

 

 

 

Your Acknowledgement

 

I have been provided access to the course syllabus, understand what is expected of me, and agree with the provision set forth in the syllabus.

 

 

_________________________________                         __________________________

                     Your name                                                         Your student I.D. Number

 

 

_________________________________                         __________________________

                  Your signature                                                                      Date

 

3/26/09

 

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