| Class Meetings: | Monday - Thursday: 12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Kettler G45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instructor: | John LaMaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| home page: http://www.ipfw.edu/math/lamaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Kettler 204U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office Hours: | Monday - Thursday: 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reachable: | 481-5430 (office/voice mail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 481-6821 (Math Dept) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 481-6880 (FAX) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| email: lamaster@ipfw.edu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | MA 113 with C or higher or placement by departmental exam. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed two years of high school algebra. Note: If this course is not review material, it is an unwise choice to compress what is normally done in 15 weeks in Fall and Spring into an accelerated 6 week summer session. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objective: |
This course serves both as a preparation to the calculus sequences and as a terminal course for students who need only this level of mathematics. |
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| Content: | This course presents the concepts of precalculus from four points of view: geometric (graphs), numeric (tables), symbolic (formulas), and written (verbal descriptions). The emphasis is on the mathematical modeling of real-life problems using linear, polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions. Students develop their reading, writing, and questioning skills in an interactive classroom setting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Required: | Functions Modeling Change by Connally, Hughes-Hallett,
Gleason, et al. You will be required to use a graphing calculator for activities and assignments in and out of class. The Assistance with Graphing Calculators Web Page (http://www.ipfw.edu/math/graphcalc.html) can help you obtain and use a grapher. (I will be using the TI-83 Plus) |
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| Optional: |
Graphing Calculator Guide for the TI-83/82 by Carl Swenson |
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Student's Solutions Manual |
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| Syllabus: | Most of the first five chapters of the text plus chapter 9 and section 8.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assignments: | Homework will be regularly
assigned. These problems are to be prepared for discussion during the next class period.
Completion of the assignments is essential for
understanding the material presented in lectures. Assignments will be posted on the course Web Site listed at http://www.ipfw.edu/math/lamaster/courses.htm so if you miss a class (shudder), you can come prepared the next day. However, to be safe, get the phone number of someone else in the class and just call them to see what you missed! |
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| Internet Homework: | There will be Internet assignments worth
10 points each using e-grade
software. Go to the page http://egrade2.brownstone.net/pilot2/classes/LaMaster/ You must register first in the class. |
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| Exams: |
There will be two Chapter Exams plus a comprehensive final. The following dates are tentatively
planned: |
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| Attendance and Participation: |
Since much of the learning in this course occurs interactively during class time, attendance is vital and is part of the course grade (roughly 9%). You are expected to not only attend all class meetings, but participate in your group and contribute to the learning environment of the class as a whole. There are 42 attendance points available, and 21 class meetings that are not test days. You cannot earn your attendance credit if you are not here for the entire class meeting. Your group sinks or swims together. It is important that all members of the group participate and learn the material. If all members of your team score 90% or above on a chapter test, each will receive 5 bonus points. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If you have or acquire a disability and want to find out about what special services and accommodations are available, you may contact Services for Students with Disabilities in Walb 118, telephone 481-6557 (voice/TDD) |
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