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Required Materials: Textbook Bello, Ignacio, Jack R. Britton, and Anton Kaul. Topics in Contemporary Mathematics, 9th edition. Houghton- Mifflin. ISBN-13 (for textbook only): 978-0-618-77524-8 Calculator A significant portion of coursework (both assignments and exams) will require the use of a graphing calculator with statistical functions. Buy or borrow a calculator as soon as possible and learn how to use it. Class instruction on the basic use of the calculator will be minimal and will concentrate on applications. Sharing calculators during exams is absolutely not permitted. The Texas Instruments TI-83, TI-83 Plus or TI-84 graphing calculator is highly recommended and will be used in for demonstration purposes. Blackboard, myPGCC, and Owl Mail This online course will use a web-based course delivery program called Blackboard. It serves as the college's online classroom. You will use Blackboard to communicate with your instructor, to see your course materials, to submit assignments and to discuss course ideas with your classmates. If you have never logged into Blackboard, you can find instructions on page 9 of this syllabus. Use myPGCC to provide quick access to Blackboard, Owl Alert, Owl Link, Owl Mail, PGCC news, information, student events and more. Access myPGCC at my.pgcc.edu or from www.pgcc.edu. Log in using your Owl Link user ID and password. Effective Fall 2009, all e-mail will be sent only to your Owl Mail e-mail address. Computer Computer/internet access and mastery of basic computer skills are considered to be the student’s responsibility. The hardware and software requirements for taking an online course (as suggested by the Office of Distance Learning) include ‣ Computer: Pentium-class or MAC computer with at least 128 MB RAM ‣ Internet connection: Dial-up 56K modem. Broadband (DSL, Cable-modem, Satellite) is highly recommended. ‣ Internet Service Provider (ISP): Examples: AOL, Verizon, MSN, NetZero, etc. ‣ Web Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher), Firefox 1.5 (or higher), or Safari 1.2 (or higher) ‣ Software: Word Processing software (Microsoft Word is the college standard); PowerPoint (to view instructor presentations); Adobe Reader (to view “pdf” files); Quicktime Player for viewing movies. ‣ It is also suggested that you have access to a printer. Important Dates: Log in to myPGCC from my.pgcc.edu or from www.pgcc.edu for updates and announcements. Fall 2009 Semester Classes begin Monday, August 31 No face-to-face classes – College closed – Labor Day Saturday-Monday, September 5-7 Last day to apply for fall graduation Tuesday, September 15 Last day to change from “credit to audit” or “audit to credit” Friday, September 25 No face-to-face classes – College Enrichment Day Tuesday, October 27 Last day to withdraw from full semester classes Friday, November 20 No face-to-face classes – Start of Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, November 25 College closed – Thanksgiving Break Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29 Final exam period/last week of fall 2009 classes Friday-Thursday, December 11-17 College Closed – Winter Break Saturday-Sunday, December 19-January 3 Intersession and Spring 2010 Semester Begin registration for Intersession 2010 Monday, October 26 Advance registration for spring 2010 Monday-Wednesday, November 30-December 2 Begin open registration spring 2010 Thursday, December 3 Registration for Intersession ends. Spring in-person Friday, December 18 registration closes. Registration resumes Monday, January 4. Spring 2010 classes begin Monday, January 25 MAT 1130 Online, Fall 2009 page 2 Prof. A. Jones
Course Grading Policy: Discussion Board Postings 5% Quizzes 15% Problem Sets 15% Exams 45% Final Exam 20% During various weeks there will be a discussion question posted on the Discussion Board. You are to respond to the question in a thoughtful way by beginning a new thread. These questions may ask you to explore additional online resources or to comment on something from the textbook. In addition, for each posted question, you must respond to at least two other responses made by your coursemates. A rubric of how your Discussion Board participation will be assessed can be found in the Communications Policy folder under the Syllabus button. Responses for each assigned question are rated on a scale of 1 - 10. The number of discussion board prompts will vary between 5 and 8. Short quizzes will be taken online almost weekly. For these quizzes, you may use your textbook and notes. These quizzes will consist of concepts and types of problems covered in Powerpoint lectures, readings, and other assignments and will help you prepare for the major exams. You may take each quiz only once. Make sure you complete the quizzes by the deadline as these quizzes cannot be made up. Once you complete the quiz, you will immediately see your grade with feedback to help you understand why your answers were incorrect, if any were. You may expect approximately 14 of them, each scored as 15 points. Each week there will be a problem set for you to submit. These problems are very representative of the expectations for the exams. These problem sets will be graded and returned to you with corrections. You may access your graded problem sets and feedback by clicking the grade of the assignment in the gradebook. There will be approximately 14 of these problem sets scored as 15 points each. There will be three major exams given throughout the course. These exams will be administered on campus during an open window of time by Student Assessment Services, Bladen 100. You must come to campus to take your exams. These major exams will assess your knowledge of a limited number of topics covered in Blocks 1, 2, and 3. The exams will be scored out of a possible 100 points each. Exam #1: Reasoning All Around Us (Chapters 1, 2, and 3) Exam #2: Numbers and Counting (Chapters 4 and 10) Exam #3: Describing Chance and Data (Chapters 11 and 12) The final exam will be comprehensive and measure the expected learning outcomes for the whole course. Final Exam: Comprehensive including Social and Management Decision Making (Chapters 14 and 15) Your semester grade is determined using weighted scores in each of these categories, not total points. In short, the formula used to compute your weighted average is Your weighted average = (5% x percentage of Discussion Board Points obtained) + (15% x percentage of Quiz points obtained) + (15% x percentage of Problem Set points obtained) + (45% x percentage of Exam points obtained) + (20% x percentage of Final Exam points obtained) A B C D F 90% and above 80% to 89% 70% - 79% 60% - 69% 59% and below Superior work far above peers; sets the standard in understanding, insight, or skill. High quality, solid work; clearly reflects a high level of understanding, insight, or skill. Competent, adequate work and readiness to continue further mathematical study. Low quality work showing minimal understanding; indicates un readiness to continue in the sequence. Representative of work clearly inadequate and unworthy of credit. The instructor reserves the right to make corrections to incorrect grades and discrepancies in grade calculations displayed in Blackboard's gradebook. Course grades will be assigned based on the procedure above. The instructor's gradebook is the official gradebook. MAT 1130 Online, Fall 2009 page 3 Prof. A. Jones
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