SUNY Purchase College SYLLABUS1

Course: Precalculus, BMA1150.60, Session IV (Intensive): July 8 - Aug. 1, 2013 Course Schedule: MTWR (Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs.): 1:00 to 4:10 pm Credits: 4 Classroom Location: Social Sciences Building, Room 1002 Instructor: Prof. Stephen Kleinman Instructors email: Stephen.Kleinman@purchase.edu Instructors phone number: (914) 428-2443 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course prepares students for calculus courses. In addition, it will refresh and sharpen math skills for those students who take Physics, Chemistry or any other science course. Topics include absolute values and inequalities, the properties of functions, graphs, logarithms, fractional exponents, and trigonometry. The detailed list of topics is given later in this syllabus. You cannot learn this material just by listening to the lectures and reading the book, though you should do both. You must be an active participant in the learning process and you must independently solve many problems on each topic covered in the course. It is VERY important that you ask questions if you dont understand something in the textbook or in the lecture. When you dont understand something, it is most likely that other students in the class have the same or a similar question. We do not use calculators in this course (you may use them to check your answers, but not on exams). Take this opportunity to develop and strengthen your personal analytic skills. This is an intensive course, with a total of 16 sessions, each somewhat over 3 hours in length, over a 4 week period. You are advised to not make any other significant commitments for your time during the span of the course. You may need to devote perhaps twenty hours per week (in addition to time in class) for reading the textbook, solving problems and studying for exams. REQUIRED TEXT: Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, by Steve Slavin and Cinny Crisonio, publisher John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471378232. You may buy or rent and ship books from: http://www.purchasebookstore.net/ or however you choose. You should have the textbook in your possession by the end of the first day of class. A Kindle edition is also available. (There are some slight misstatements in the text, and some poor choices of wording. If you find a sentence confusing, look up the topic on the internet to get another perspective, or ask about it in class.) IN THE CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS: Listen actively and participate in class discussions and activities. IMPORTANT: Ask questions when you do not understand the material. Turn off cell phones, beepers, etc. at the start of class (If you need such devices for personal obligations, please inform the instructor in advance and put these items on vibrate). Return on time from breaks. Laptops may be used in class for note taking only. You may not email, IM, etc. Failure to comply with this rule will result in not being allowed to use a laptop. Do not carry on conversations or pass notes during class. Clean up the area around your seat every time you leave class. Try to keep restroom visits outside of class time.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Attendance Policy / Participation Attendance and punctuality are expected for every class session: Attendance will be taken at every class. You are allowed one unexcused absence. Additional absences may lower your grade. Three or more absences may result in a failing grade for the course. Repeated late arrivals or early departures will be counted as absences. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out from classmates what you missed, learn the material, and submit assignments on time (if and when required). 2. Exams There will be 3 exams (see schedule below). Students must not miss an exam. There will be no makeup exams. A missed exam may be counted as a zero score. Exams will be about 1.5 hours in duration, and there will be a class session after exams #1 and #2. On the day of Exam #3, there will be a review before the exam. The instructor will announce whether the exams are open book or closed book. There are serious penalties for cheating on an exam (refer to the Purchase College Academic Integrity Policy, later in this syllabus). Exam Dates* Material covered on Exam Exam #1 July 15, Monday Intro (class notes) and Chapter 1 Exam #2 July 23, Tuesday Chapters 2 & 3 (omit 2.4, 3.7 & 3.8) Exam #3 Aug. 1, Thursday Chapters 4 & 5 (omit 5.4 & 5.5) * Exam #1 and Exam #2 dates may be adjusted slightly. 3. Homework Homework will not be counted toward your grade. However, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you select and solve representative problems from every section of the textbook and convince yourself that you understand the material and can solve similar problems on the examinations. Although you are not required to hand in homework, you may hand in problem solutions if you want the instructor to comment on them. 4. Grading Grades will be computed from a weighted average of the three exam scores. The weighting may be equal, or it may depend on the time we spend on each chapter. Excessive absences may result in a lower grade. 5. Your Purchase Email Account To activate your email account, go to purchase.edu and click on current students at the top of the page (or, go to my.purchase.edu). At the right, click on Cant login? On the next page, click on Email Account Activations. On the next page, enter your 9-digit student ID or SSN (no dashes) and your date of birth, then click Continue. Check your Purchase email account daily. You must keep your e-mail account open and make sure there is room for incoming messages. Not checking your e-mail regularly and missing messages because your mailbox is full are not acceptable excuses for being ignorant of materials and assignments sent by e-mail. 6. Moodle There is an on-line course management system called Moodle. In this course it will be used primarily for: (a) posting of this syllabus, (b) notifications of changes to exam dates and or assigned topics, (c) any other announcements relating to this course and (d) posting of supplementary learning materials or resources. It will be assumed that all announcements on the Moodle site have reached you, so be sure to check it frequently. Go to www.purchase.edu/studenttutorial and review the Moodle tutorial, designed to help you become familiar with how to use Moodle.

To access your course in Moodle, first set up your Purchase email account if you have not done so already; log in with your Purchase username and password at http://moodle.purchase.edu; (do not put @purchase.edu). Your course will appear on the left side of the page under My Courses. Set up your profile: Profile button from the Administration box on the left side of our class page; select the edit profile tab at the top, and be sure that your first name, last name, and e-mail address are correct (other options are OK as is, but you may change them if you wish). Also in the administration box, you will see a link to the gradebook where you may check on your grades on the Moodle quizzes and forums (if there are any). For technical/email assistance, call CTS: (914) 251-6465 or email Helpdesk@purchase.edu. For Moodle-specific questions, email TLTC@purchase.edu. TUTORING: Math tutoring is available in the Learning Center this summer during the following times: Mondays: 1 - 4pm Tuesdays: 11 - 1pm Thursdays: 11 - 1pm If there is additional student demand beyond these hours, other time slots may also be possible. SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course fulfills the following SUNY Learning Outcomes in Mathematics: Students will show competence in the following quantitative reasoning skills: o Interpret and draw inferences from mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, and tables; o Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically, and verbally; o Employ quantitative methods such as arithmetic, algebra, or geometry, to solve problems; o Estimate and check mathematical results for reasonableness; and o Recognize the limits of mathematical methods. PURCHASE COLLEGE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY: Refer to The Purchase College Academic Integrity Policy at: <http://www.purchase.edu/Policies/AcademicIntegrity.aspx> This policy explicitly forbids cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is the appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas, and/or thoughts of another person and the representation of them as one's own original work. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the definition of plagiarism and the acceptable methods of attribution. Violation of any of the above may lead to formal disciplinary action and the following sanctions: Minimum Sanction: Failing grade on the assignment or examination. Maximum Sanction: Expulsion Recommended Sanction (First Offense): Failing grade for the course Recommended Sanction (Second Offense): Expulsion Any student who has any questions or doubts about whether any activity is academically permissible, should check first with the instructor. DOCUMENTED DISABILITIES: Students with documented physical, learning, psychological and other disabilities are entitled to receive reasonable accommodations. If a student needs accommodations, he or she must first register with the Office of Special Student Services; please call 914-251-6390 or email accommodations@purchase.edu. You can find a description of special student services provided by the Counseling Center at: http://www.purchase.edu/Departments/SpecialStudentServices/ Please note that extra test time and alternate test locations are arranged through the Learning Center.

TOPICS AND SCHEDULE: We cover most of chapters 1 through 5. A few sections are omitted, as noted below. PRECALCULUS TOPIC note: minor changes to the syllabus and schedule may occur Operations on numbers and sets (number line, absolute value, additive inverse, operations on rational numbers, sets, order of operations agreement, simplifying complex numeric fractions) CH 1 The Basics Exponents Polynomials Rational Exponents and Radicals Factoring (omit Technique #5: Sum/Difference of Two Cubes) Basic Geometry: Distance & Midpoint Formulas Applications EXAM #1, about 1.5 hrs. CH 2 Functions Definition of a Function Operations on Functions Composite Functions Inverse Functions CH 3 Graphs of Functions Intercepts Slope of a Straight Line Writing the Equation of a Straight Line Graphs of Linear Functions Graphs of Quadratic Functions Graphs of Polynomial Functions of Degree 3 & Higher Asymptotes Oblique Asymptotes & Graphs of Rational Functions (OMIT) EXAM #2, about 1.5 hrs. CH 4 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Exponential Functions Logarithmic Functions Properties of Logarithmic Functions Solving Logarithmic Equations Applications CH 5 Trigonometry Angles and Their Measure Right Triangle Trigonometry Trig Functions of Any Angle Graphs of the Basic Trigonometric Functions (OMIT) Inverse Trigonometric Functions Applications EXAM #3, about 1.5 to 2.0 hrs. TEXTBOOK REFERENCE Instructor's notes 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 EXAM 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 (OMIT) EXAM 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 EXAM APPROX. DATES July 8 SESSION # 1

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