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Course Description: This course integrates the topics of arithmetic and beginning algebra. In this course you will add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and solve related applications; compute percents and solve related applications; find the perimeter and area of plane figures and volumes of solids; perform operations on signed numbers; solve linear equations in one variable; perform operations on and factor polynomials; evaluate and simplify expressions with integer exponents; simplify radicals; graph linear equations; simplify algebraic fractions; and solve applications of these topics.
AA degree-seeking students: Upon successful completion of MAT 0020 (grade of S), you should register for MAT 1033, after which you should take MGF 1106, MGF 1107, or MAC 1105, depending on your major and the institution to which you are planning to transfer. Be sure to take your mathematics courses in consecutive terms.
Textbook: Jordan/Palow, Integrated Arithmetic and Algebra, 3rd edition (Addison-Wesley)
Assistance: You can obtain assistance for mathematics classes in the Mathematics Laboratory (Room 2223). There, you will find course-related videotapes and computer software, and tutors that can help you to successfully complete this course. The Math Lab is open these hours: MTWR 8:00 AM-9:00 PM, F 8:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM You do not need an appointment. The telephone number for the lab is 305-237-3834. If you have a problem with the Math Lab, please contact Jose De Paz at 305-237-3971.
Study Sessions: You are required to attend your study session each week. One of the requirements for receiving an S in this class is to earn at least a 70% in your Study Session. If you have a problem with your study session, please contact Verdieu Lucas at 305-237-3016.
Lab Hours: You are required to complete 30 hours during the term in the mathematics laboratory (Room 2223). You need to have completed a minimum of fifteen hours by the midterm date, and you may not exceed three hours on any one day. You will need to check in and out of the Math Lab each time you are there to earn the credit for the College Prep lab hour requirement. You May Not complete lab hours during times when you are scheduled to be in class or in your study session. If you do so you could loose every hour that you have accumulated to that point.
Classroom and Laboratory Etiquette: Please refrain from bringing food or drinks into any classroom, lab, or into the courtyard. Please turn off any cellular phones and set pagers to "vibrate." You are expected to arrive on time to class, depart when the class has concluded, and treat others respectfully. You are encouraged to ask questions. The tutors in the lab must help all the students and take turns; they cannot work with one student for a prolonged period of time. We are unable to offer one-to-one continuous tutoring.
Problems with Instructor: If you are having a problem with your mathematics instructor, please see that instructor during office hours. Before or after class is generally not a good time to discuss a problem with an instructor who is either about to start class or on the way to the next class. If after speaking with your instructor during office hours you cannot resolve the problem, then you need to visit the chairperson, Norma Agras (Office 1540) as the next step.
Withdrawal: If you feel that you will be unable to complete the requirements for passing a class, it is important that you drop the class by the college's "drop date" as established by the registrar's office. You should speak to your instructor prior to making the decision to drop. Remember that it is your responsibility to drop a class, not the instructor's. If circumstances such as illness, accident, change in employment situation, etc., prevent you from continuing to attend your class BEFORE the drop date, speak to your instructor and see the Dean of Students (room 1201) for your options regarding an appeal. If such a situation occurs AFTER the drop date, you should contact the instructor for information as to how you can complete the requirements for passing the course.
Homework: Homework is assigned each day in class. Homework for each unit is turned in to the instructor and is generally checked for completion. All work must be shown. Your name, instructor’s name and reference number, book section numbers and problem numbers must be clearly written on your homework. It must be turned in stapled together in order. Homework may not be turned in late. Your instructor may assign online homework instead of, or in addition to, the homework listed on the syllabus.
Grading: In this as in all College Preparatory courses, you will earn an S (Satisfactory), P (Progress), or U (Unsatisfactory)
To earn a grade of S you will need to fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
You will earn a grade of U if you stop attending class but you did not withdraw within the College’s deadline. Note that a grade of U counts against your GPA because it is calculated as an F. Your instructor will decide if your grades and effort warrant a grade of P or grade of U. The grade of I (Incomplete) is NOT given in this course. |
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