Instructor: Kathleen
Kane
Office:
S224
Telephone: (908) 526
– 1200 ext. 8296
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Friday
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Materials: Textbook:
Precalculus: Functions and Graphs by Larson, Hostetler and Edwards,
2nd edition.
A graphing calculator is required.
A Texas Instruments model is recommended.
If you have another model, please bring instruction book to
each class with you.
Material to be covered: Chapters 1-3, 7, 8 (up to 8.3)
Attendance: Attending all lectures is essential for success in this course. Lectures reinforce and explain the material presented in the textbook. Additional solution techniques, which may not be found in the book, will be demonstrated in class. It is the students responsibility to keep up with the class work and homework assignments. At least two hours of study should be spent outside of class for each hour spent in class.
College policy regarding attendance will be followed in this class. See “Attendance and Grading Procedures” in the Student Handbook or in the College Catalog for the official college policy. IF YOUR ABSENCE RATE IS MORE THAN 20%, YOU MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURSE.
Classroom Behavior:
1. At all times,
you are expected to conduct yourself in a manner befitting a college classroom.
2. Talking or any other types of disruption during the lecture will not be tolerated.Requirements and Grading:3. Leaving the classroom during the lecture should be reserved for emergencies only. It is very disruptive for you, the students around you and the instructor. If you must leave in an emergency, do so as quickly and quietly as possible.
4. You should be on time for class. If you are late for class, please enter the classroom quietly and quickly take the closest available seat. If possible, avoid walking across the front of the classroom directly in front of the instructor. Set up your materials with minimal amount of disturbance to those around you.
5. All beepers and cellular telephones must have the ringer turned off while you are in class.
1. Tests 45%
2. Projects 20%
3. Homework, quizzes 10%
4. Final 25%
Your grade = .45(test avg.) + .20(project avg.) + .10(homework/quiz
avg.) + .25(final ex. avg.)
Your letter grade will be assigned according to the following scale:
90 -100 A
87 - 89 B+
80 - 86 B
77 - 79 C+
70 - 76 C
60 – 69 D
0 – 59 F
YOUR GRADE WILL NOT BE CURVED. YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU EARN!
Tests: There will be 4 tests given through out the semester and a comprehensive final given during the final exam period. The tests will tentatively be as follows:
Test 1 - Chapter 1
Test 2 - Chapter 2
Test 3
- Chapter 3
Test 4 - Chapters 7 and 8
The test schedule is tentative. It is subject to change
at the discretion of the instructor.
A make up test will be given ONLY if the following
procedure is followed:
Notify the instructor ON OR BEFORE THE DATE that the scheduled test is to be given. This may be done in person, by phone, voice mail, or e-mail. A note under the office door or in the mailbox is NOT acceptable. In addition, you must be able to provide official documentation as an excuse. Official documentation includes a doctors excuse, court summons, etc. If you fail to notify the instructor on the date of the test or cannot provide official documentation, a makeup test will not be given AND your grade for the exam will be a zero.
Tests will be given during the regularly scheduled class periods. You are expected to be on time. Arriving late to class on the day of a scheduled test DOES NOT entitle you to extra test time!
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given throughout the semester. Quizzes may be announced or unannounced.
QUIZZES CANNOT BE MADE UP. If you miss a quiz, regardless of the reason (including being late for class), you will receive a zero for that quiz.
Homework: Homework will be assigned during almost every class period. These homework problems will not be collected. You will, however, be expected to complete all assignments before the next scheduled class. The problems on the tests and quizzes will be very closely related to the homework problems.
On the last class day of the week, I will give you an assignment that reviews the material covered for the week. This assignment will be collected at the beginning of the following class period. The graded homework will not be gone over in class.
Your homework must meet the following guidelines. Failure to do so will result in a grade of ZERO. No exceptions.
1. The assignment must be neat and legible – by my standards.2. No loose pages accepted. ALL ASSIGNMENTS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PAGE MUST BE STAPLED. No folded corners, paper clips, etc.
3. The assignment must be done on paper without ragged edges.
4. The problems must be done in numerical order and clearly labeled.
5. You must show an appropriate amount of work for full credit.
6. Homework will be collected during the first five minutes of the class on the day it is due. If your homework is not turned in at this time, regardless of the reason (this includes being late for class that day), it is considered late and will be penalized. Five points will be subtracted from you grade for each day or part of a day that the homework is late. You may turn your homework in early, but you must be sure that I have it by the deadline. Putting your homework in my mailbox is NOT recommended. If you want to receive full credit, have the math lab staff stamp it with the date and time and ask them to put it in my folder.
Projects: There will be four projects
worth 20% of your total grade. You may work individually or in small
groups approved by the instructor.
Projects must follow the same guidelines as the homework.
Pre Calculus I
Daily Homework Assignments
Chapter 11.1 1- 85 odd
1.2 1-75 odd
1.3 1-55 odd
1.4 1-67 odd
1.5 1-79 odd
Chapter 2
2.1 1- 61 odd
2.2 1-77 odd
2.3 1-95 odd
2.5 1-55 odd
2.6 1- 41 odd
2.7 1-77 odd
Chapter 3
3.1 1-59 odd
3.2 1-67 odd
3.3 1-59 odd, 67-89 odd
3.4 1-79 odd
3.5 1-19 odd
Chapter 7
7.1 1-71 odd
7.2 1-57 odd
7.3 1-33 odd
7.5 1-65 odd
Chapter 8
8.1 1- 65 odd, 71, 73
8.2 1-33 odd, 45-53 odd
8.3 1-33 odd, 37-55 odd