MATH-0312-02 - Pre-Algebra
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
House Bill 2504
Fall 2014 Course Syllabus
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Semester | Fall 2014 | ||||||||||||
Instructor | Byrd, Otis E. | ||||||||||||
Phone | (409) 718-1792 | ||||||||||||
byrdo@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||||
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Course Information | |||||||||||||
Course Number | 90215 | ||||||||||||
Course Description | 0312 Pre-Algebra Basic concepts and operations involved with whole numbers, integers, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, percent, exponents, and polynomials. Included is an introduction to solving equations and problem solving. Course includes a co-requisite lab. Prerequisite: placement examination. |
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Course Prerequisites | None: Placement based on COMPASS test scores | ||||||||||||
Required Textbooks | MyMathLab PLUS to accompany Prealgebra 7th Edition by Elayn Martin-Gay | ||||||||||||
Attendance Policy |
LSC-PA maintains attendance requirements for all students enrolled in developmental courses. These requirements apply to all developmental students. THEA, non-THEA, and THEA-exempt. Use your allocated absences for ALL of your personal needs. Employment, personal appointments and continuing legal/medical appointments are not exempt from these guidelines. If this class conflicts with your work schedule, continuing legal/medical appointment, or other activities see an admissions counselor immediately. We offer a variety of day, evening, hybrid, and online courses. Class begins as scheduled and does not end until the instructor dismisses the class. Students will be penalized for any instructional time that is missed. This includes arriving late, leaving early, and exiting the class for reason. Each instructor will establish a classroom policy regarding re-entry opportunities fro students that exit the room during class. Attendance counting begins the first the student is enrolled regardless of the schedule changes. If a schedule change is made the absences that have been accumulated will carry over to the new section. |
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Course Grading Scale |
Course grading scale: AD 90-100 BD 80-89 CD 70-79 DD 50-69 FD Below 50 |
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Determination of Final Grade |
homework 25% test 50% Final 25% |
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Final Exam Date | December 5, 2014 - 8:00 AM | ||||||||||||
Major Assignments |
Week 3 Chapter 1 Test Week 5 Chapter 2 Test Week 7 Chapter 3 Test Week 10 Chapter 4 Test Week 12 Chapter 5 Test Week 13 Chapter 6 Test Week 16 Chapter 7 Test Week 16 Final Exam or Week 17 Final Exam |
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Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates |
Lecture Section Title Date Chapter One: Whole Numbers Week 1 1.2 Place Value and Names for Numbers Week 1 1.3 Adding/Subtracting Whole Numbers Week 2 1.4 Rounding Week 2 1.5 Multiplying Whole Numbers Week 2 1.6 Dividing Whole Numbers Week 3 1.7 Exponents and Order of Operations Week 3 1.8 Variables, Alg Expressions & Equations Week 3 Chapter One Review Chapter 2: Integers Week 4 2.1 Introduction to Integers Week 4 2.2 Adding Integers Week 4 2.3 Subtracting Integers Week 5 2.4 Multiplying & Dividing Integers Week 5 2.5 Order of Operations Week 5 2.6 Solving Equations Week 5 Chapter Two Review Cumulative Review Chapters 1-2 Chapter 3: Algebraic Expressions Week 6 3.1 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Week 6 3.2 Equations: using Addition & Subtraction Prop Week 7 3.3 Solving Linear Equations in 1 Variable Week 7 3.4 Equations: Problem Solving Week 7 Chapter Three Review Cumulative Review Chapters 1-2-3 Chapter 4: Fractions Week 7 4.1 Intro to Fractions and Mixed Numbers Week 8 4.2 Factors and Simplest Form Week 8 4.3 Multiplying and Dividing fractions Week 9 4.4 Adding and Subtracting Like-Term Fractions Week 9 4.5 Adding and Subtracting Un-Like Fractions Week 9 4.6 Complex Fractions and Order of Operations Week 10 4.7 Mixed Number Operations Week 10 4.8 Equations containing Fractions Week 10 Chapter Four Review Cumulative Review Chapters 1-2-3-4 Chapter 5: Decimals Week 11 5.1 Intro to Decimals Week 11 5.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals Week 11 5.3 Multiplying Decimals Week 12 5.4 Dividing Decimals Week 12 5.5 Fractions, Decimals and Order of Operations Week 12 5.6 Equations containing Decimals Week 12 5.7 Mean, Median, Mode Week 12 Chapter Five Review Cumulative Review Chapters 1-2-3-4-5 Chap 6: Ratios, Rates,Proportions Week 13 6.1 Ratios and Rates Week 13 6.2 Proportions Week 13 6.3 Proportions and Problem Solving Week 13 Chapter 6 Review Chapter 7: Percents Week 14 7.1 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions Week 14 7.2 Solving Percent Equations Week 14 7.4 Applications of Percent Week 15 7.5 Sales Tax, Commission and Discount Week 15 Chapter 7 Review Chapter 10: Exponents and Polynomials Week 15 10.1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Week 16 10.2 Multiplication Properties of Exponent Week 16 10.3 Multiplying Polynomials Cumulative Final Exam Review Chapters 1-7 Week 16 or 17 Final Exam |
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General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes |
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Program Student Learning Outcomes |
Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making. |
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Course Student Learning Outcomes |
MATH 0312 PREALGEBRA (PSLOs 1, 2 and 3) Course objectives (CSLOs): • Students will add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, integers, fractions and decimals • Students will simplify numeric and algebraic expressions • Students will solve linear equations in one variable involving whole numbers, integers, fractions and decimals • Students will translate, develop a strategy and solve related application problems • Students will utilize an online learning system to demonstrate math proficiency |
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Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||||||
Facility Policies |
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Additional Information | |||||||||||||
Important Information | |||||||||||||
ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||||
Copyright Violations |
Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester,
by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally.
No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class,
including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or
painting or performing copyrighted material for public display.
Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties. Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented. If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216. |
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Assessment Statement |
Assessment is a process by which LSCPA can help you learn better and gauge the level of progress you have made to
attain knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values. It also helps your professors understand how to improve teaching
and testing methods in your classes, and it helps each department understand and improve degree and certificate
programs.
Periodically LSC-PA will collect assessment data for research and reporting purposes, including statistical data and sometimes copies of your work. Be assured that all material the college uses for assessment purposes will be kept confidential. To ensure anonymity, your name will be removed from any material we use for assessment purposes, including video-recorded performances, speeches, and projects. If you object to allowing LSC-PA to use your material for assessment purposes, submit a letter stating so to your professor by the 12th class day. You will still be required to participate in whatever assessments are being done; we just won’t use your data. What’s the difference between assessment and grades? The grades you get on papers, projects, speeches, and assignments are specific types of focused assessment. LSC-PA’s assessment efforts include class grades, surveys, standardized tests, and other tools. |
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Privacy Notice |
Federal privacy laws apply to college students. This means that college employees, including instructors, cannot
divulge information to third parties, including parents and legal guardians of students. Even if the students are
minors, information about their college work cannot be shared with anyone except in very limited circumstances.
Anyone requesting information about a student should be referred to the Registrar. Instructors will be notified in writing by that Office about what information may be released and to whom. Please remember that releasing private information about a student, however innocuous it may seem, can be a violation of federal law, with very serious consequences. Circumstances under which information may be released:
An adult student may submit, to the Registrar, a handwritten, signed note granting permission for release of
information. The note must specify what information may be divulged, and it must specify the name of the person
to whom the information may be given.
The Registrar’s office is located in the Student Center room 303B, and can be reached at (409) 984-6165. |
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College-Level Perspectives |
This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways:
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Degree Plan Evaluation |
A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program.
All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class. |
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HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||||
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