MATH-0313-04 - Introductory Algebra
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
House Bill 2504
Fall 2017 Course Syllabus
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Semester | Fall 2017 | ||||||||||||
Instructor | McQueen, Sarah Anne | ||||||||||||
Phone | (409) 984-6574 | ||||||||||||
mcqueensa@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||||
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MyLamarPA | Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLamarPA campus web portal (My.LamarPA.edu). When you’ve logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check email, or click on the “My Courses” tab to get to your Course Homepage. Click the link to your course and review the information presented. It is important that you check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLamarPA. | ||||||||||||
Course Information | |||||||||||||
Course Number | 91522 | ||||||||||||
Course Description | Concepts of basic algebra. Operations on real numbers and polynomials, solving equations, inequalities and systems, graphing, factoring polynomials and problem solving are included. Prerequisite: MATH 0312 or placement examination. |
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Course Prerequisites | TSI Mathematics score of 336 - 342 | ||||||||||||
Required Textbooks |
Beginning & Intermediate Algebra 6th edition by Elayn Martin-Gay (not required) MyLabsPlus Access (required) |
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Attendance Policy |
Attendance Requirement Emergency Absences 300 minutes USE THEM WISELY LSC-PA maintains attendance and participation 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 exemptions from these guidelines. If this class conflicts with your work schedule, continuing medical/legal appointments, or other activities see an admissions advisor 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. The student will be penalized for any instructional time that is missed. This includes arriving late, leaving early, sleeping, and exiting the classroom for any reason. If a student leaves the classroom a second time during the same class period, he/she will not be allowed to return and these minutes will be deducted from the semester total. Attendance counting begins on the first day the student is enrolled regardless of schedule changes. If a schedule change is made, absences that have been accumulated will carry over to the new section. If a student is enrolled in only one developmental course and is not TSI complete, the student may not drop the course without withdrawing from all courses at LSCPA. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class meeting and turned in to the Attendance Compliance Office each week. No distinction will be made between excused and unexcused absences. All absences will be used to determine attendance penalties and are outlined as follows. Attendance Penalties After a student misses 300 minutes of class, the semester grade will be lowered according to the following scale: 301- 375 minutes: One letter grade 376- 450 minutes: Two Letter grades More than 450 minutes: Three letter grades If the grade is lowered to a DD or FD, the student will be required to repeat the course and take EDUC 1300 concurrently. The student may also be dropped from the course due to nonattendance or nonparticipation. |
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Course Grading Scale |
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 |
Determination of Final Grade: Assignments (30% as follows): My Lab Plus Homework 18% SSC Co-Requisite Lab Hours 12% Exams 50% Final Exam 20% If a student does not pass (course grade DD or FD) a developmental course the student must be enrolled in EDUC 1300 and/or Student Success Center Lab concurrently when the course is retaken. |
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Final Exam Date | December 11, 2017 - 8:00 AM Through December 11, 2017 - 8:00 PM | ||||||||||||
Major Assignments |
Week 1: Syllabus, 1.2, 1.3 Week 2: Labor Day, 1.3 Week 3: 1.4 - 1.7 Week 4: 1.8, 2.1 - 2.3 Week 5: 2.2 - 2.4 Week 6: 3.1 - 3.3 Week 7: 3.4 - 3.5 Week 8: 3.6, 4.2 - 4.3 Week 9: 4.4 Week 10: AE, 4.5 Week 11: 5.1 - 5.4 Week 12: 5.5 - 5.6 Week 13: 5.7 Week 14: 6.1, 6.5, 6.2-6.3 Week 15: 6.1 |
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Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates |
Approximate Test Due Dates: (subject to change) Unit 1: 9/25 Unit 2: 10/4 Unit 3: 10/23 Unit 4: 11/6 Unit 5: 11/21 Homework, the chapter review, and the appropriate cumulative review is due before you take each test. |
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General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes |
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Program Student Learning Outcomes |
PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills – Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. Creatively identifies problem, argument, or issue (to determine extent of information needed); differentiates the facts from opinions as relates to situation; constructs possible solutions or prediction or consequences; uses logical, sound reasoning to justify conclusion. PSLO 2: Communication Skills – Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication. Expresses a strong thesis; organizes information with effective transitions & sequencing of ideas; uses substantial, logical & specific development of ideas; details are relevant, original, credible and correctly documented when appropriate to show an effective development and interpretation of ideas; and presents ideas in appropriate mode of expression for the task. PSLO3: Empirical and Quantitative Skills – Applies the manipulation and/or analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions. Identifies mathematical or scientific principles needed to complete task; uses mathematical or scientific principles needed to complete task; analyzes how to use the principles; and applies problem-solving skills in mathematical or scientific principles needed to complete task with correct informed conclusions. PSLO 4: Teamwork Skills- Shows the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal. Helps the team move forward by discussing merits of alternative ideas; Treats team members respectfully; uses positive facial, vocal or written tone, or language to convey a positive attitude; Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task; Provides assistance/encouragement to team members; Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; Addresses conflict constructively; or helps the group avoid conflict completely. PSLO 5: Social Responsibility Skills - Expresses intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities. Identifies cultural characteristics (including beliefs, values, perspectives and/or practices); demonstrates knowledge of civic responsibility; provides evidence of experience in civic- engagement activities; and describes what she/ he has learned as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity in local, regional, national, or global communities; and shows awareness of one’s own culture in relation to others. PSLO 6: Personal Responsibility Skills – Integrates choices, actions and consequences in ethical decision-making. Recognizes ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (gray) context; recognizes cross- relationships among the issues; discusses in detail/ analyzes core beliefs; the discussion has greater depth and clarity showing the independent application of ethical perspectives/ concepts to an ethical question accurately; and is able to consider full implications of the application. |
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Course Student Learning Outcomes |
MATH 0313 INTRODUCTORY ALGEBRA (PSLOs 1,2 and 3) Course objectives (CSLOs): - Students will determine the slopes, intercepts, equations and graphs of lines - Students will solve systems of equations in two and three variables by substitution, addition and determinants - Students will add, subtract, multiply, divide and factor polynomials - 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 |
Calculators are not allowed except through an accommodation from Special Populations If you send an e-mail, please include the class name and section number in the subject. Please use proper e-mail etiquette and grammar. I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. if you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person. |
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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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