Portland Community College Math 112, Winter 2017 (CRN 12148—5 credits) P.O. Box 19000 Meets M/W 10:30am to 12:50 pm, in SCOM 324 Portland, OR 97280-0990 Office Hours: (see below for complete schedule) Instructor: Noah Dear Monday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Office: SCOM 214 Cubicle CC Phone/Voice Mail: 971-722-6414 Text: 503-268-3095 (10am – 8pm) Tutoring Hours(South East Library) Email: [email protected] Wednesday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Website: noahdearmath.weebly.com

Prerequisite: (MTH 111 or MTH 111B or MTH 111C) AND RD 115 AND WR 115 or equivalent placement. Recommend passing MTH 111 with a B or higher last term.

Course Description: Investigates trigonometric functions, equations, and identities. Examines right and oblique triangles, vectors, polar coordinates, parametric equaitons, and complex numbers. Explores topics graphically, numerically, symbolically, and verbally. For a complete description see: http://www.pcc.edu/ccog/default.cfm? fa=ccog&subject=MTH&course=112

Required Materials: Constant internet access to ALEKS.com (personal or school resources) 3-ring binder, Graph paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler (with inches and centimeters) Graphing Calculator Required. Recommended: TI-89 or Casio Classpad

Optional Textbook ask me via e-mail ($15)

Important Dates: January 13th – Last day to change to Audit grading option. January 14th – Last day to drop with removal of tuition and fees (via My PCC). January 16th – No Class, Holiday March 4th – Last day to change grading to P/NP. Last day to withdraw. February 6th – Exam 1 (tentative) March 1st – Exam 2 (tentative) March 22nd – Final (10:00am – 11:50am) *** Note this is on Wednesday and starts early!

Grading: The following are approximations. I will provide extra credit assignments as deemed appropriate.

ALEKS Objectives 250 points (25 each) Journal 50 points (10 for 1st Journal, 20 for 2nd and 3rd) Quizzes/Supplemental HW 100 points Exam 1 100 points Exam 2 200 points Final 300 points

Approximate Total: 1000

A: 90%+, B: 80%-89.99%, C: 70%-79.99%, D: 60%-69.99%, F: below 60%. Your percentage will be calculated by dividing total points earned by total without extra credit. The schools grading policy can be found at http://www.pcc.edu/resources/academic/standards-practices/documents/G301GradingMarch2011.pdf Attendance: Attendance will be taken for the first week of class and is mandatory. Any student who does not attend every day of the first week of class will be dropped from the course. After the first week, while I will not be taking attendance, I fully expect you to attend. Mathematics is NOT a simple game of number crunching, it is a beautifully constructed piece of logic whose nuances you need to be present to understand. If you are unable to attend class, it is your responsibility to acquire any worksheets we may have gone over and complete the section covered before the next class. Missing a class does NOT excuse you from understanding covered material or doing the assigned homework.

Tardiness: Be respectful of your time, your peer’s time and my time. Be on time. If you are late, please enter quietly without interrupting any more than you have to and find a seat towards the back.

Classroom etiquette: You are expected to participate in the learning environment without becoming an obstacle for others’ learning. There will be no sleeping in class, cell phones must be silenced, laptops put away. Texting during class will not be tolerated. Learning is about paying attention, taking an active role and being respectful of the others trying to learn around you. Any student repeatedly disregarding these concepts will be asked to leave. The student code of conduct may be found at www.pcc.edu/about/policy/student-rights/student-rights.pdf#code-of-student-conduct

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Cheating: Don’t do it. Cheating, plagiarism and other acts of academic dishonesty are regarded as serious offences. Depending on the nature of the offence, serious penalties may be imposed, ranging from the loss of points to expulsion from the class or the college. Failure to follow directions regarding working together/sharing work may result in a zero score for the assignment. Copying others’ work will not be accepted at any time, even when working together is allowed. Penalties are applied to both the copier and the one allowing the copying. Students are required to comply with the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook. The Handbook, which can be found at www.pcc.edu/about/policy/student-rights, includes the Code of Student Conduct and the Academic Integrity Policy.

ADA Accommodation: Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation for any type of disability should contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at 971-722-4341 or www.pcc.edu/resources/disability. Please also see me during the first week of class to ensure that your needs are fully met in this class. Accommodations are not retroactive and only begin when I receive the OSD Approved Academic Accommodations form.

Learning Center: PCC has a learning center that is free with your tuition. The Learning Center is located in TH 123. I highly recommend that you go to the Learning Center to work on your homework, so that if any questions come up, you have a tutor right there to help you understand your problem. Assignments:

ALEKS Concept Deadlines:

ALEKS Concept Deadlines will include specific mastery deadlines to keep you moving through the course material at a reasonable pace. Each Deadline is on Sunday at 11:59pm. Each chapter will have a specific due date by which the concepts must be mastered. The expectation however, is that you will finish well before the deadline. Please check ALEKS calendar for specific assignment deadlines. I reserve the right to change the deadlines as needed based on class progress of course material. If you have not completed an objective by the given deadline you will be given partial credit based on the percentage of concepts completed at the closing date. It is true that you cannot earn full credit if you have not completed all of the objectives by the due date. If you do miss a deadline, ALEKS will continue giving you questions on the material until you show mastery in an assessment. Assessments occur within ALEKS to make sure topics stay “fresh” in your mind and are not lost when new material is learned. ALEKS is programmed to assess your knowledge systematically as you progress through the course. This will automatically occur once every 10 or 15 hours’ worth of work or around every 25 topics covered. However, these assessments will never occur on a Sunday or Monday as ALEKS is expecting you to be working towards completing an objective. This being the case, you need to be logging in on days other than Sunday or Monday to do these assessments otherwise you will have a ton of review questions fed to you rather than being able to focus on new material!

Homework Journal:

Since each student experience of ALEKS is unique it is important that you document your work as a portfolio of what you’ve accomplished. This comprises of at least 70% of the original problems being completed on paper kept organized in order of completion in a three ring binder you will hand in to me in the 3rd week, 6th week, and 10th Week. All work should use proper notation and a clear process for full credit.

Suggestions for overall success in ALEKS:

 Log in EVERY Tuesday to estimate the time needed to complete the weekly tasks. Remember that topic totals are tied to your prerequisite knowledge and will vary from week to week.  Logging in exclusively on Sunday and Monday will result in more prerequisite problems overall. Assessments are designed to move topics from “learned” to “mastered” and do not occur on Sunday or Monday. Without an assessment you will be continually prompted to do prerequisite concepts you have learned but not “mastered.”  Do your work in your journal first! I don’t mean to have you do the problem twice! Be sure to CHECK your answer using a calculator whenever possible before entering into ALEKS. The more correct answers means the less problems overall.

Quizzes:

In order for me to be regularly assessing your understanding and to be able to provide you with feedback you will have an approximately one-two page take-home quiz every week that will be due every Wednesday at the beginning of class. These will be very stringently graded on notation! Note I may opt to make some of these quizzes in-class!

Late Policy: Quizzes may not be made up! They are due every Wednesday and you are expected to have them all in on time. However, I understand sometimes life happens and as such you have 2 late quizzes that I will allow. In the instance of using a late quiz, it must be turned in on the following Monday, no exceptions.

Extra Credit: Extra credit assignments may be available during the term as I deem appropriate. These are not mandatory, but they sure do help! I do not accept late extra credit work. Exams: There will be exams on February 6th, March 1st, and March 22nd. If for some reason you are unable to attend one of these dates, you are required to let me know at least 2 classes BEFORE the exam in order to reschedule. If you have an emergency and are unable to attend an exam at last minute, I will require proper documentation in order for you to reschedule. You are required to take all exams and manage at least 210 points on the final exam to earn a passing grade.

Formatting: ALL graded work will be evaluated on mathematical correctness, syntax (use of symbols and notation of mathematics), format (organization and presentation), the clarity of your arguments and reasonableness of your answers. Answers are NOT enough; justify all work by showing process and presenting a logical argument. Verify results whenever possible. You will be marked down for incorrect notation.

Changes to Syllabus: The instructor reserves the right to modify course content, dates of exams and/or substitute assignments and learning activities in response to institutional, weather or class situations. If you come to class, you will be kept up to date on any changes. Changes will also be sent to the class via e-mail so be sure to check your PCC email (or have it forwarded to the email account you check the most often).

Assumptions I make about you:

 You have made an informed choice to be a member of this class. You understand that the syllabus represents the contract between the student and the instructor. You understand the workload required. On average, you should spend three hours on your own (reading, studying, making notes, working on assignments, etc.) for every hour that you are in class.  You will do the required reading and homework. This means that you will often have to read something more than once in order to fully understand it (remember the 3:1 ratio in the first assumption).  You understand that learning is a step by step process and involves overcoming challenges. When times get tough, you will take a breath and do your best to keep a positive attitude.

Assumptions you can make about me:

 I will give you the respect that I ask you to give me and the other members of this class.  I will do my best to help you, but I cannot learn the material for you.  I will challenge you to perform at your best. Instructor Availability: As your instructor I am dedicated to making myself available to you as much as possible. If you need help for more than 15 minutes please make arrangements so that I can make sure I’m available.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9:00 MTH 252 MTH 252 10:00 SCOM 200 SCOM 200

11:00 MTH 112 MTH 112 SCOM 324 SCOM 324 12:00 Meetings 1:00 Available By Office Hour Office Hour Appointment SCOM 214 Tutoring Center 2:00

3:00 MTH 65 MTH 65 Tabor 144 Tabor 144 4:00

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You may also always contact me by phone or e-mail! Helpful idea: If you’re stuck on a problem, take a picture of it and text it to me. I cannot promise to get right back to you but as soon as I’m by a piece of paper and a pencil I can write out the solution with an explanation, take a picture and send it back to you. All Grey sections are available by appointment.