Prerequisites: TSI Mathematics Assessment score needed:  944 – 949 on TSIA2 or 344 – 349 on TSIA1   or   a passing grade in one of these courses:  MATD 0370, MATD 0385, MATD 0485, MATD 0421 (Objective 8)

REQUIRED Calculator: You will need a hand-held scientific calculator; it should have an exponent key and a square root key. Graphing calculators are allowed but not required. You may NOT use a phone calculator at any time during class or tests.  You can check out a scientific calculator from any ACC library for free.

Other Technology:  Students need access to a computer with internet for online homework. ACC computer labs are available on every campus.   Eligible students can check out required technology at https://www.austincc.edu/students/student-technology-services.

MATH 1332 Grade Components                                      

Tests: 60%                                                                      

Online Homework: 7%                                                  

Quizzes: 8%                                                                    

Portfolio: 10%

Research Paper & Presentation: 15%

Overall Course Grading Scale (end of semester)

A: 89.45 – 100

B: 79.45 – 89.44

C: 69.45 – 79.44

D: 59.45 – 69.44

F:  59.44 or below

What will we do in this class?  Subject to change; changes will be announced in class

Tests: There will be 3 tests given throughout the semester. Test dates are listed on the course calendar but are subject to change.  Changes will be announced in class. 

No test grades are dropped.

Online Homework: These are exercises that you do using MyLab Math (MLM). The link for MLM is in Blackboard. I will announce in class which sections that are due each week, and the due dates are also posted in MLM. You are responsible for completing the required sections on time regardless of absences.  Online homework is due every Sunday night at 11:59PM.  Late policy: a 10% late penalty will incur for only the exercises that are late.  You may complete online homework anytime until the final submission date posted in MyLab Math.

The 1 lowest MLM grade will be dropped to account for illnesses, emergencies, or technical difficulties.

Quizzes: Periodically throughout the semester you will be given an in-class or take-home quiz over recently studied material.  Late policy: In-class quizzes must be turned in by the end of the period (no late work accepted).  If you are absent on the day of an in-class quiz, email the instructor as soon as possible to discuss the situation—and check back frequently for a response!  Take-home quizzes may be turned in up to 24 hours late and receive a 10% late penalty.  After that, it’s a zero (or counts as your drop).

The 1 lowest quiz grade will be dropped to account for illnesses, emergencies, or technical difficulties.

Portfolio: Chapter 11 material will be assessed by a portfolio instead of a test.  The portfolio consists of a set of transformation graphing exercises and a mathematical work of art. Details will be given in class and posted on Blackboard.  Late policy: You may turn in your portfolio up to 24 hours late and receive a 10% late penalty.  After that, it’s a zero.

Research Paper & Presentation:  Each student will choose one topic from our textbook to study in depth—the topic does not have to be one that we covered in class. Students will write a 3- to 5-page research paper about their topic.  Also, during the last week of classes, students will give a 10-minute presentation summarizing their research findings.  Research topic and plans must be submitted in advance and approved by the professor. All due dates will be posted in Blackboard.  Late policy: Late papers or presentations lose 20 points and may require the student to do the presentation during office hours after classes have ended.  The absolute deadline for late project submission is Noon on the last Friday of the semester.

This is a First Day™ class. The cost of required course materials, including an online version of the textbook and ALEKS, has been added to your tuition and fees bill.   This means you do NOT need to buy a book!!

Textbook: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, 10th Edition by Tannenbaum. Pearson Publishing (MyLab software)  ISBN: 9780137417438

Course Calendar

Note: Schedule changes may occur during the semester. Any changes will be announced in class and posted on the Course Calendar in Blackboard.

MATH 1332 Course Objectives

1. Increase/improve your quantitative literacy.
2. Provide you with an opportunity to experience mathematics as an intellectual exercise and a way of thinking.
3. Provide you with an opportunity to appreciate the visual and intellectual beauty of mathematics.

MATH 1332 Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to:

• Apply the language and notation of sets. 
• Determine the validity of an argument or statement and provide mathematical evidence.  
• Solve problems in mathematics of finance. 
• Demonstrate fundamental probability/counting techniques and apply those techniques to solve problems.  
• Interpret and analyze various representations of data. 
• Demonstrate the ability to choose and analyze mathematical models to solve problems from real-world settings, including, but not limited to, personal finance, health literacy, and civic engagement.
• Understand that mathematics is an evolving discipline, interrelated with human culture, and understand its connections to other disciplines. 

General Education Competencies

• Communication Skills: Develop, interpret, and express ideas and information through written, oral and visual communication that is adapted to purpose, structure, audience, and medium.
• Critical Thinking Skills: Gather, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and apply information for the purposes of innovation, inquiry, and creative thinking.
• Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Apply mathematical, logical and scientific principles and methods through the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.