Tuesday, 8-8:50 am
This course is designed to support students enrolled in MATH 1704. The student will study problem solving techniques that involve concepts such as estimation, solving linear equations and systems of equations, graphing functions, and using functions as models, interpreting graphs and Venn diagrams, solving problems involving percents, and using appropriate formulas.
Appropriate assessment score - Must be completed prior to taking this course. MATH 1704 - Must be completed at the same time as this course.
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Critical Thinking
Faculty Contact Information
First 8 weeks: MW 11am-12pm, TTh 1-2pm
Second 8 weeks: MTWTh 11am-12pm
I will be available in my office during those times without making an appointment. You will need to make an appointment outside of those times.
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Create Venn diagrams to represent sets and perform operations with sets.
- Use estimation techniques to arrive at an approximate answer.
- Graph functions and linear equations.
- Solve systems of equations.
- Solve applied problems involving percents and formulas.
- Compute measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Along with teaching study skills, the topics in MATH 1704 will be reinforced.
Schedule – list of topics covered in MATH 1704
- Study skills
- Problem solving and critical thinking, estimation, graphs, and mathematical models
- Basic set concepts, Venn diagrams, and set operations
- Survey problems
- Statements, negations quantified statements, compound statements, truth tables
- Conditional statements, arguments, and truth tables
- Graphing functions, linear functions
- Systems of linear equations, linear inequalities, linear programming, modeling data
- Percent, sales tax, discounts, income tax
- Simple interest, compound interest, annuities, car loans
- Mortgages, credit cards
- Sampling, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, normal distribution
- Problem solving with the normal distribution, scatter plots, correlation, regression lines
- Voting and apportionment methods
- Graph theory, paths, circuits, trees
No materials are required.
This course will be evaluated by performance on attendance and homework. This course will be reinforcing the skills needed to be successful in MATH1704.
- Attendance = 25% of grade
- Homework = 75% of grade
Grading Scale:
| Percentage | Final Grade |
|---|---|
90-100% | A |
80-89% | B |
70-79% | C |
60-69% | D |
0-59% | F |
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected and is recorded daily. As with any class, attendance is vital to success. It is understood that conflicts arise forcing students to miss class from time to time. If a student must miss class, the student is responsible for the material covered during the missed period. There will be no extensions of deadlines. If a student is more than 5 minutes late to class or leaves more than 5 minutes before the end of class, the student will receive a tardy. A tardy receives an 80% for the attendance grade that day. If a student misses more than half the class, the student will receive an absence which is 0% for that day.
Homework: Homework will be assigned and completed using handouts. It will be done on paper and handed in. A point will be deducted for each class the written assignment is late. You will be allowed to work with others on these assignments.
Calculator Usage Policy: You may use a calculator throughout the course.
Cell Phones and All Electronic Devises (including laptop computers): Please turn off (or silence/put on vibrate) all cell phones and remove headphones before class begins. I would like you to be present and participate in class. If you receive a phone call that you must take please step out of the classroom.
Along with teaching study skills, the topics in MATH1704 will be reinforced.
Schedule – list of topics covered in MATH1704
| Week | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inductive and deductive reasoning, estimation, graphs, and mathematical models |
| 2 | Functions and their graphs, modeling data with linear, exponential, logarithmic and quadratic functions |
| 3 | Modeling data with Excel |
| 4 | Sets and subsets |
| 5 | Venn diagrams and set operations, survey problems |
| 6 | Statements, negations, quantified statements, compound statements |
| 7 | Truth tables, equivalent statements, variations of conditional statements, negations of conditional statements and De Morgan’s Laws |
| 8 | Arguments and truth tables |
| 9 | Percent, sales tax, discounts, income tax, simple interest, compound interest |
| 10 | Annuities, car loans, mortgages, credit cards |
| 11 | Amortization schedules using Excel |
| 12 | Review |
| 13 | Voting and apportionment methods |
| 14 | Graph theory, paths, circuits, trees |
| 15 | Review |
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
The materials on this course are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course. Further information regarding KCC's copyright policy is available at https://kcc.libguides.com/copyright.
|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.