BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
I.
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Course Number: MSCT 1104
Course Title: Applied Shop Mathematics I
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: None
Division and Discipline: Workforce Training and Community Education/Manufacturing
Skills
Course Description: This course provides the study of basic math calculations of whole
numbers, fractions, decimals, inch/millimeter conversions, calculating X-R values and
calculating percentages.
II.
CLASSROOM POLICY
Students and faculty of Barton County Community College constitute a special
community engaged in the process of education. The college assumes that its students
and faculty will demonstrate a code of personal honor that is based upon courtesy,
integrity, common sense, and respect for others both within and outside the classroom.
The College reserves the right to suspend a student for conduct that is detrimental to the
College’s educational endeavors as outlined in the College Catalog.
Plagiarism on any academic endeavors at Barton County Community College will not be
tolerated. Learn the rules of, and avoid instances of, intentional or unintentional
plagiarism.
Anyone seeking an accommodation under provisions of the Americans with Disabilities
Act should notify Student Support Services. Students are responsible for the following:
III.
COURSE AS VIEWED IN THE TOTAL CURRICULUM
This course is one course that students complete in the pursuit of attaining the
Manufacturing Skills Certification (MSC). This certificate curriculum was developed by
the Kansas Institute for Technical Excellence (KITE) colleges in Kansas in collaboration
with business and industry representatives within the manufacturing sector from the
Central/South Central Kansas region.
This course is not intended for transfer.
IV. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING/COURSE OUTCOMES
Barton County Community College assesses student learning at several levels:
institutional, program, degree and classroom. The goal of these assessment activities is to
improve student learning. As a student in this course, you will participate in various
assessment activities. Results of these activities will be used to improve the content and
delivery of Barton’s instructional program.
The student will be able to perform math calculations of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals. The student will
use practical applications, examples and exercises that are based on application and
measurements that employees encounter on the job.
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers.
2. Add, subtract and multiply fractions.
3. Use decimals, change decimals to fractions, add and subtract decimals, work with
gauge blocks and decimal tolerances and multiply and divide decimals.
4. Apply measurement conversions.
5. Calculate X and R values.
6. Solve problems using percentages.
V.
COURSE COMPETENCIES
1. Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers.
a. Use whole numbers correctly.
b. Use place values for whole numbers.
c. Read and write whole numbers up to 999,999,999.
d. Round whole numbers.
e. Explain the basic concept of negative numbers.
f. Add and subtract negative whole numbers.
g. Add and subtract positive whole numbers.
h. Add and subtract whole numbers with unlike signs.
i. Multiply and divide positive whole numbers.
j. Multiply whole numbers.
k. Multiply whole numbers with unlike signs.
l. Solve problems with several operations in the correct order.
2. Add, subtract and multiply fractions.
a. Explain the concept of fractions and the numerator and denominator.
b. Recognize proper fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers.
c. Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.
d. Reduce fractions to their lowest terms.
e. Read a steel rule that’s graduated in fractional inches.
f. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.
g. Find the least common denominator of two or more fractions.
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h. Convert fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator.
i. Add and subtract fractions with different denominators.
j. Add and subtract mixed numbers.
k. Multiply and divide fractions.
l. Multiply and divide mixed numbers.
Use decimals, change decimals to fractions, add and subtract decimals, work with
gauge blocks and decimal tolerances and multiply and divide decimals.
a. Explain the concept of decimals.
b. Identify decimal places and correctly read decimal values.
c. Round decimals to specified decimal places.
d. Convert a fraction to a decimal.
e. Convert a decimal to a fraction.
f. Convert a decimal to a fraction that can be read on a steel rule.
g. Add decimals.
h. Subtract decimals.
i. Explain the concept of a tolerance.
j. Calculate the high and low limits for the part feature when given a
specification.
k. Recognize a typical application of gage blocks on a production floor.
l. Select an appropriate combination of gage block sizes to match a desired
dimension.
m. Multiply and divide decimals correctly.
Apply measurement conversions.
a. Explain why units of measurement are important to working with math
problems correctly.
b. Recognize the number of millimeters in one inch, and the number of
inches in one millimeter.
c. Convert inches to millimeters, when given the formula.
d. Convert millimeters to inches, when given the formula.
Calculate X and R values.
a. Define the terms average and X.
b. Calculate an average or X value.
c. Define the term range.
d. Calculate a range.
Solve problems using percentages.
a. Define the term percentage.
b. Convert fractions to percentages.
INSTRUCTOR'S EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS IN CLASS
Students are individually responsible for:
1. Awareness and comprehension of all course material requirements and
assignments presented in this syllabus.
2. Awareness and adherence to all deadlines for the completion of assignments as
announced.
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VII.
Awareness of test dates and times as announced.
Awareness of adherence to all college policies and regulations regarding
academic conduct and social conduct.
Awareness and comprehension of substantive material presented in lectures,
discussions, handout materials and assigned readings.
TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS
Basic Shop Math Participants Guide, Technicomp, Inc.
VIII. REFERENCES
None
IX.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION
Methods of instruction will include classroom lecture, homework, classroom discussion
participation, and written exams.
The required percentage necessary for the satisfactory completion of the class is 70
percent. The grading scale is as follows:
90 - 100 A
80 - 89 B
70 - 79 C
60 - 69 D
59 and lower F
All exams will be made up within one week of the class exam date. Arrangements
must be made by the student with the instructor to set up the test make-up at a time
approved by the instructor.
X.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
Regular attendance in class and laboratory sessions is an obligation assumed by each
student at the time of registration. It is the student's responsibility to fulfill all the
requirements of a course as prescribed by the instructor. If a student must miss a class,
arrangements should be made in advance with the instructor. Instructors have the
responsibility to provide the opportunity for students to make up, in a reasonable and
appropriate manner, work missed for a school-related activity, verifiable illness, personal
emergency, or death of a family member. A published procedure allows students to
address inequities in this policy.
XI.
COURSE OUTLINE
Class Period
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Class Coverage
Unit 1, Part 1, & Unit 1, Part 2
Unit 1, Part 3 & Unit 2, Part 1
Unit 1 Exam & Unit 2, Part 2
Unit 2, Part 3, Unit 3, Part 1
Unit 2 Exam, Unit 3, Part 2
Unit 3, Part 3 & Unit 3, Part 4
Unit 3, Part 5 & Unit 4, Inch/Millimeter Conversions
Unit 3 Exam, Unit 4, Calculating X-Bar and R Values
Unit 4, Calculating Percentages,
Final Exam Review, Final Comprehensive Exam
SYLLABUS ADDENDUM
Course Number:
Course Title: Basic Shop Math
Instructor:
Academic Term:
ADDENDUM TO SECTION III
Course Transferability to Regent Universities
Occupational Safety and Health at BCCC is not intended for transfer.
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