Math 1113B: Precalculus, January 2015
Syllabus
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Last Day to drop : January 16 th
Last Day to withdraw :
Instructor: Anne NOMEL
E-mail: nomel.a@iugb.org
Availability: Monday and Wednesday: 10H00 to 12H00
Time & Place: Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00 PM – 2:20 PM; Room 20 New Academic
Building
Text; precalculus: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E.
Byleen. / Edition 6, ISBN 0-07-286739-6, ISBN 978-0-07-286739-8.
Prerequisites: Math 1111 grade >= C or a suitable score on the math placement test, or
departmental approval.
Calculators/Software: The TI 83/84 model calculators are strongly recommended.
Objective & Topics: This course is designed to prepare a student for calculus. As such, this
course will focus on functions. We will familiarize ourselves with the most important types of
functions that are encountered in Calculus: polynomial, rational, power, exponential,
logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. We will study the idea of functions in depth,
learning how to manipulate and model with them.
LECTURE ATTENDANCE
Lecture attendance is expected. One goal of lectures is to present concepts in a way that
makes them easy to understand; hearing the material in addition to reading the text is very
helpful as you begin to understand the basic principles of Calculus. During lecture, if you find
any of the material confusing, feel free to raise your hand and ask a question. Students are
allowed no more than 3 unexcused absences. On the fourth unexcused absence, a student may
be withdrawn from the course with a grade of WP or WF (definitely WF after the drop date).
Do not regard these 3 allowed absences as "personal free days". These are only to be used.
EVALUATION
In-Class Quizzes. There will usually be a quiz once a week. There will be no makeup
quizzes.
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Homework: assignments will be given. You should not have difficulty completing the
homework assignments. However, it is essential that you put work into your
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homework assignments and that you start them early otherwise, you will do poorly on
your quizzes and exams.
Tests and Final. 5 tests are scheduled. For each of the 5 tests (midterms), you schedule
a 60 minute appointment on one of the two days of the week; one will be dropped.
The comprehensive final exam is scheduled to take place during finals week.
Make-up tests will be given only in the case of unavoidable absences (usually illness)
with written documentation. It is the responsibility of the student to contact me as
soon as possible and definitely before the next attended class meeting to make
appropriate arrangements for making up any missed test. Avoid make-up for
final exam.
Grading:
Tests (4+1 15% each) 60%
In-class Quizzes
5%
Final Exam
25%
Homeworks
10%
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Conversion of Numerical Grades (%) to Letter Grades
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B
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C
CD
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92.9% 89.9% 86.9% 82.9% 79.9% 76.9% 72.9% 59.9% 59.5%
Important Dates:
 Last Day to drop : January 16th
 Last Day to withdraw :
CLASSROOM PROTOCOL
Formal Campus Policy:
 BE ON TIME. Precalculus 1113 B class starts at 1:00PM
 Come to class prepared.
 Plagiarism or any other form of cheating will result in an F for this course.
 Late assignments will not be accepted or graded.
 Respectful classroom environment: that environment is free from distractions such as
late arrivals, early departures, inappropriate conversations and any other behaviors that
might disrupt instruction and/or compromise students' access to the Cedar Crest
College education." In other words, please be considerate. If for some reason you
must arrive late, please close the door gently and sit in the back. By talking to your
neighbor during lecture you not only miss the material being presented but you also
distract and irritate others around you. Again, please be considerate; students come to
learn and they deserve a distraction-free environment. Mrs NOMEL reserves the
right to subtract an appropriate number of points from the grades of students who are
not conforming to proper classroom protocol, and/or ask them to leave the classroom.
 Wear the school uniform
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Lecture Schedule
Week
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Chapiter
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Material
Tests/In-class
Quizzes
Algebra Review
01 Equations and Inequalities
HW-01
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
02
03
03
04
04
Graphs of functions
Modelling with functions
Symmetries of graphs of functions
Polynomial and Rational Functions
Polynomial and Rational Functions / Review
Test 01
HW -03
05
05
05
05
05
Exponential functions
Logarithmic functions
Properties of logarithms
Exponential and logarithmic equations
Applications/Reviews
Test 2
Angles
Trigonometric functions
Values of trigonometric functions
Trigonometric graphs, applications
Applications, trigonometric equations
Test 03
HW -04
06
06
06
06
06
HW-02
HW-05
HW-06
HW-07
HW-08
07 Trigonometric Identities and Conditional Equations
07 Trigonometric Identities and Conditional Equations
08 Additional Topics in Trigonometry
HW-09
08 Additional Topics in Trigonometry
HW-10
13
14
15
Test 04
09 Additional Topics in Analytic Geometry
10 Systems of Equations and inequalities: Matrices
Sequences, induction and Probability
Introduction to Calculus / Reviews
Final exam
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