COURSE SECTION INFORMATION
SUNNY JOSEPH
MATH & HRAC SCIENCE
Program: Heating/ Refrigeration/Air Conditioning
Professor’s
Sunny Joseph
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Course
Tn
Number: 0590X04FWO
Course
josephs@algonquincollege.com
010
Section:
Academic
613-843-7034
2009-2010
Year:
Office:
Out of
Class
Wed :9am -10 am
Assistance:
Term:
Fall
Academic
Level:
Section Specific Learning Resources
 The textbooks for this course are the same as those listed in the
approved course outline available on Blackboard.
 Mathematics & Science For The Trades
Algonquin College
Taken from;
Applied Physics, Ninth Edition by Dale Ewen, Neil Schurter &
P.Erik Gundersen
Mathematics for the Trades: A Guided Approach, Canadian
Edition by Robert A. Carman, Hal M. Saunders, and Tom Mills
Physics, Third Edition by James S. Walker
 Other related materials will be provided to the student as
required.
Learning Schedule
Readings & Assignments
Week Date Contents
Sept 8
Introduction and course overview.
Chapter 1-Fractions:
Working with fractions & multiplication of
fractions
Math & Science for Trades:
Section 1.1 and Section 1.2.
Sept 15
Division ,Addition & Subtraction of
Fractions
Math & Science for Trades:
Section 1.3 and Section 1.4
Assignment: multiplication & division of fractions.
Sept 22
Fractions:
Math & Science for Trades
Problem Set 1
Assignment: Addition & Subtraction of fractions.
Sept 29
Imperial Measure
Conversion from feet
Inches
5
Oct 6
Pythagorean Theorem
Perimeter of two dimensional figures:
Squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids,
& circles
Handouts on Pythagorean Theorem
Handouts on perimeter.
Assignment on Pythagorean theorem and
perimeters
6
Oct 13
Revision
TEST 1
Fractions, Imperial units, Pythagorean
theorem and Perimeters
20% of the final grade
Area of two dimensional figures
volume of 3-D shapes
Handouts on area and volume.
Assignments on area and volume
Chapter 2 : Basic algebra
Math & Science for Trades:
Section 2.1,2.2,2.3
Assignment on solving equations
1
2
3
4
inches
feet
Handouts on imperial measure
Assignment: Imperial units
7
Oct 20
8
Oct 27
9
Nov 3
Solving equations
Math & Science for Trades:
Section 2.4,2.5,2.6
Assignment on solving equations
10
Nov 10
Math & Science for Trades:
Section 2.7,2.8,2.9
Assignment on solving equations
11
Nov 17
Word problems
Multiplying and dividing algebraic
expressions
Scientific notation
Gas law equations to determine the
unknown quantity
Charles law, Boyles law
12
Nov 24
Revision
Area, volume, solving equations,
scientific notations
20% of the final grade
TEST 2
13
Dec 1
14
Dec 8
15
Dec 15
Gas law equations to determine the
unknown quantity
Charles law, Boyles law
Structure of molecular formulae based on
the atomic structure of the compound
FINAL EXAM
Handouts on Gas Laws.
Assignments on Gas laws.
Handouts on Gas laws
Handouts on atomic structure
30% of the final grade
Other Important Information
Classroom Policies
Students should ensure that they are familiar with the following policies:
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Attendance will be taken throughout the course.
Although there is no mark for attendance, per se, your assignments will be assessed,
to a certain extent, on the degree to which the concepts and requirements presented and
discussed in class are reflected in the finished product.
Quizzes and in-class assignments cannot be made up. Missed exercises will be given a 0(zero).
If, however, you are able to provide a physician’s note and / or a coherent, valid written explanation
(in proper correspondence format), then the 0 will be altered to an excused absence.
In the case of an unavoidable, but foreseeable absence, please send me an e-mail outlining the
circumstances 1(one) class prior to the absence.
It is your responsibility to get caught up, if you are unable to attend classes (es).
Late Assignments
All assignments must be submitted by the specific deadline. Any assignment not handed in by that
time will be deemed late( unless sufficient cause is given), and will be penalized at a rate of 10% per day up to a maximum of 5
days, weekends included. If the assignment is not handed in after 5 days, it automatically receives a zero.
Missed Quizzes and In-class Assignments
There will be no advance warning for in-class assignments and quizzes.
If you are not in class when the assignments and quizzes are handed out, you will not receive any marks for them.
Evaluation System:
Weekly Assignments
Term Test 1:
Term Test 2:
Final Exam:
:
30%
20%
20%
30%