Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Course Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Challenge Policy
Math 119
Plane Geometry
Math 118
Satisfactory completion of equivalent course or
score on assessment exam.
Co-requisite
Challenge Policy
Advisory
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT:
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours By Term
Lab Hours By Term
*Hours By Arrangement
Units
0
18
90
0
0
5
Hours per term.
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
COURSE/CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This course presents geometric constructions, triangles, congruence, parallelograms, circles, loci of points and similar
polygons with emphasis on formal proof as an aid to logical reasoning. (Students who have successfully completed
high school geometry will not receive credit for MATH 119.)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Understand and apply basic geometric facts.
2. Identify and carry out valid deductive reasoning.
3. Write a formal geometric proof.
4. Understand and apply the axiomatic method to geometry.
INTENDED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students will be able to apply properties of lines and angles.
Students will be able to apply properties of triangles, including congruence
Students will be able to apply properties of polygons
Students will be able to apply properties of circles.
Students will be able to carry out a logical argument using deductive reasoning.
COURSE CONTENT (Lecture):
Congruent triangles.
Parallel lines
Parallelograms and trapezoids
Ratio, proportion, and similarity
areas
circles
inequalities
Geometric loci
Regular polygons
Analytic geometry
COURSE CONTENT (Lab):
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Lecture and discussion
Demonstration
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
NOTE: To be UC/CSU transferable, the text must be dated within the last 7 years OR a statement of justification for a text beyond the
last 7 years must be included.
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Justification Statement:
Textbook Reading Level:
Elementary Geometry for College Students
D.C. Alexander and G.M. Koberlein
Cengage
6th, 2011
(For textbook beyond 7 years)
Lab Manual Title (if applicable):
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
OUTSIDE OF CLASS WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS:
Title 5, section 55002.5 establishes that a range of 48 -54hours of lecture, study, or lab work is required for one unit of credit.
For each hour of lecture, students should be required to spend an additional two hours of study outside of class to earn one
unit of credit.
 State mandates that sample assignments must be included on the Course Outline of Record.
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Hours per week
Weekly Reading Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
2
Weekly reading assignments will be to read sections of the textbook of record, Elementary Geometry for College
Students, by D. C. Alexander. Most weeks will have 2 or 3 sections assigned.
Weekly Writing Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
Weekly Math Problems (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
8
Weekly math problems will be assigned from each section of the textbook of record, Elementary Geometry for
College Students, by D. C. Alexander. Most weeks will have 2 or 3 sections assigned.
Lab or Software Application Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
Other Performance Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
 Course must require use of critical thinking, college-level concepts & college-level learning skills.
 For degree credit, course requires essay writing unless that requirement would be inappropriate to the course objectives. If writing
is inappropriate, there must be a requirement of problem-solving or skills demonstration.
%
25
55
20
%
%
%
%
%
%
Essay (If essay is not included in assessment, explain below.)
This course is a math class involving problem solving
Computation or Non-computational Problem Solving Skills
Skills Demonstration
Objective Examinations
Other (describe)
Final Exam
GRADING POLICY: (Choose LG, P/NP, or SC)
Pass / No Pass
X Letter Grade
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by: Terrill Mead
Date: 4/15/2014
Revised form 01/14
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass