Central Park Campus Faculty Syllabus
Course Number: MATH 1414
Course Title: College Algebra (with review)
Instructor’s Information:
Instructor’s Name: Chellammal Natarajan
Office Number: B-342
Office Hours: By appointment only: MWF: 8:30am-10:00am
Phone number: 972.548.6830
Email: cnatarajan@collin.edu
Department office contact in case of emergencies: The department office contact in case
of emergencies is: Office of Academic Affairs, B-122 F 214.491.6270
Class Information:
Section Number: C01
Meeting Times: MW 1:00pm – 2:50pm
Meeting Location: LA238
Course Description: Relations and functions: linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and inverse functions, composition
of functions, absolute value, theory and systems of equations, complex numbers, matrices, and sequences. Note: Students may take either
MATH 1314 or MATH 1414 but not both.
Course Credit Hours:
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
Placement Assessment(s): Prior to enrolling in this course, the student must demonstrate eligibility to enroll in the following: MATH
1414 or higher.
Prerequisite: Math 0310 or TSI assessment.
Course Resources: College Algebra, Custom 5th Edition for Collin County Community College by Robert Blitzer, Pearson Custom
Publishing, available at Collin's bookstores or as an e-book through MyMathLab.
Supplies: Pen, pencil, notebook, MyMathLab student access code, and graphing calculator (TI 83 Plus or TI 84 is preferred). The TINspire calculator is only allowed with the TI-84 faceplate. Students are NOT allowed to use a calculator that has any
computer algebra system (CAS) built in.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the students should be able to do the following:
1. Analyze relations between variables
2. Classify and manipulate functions and their graphs
3. Find the zeros and factors of polynomials with real coefficients
4. Solve exponential and logarithmic equations with applications to growth and decay
5. Use matrices to solve systems of linear equations
6. Analyze sequences, including arithmetic and geometric sequences
For specific course content, please go to: http://www.collin.edu/math/Syllabi/MATH1414.pdf
Method of Evaluation:
The Grading Scale will be: A: 90 – 100%; B: 80 – 89%; C: 70 – 79%;
D: 60 – 69%. F: 0 – 59%
20%
Homework Grade
This component of your grade will come from My Math Lab homeworks. There will be a MyMathLab homework
assignment for every section covered in class. You will be responsible to register using the code number assigned to you
through your Student Access Kit. This code may be purchased online or through the bookstore. The course ID is
natarajan98247 Homework exercises are automatically assigned after the corresponding section is covered in class.
The student is expected to complete the work for each section. Your grade will automatically be recorded in my grade
book. 20% of the average of all the homework assignments grade is counted towards your homework grade.
60%
Test Average from 4 Tests (15% each)
MISSED EXAMS: MAKEUP EXAMS ARE NOT GIVEN. If you do not take it, you will receive a zero. YOUR COMPREHENSIVE FINAL
WILL SUBSTITUTE ONCE FOR A MISSED EXAM.
20%
Comprehensive Final Exam
A comprehensive final exam is REQUIRED for all students at the end of the course (NO EXCEPTIONS). If all the
regular exams are taken throughout the semester, your final exam grade will additionally replace the lowest of your 4 regular exam
grades, assuming the final exam grade is better. The final exam CAN LOWER your grade.The average will be rounded to the nearest
whole number .
No make-up tests or quizzes will be given !!
If you miss a quiz or test (including the final exam) you will receive a zero on it.
The Final Exam is MANDATORY and there is no make-up final exam!!! Everyone must take it and
the grade will count towards your overall average ! The final exam will only replace one low test.
Note: An “I” will only be assigned in extreme, well-substantiated circumstances, passing grades only. Make-up examinations will NOT
be given. Notify the instructor if special situation occurs. If you know in advance that you’ll miss the day when the test is scheduled notify
your instructor and you’ll be allowed to take the test a day earlier. If for any reason you miss one test during semester, your final exam
score will replace the zero score for the test.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected of all students. If a student is unable to attend, it is his/her responsibility to contact the
instructor to obtain assignments. Excessive absences may result in failure. You are expected to come to class with your book, completed
homework assignments, and note packets. Disruptive or disrespectful behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. If you cannot
participate positively in class, you will be asked to leave. If you arrive to class late, please be discreet. Please see the schedule of classes
for the last day to withdraw.
Withdrawal Policy: “See the current Collin Registration Guide for the last day to withdraw.” The date is October 19, 2012. Fall
Census Date is September 10.
Technology Use in the Classroom:
The use of a cell phone, Bluetooth, and/or laptop is PROHIBITED during class. Cell phones must be turned off or put on silent (not
vibrate) during class. If your cell phone continually rings during class this will be considered disruptive behavior resulting in disciplinary
action through the Dean of Students office. With the exception of a calculator, all electronic devices are to be switched off during class,
unless an exception is obtained from the instructor in advance.
Tutoring Services: I expect you to get help if you are having trouble with the course !!
Here are some of your options:
1. Come to the Mathlab during my office hours and I will help you
2. The Math Lab is a free tutoring center for math students enrolled at Collin. There are math labs on all 3 campuses. The CPC math lab
is located in room C-220. Call 972-548-6896 for hours.
3. The ACCESS office provides each student with FREE individual tutoring, FREE group tutoring, and/or FREE on-line tutoring.
Please contact Sonia Castillo in D-117A (CPC) and fill out a tutor request form.
Religious Holy Days: Please refer to the current Collin Student Handbook
Americans with Disabilities Act: Collin College will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines
with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact
the ACCESS office, CPC-D-118(I) or 972.548.6818 (V/TTD: 972.881.5950) in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate
accommodations.
Collin College Academic Policies:
7-2.3 Scholastic Dishonesty
Every member of the Collin College community is expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. Collin College may
initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to,
statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission
of one’s own work of material that is not one’s own. Scholastic dishonesty shall involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the
following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, use of information about exams posted on the
Internet or electronic medium, and/or falsifying academic records. While specific examples are listed below, this is not an exhaustive list
and scholastic dishonesty may encompass other conduct, including any conduct through electronic or computerized means:
Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own without giving credit to the source, including, but not
limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation.
Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination; collaborating with another
student during an examination without authority; using, buying, selling, soliciting, stealing, or otherwise obtaining course assignments
and/or examination questions in advance; copying computer or Internet files; using someone else’s work for assignments
as if it were one’s own; or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course.
Collusion is intentionally or unintentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not
limited to, failing to secure academic work; providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance;
communicating answers to a classmate about an examination or any other course assignment; removing tests or answer sheets from a test
site; and allowing a classmate to copy answers. In cases where an incident report has been filed for an alleged violation of scholastic
dishonesty, faculty are requested to delay posting a grade, for the academic work in question, until the Dean of Students Office renders an
administrative decision in the case. Students found responsible for scholastic dishonesty offenses will receive an authorized disciplinary
penalty from the Dean of Students Office. The student may also receive an academic penalty in the course where the scholastic dishonesty
took place. The professor will determine the appropriate academic penalty.
I, as the instructor, reserve the right to make minor changes to the syllabus at any time. I will notify you of any such changes in writing.
TENTATIVE CLASS CALENDAR
MATH 1414.C01—Fall 2012
Month
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Date
27
Day
Lecture Sections and Topics
M
Introduction/Syllabus 2.1 Basics of Functions and Their Graphs
29
3
5
W
M
W
10
M
12
17
19
24
26
1
3
8
W
M
W
M
W
M
W
M
2.2 More on Functions and Their Graphs
Laborday Holiday
2.5 Transformations of Functions
2.6 Combinations of Functions; Composite Functions*Sep 10th census
date
2.7 Inverse Functions/Review
Test 1 (Chap. 2.1 – 2.7)
3.1 Quadratic Functions review 1.5
3.2 Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs review P.4
3.3 Dividing Polynomials; Remainder and Factor Theorems,P.5
3.4 Zeros of Polynomial Functions
3.5 Rational Functions and Their Graphs Review P.6
3.6 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities/Review
10
W
1.6Solve problems modeled by equations ( radical equation)
15
M
Test 2 Chap. 3
17
22
24
29
31
5
7
12
14
19
W
M
W
M
W
M
W
M
W
M
4.1 Exponential Functions
4.2 Logarithmic Functions
4.3 Properties of Logarithms *Oct 14th last day to withdraw
4.4 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
4.5 Exponential Growth and Decay; Modeling Data /Review
Test 3 (Ch. 4)
6.1 Matrix Solutions to Linear Systems
6.2 Inconsistent and Dependent Systems and Applications
8.1 Sequences and Summation Notation
8.2 Arithmetic Sequences
26
28
3
5
12
NOV 21- 25 Thanksgiving holiday(All campuses closed)
M
8.3 Geometric Sequences and Series/Review
W
Test 4 (Ch. 6 and Ch. 8)
M
Review for Final
W
Review for Final
Comprehensive Final Exam in Class (1:00---3:00)
W
Math 1414, Text: College Algebra, 5th Edition, Blitzer
Suggested Practice Problems
Exercises
Section
Page
2.1
2.2
Ch.2-Chkpt
2.5
2.6
1.6
Ch.2-Rev
Ch2.-Test
3.1
3.3
210 27,29,31,35,57,59,61,65,69,71,75,77,81,85,91,101
223 7,9,13,15,17,23,25,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,53,57,59,61,63,83,85,87,89
253 3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38
266 3,5,11,13,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,45,47,49,51,59,65,71,79,85,91,99,103,107,109
279 1,3,5,7,9,17,19,21,23,27,31,33,35,51,53,55,59,61,63,65,67,69
Supplemental sheet
304 7,9,11,13,15,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,49,51,53,54,55,56,57,61,65,70,71,72,73,74,75,77,79,80
308 1c,e,2,3a—g, 4,5,6,7,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,29,30,31,32
324 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,25,27,35,39,41,43,45,47,57,59,65,67
1,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31;
338
a,b,c and sketch for 41,43,49,51,53,57,59,61,63;
350
5,7,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49
3.4
Ch.3-Chkpt
3.5
3.6
361
365
380
391
Ch.3-Rev
406
Ch.3-Test
4.1
409
420
4.2
434
4.3
Ch.4-Chkpt
4.4
4.5
445
447
456
469
Ch.4- Rev
475
Ch.4-Test
5.1(review)
6.1
6.2
Ch.6-Chkpt
479
492
564
574
592
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,39,41,43
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,23,24
1,3,5,7,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,47,71a,75a
1,5,9,13,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,45,47,51,53,55.57
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,16,17,25,26,30,31,32,33,34,35,36; a,c,d for 40,42,44, and 46;
49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,64,69,70,71,72,73,74,75
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,23
11,13,15,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,35,37,39,41,43,47,53,55,61,65,67,73
1,3,5,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,
61,65,71,75,77,79,81,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,101,103,113,119(a, b)
3,5,7,9,13,17,19,21,25,27,31,41,43,45,47,49,51,55,61,65,71,73,75,89,91,93,95,97,99
1,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,21,22,23,24,25,26
3,5,9,11,13,17,19,21,23,25,29,33,35,37,41,49,51,53,59,61,65,67,69,75,77,79,81,83,85,101,109,111
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,29,31
1,2,3,4,5,6,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,36,37,38,41,42,43,44,45,46,50,51,
52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,67,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,85,86
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28,29a and b
5,11,21,25,31,37
1,5,7,9,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33
1,3,5,7,15,17,19,35
1,2,3,5
Ch.6-Rev
619
3,4,8,9,11,13,46,47,48,49,52,53,54,55
Ch.6-Test
621
1,2,9,10, and Cumulative Review (pg.622) 7,8
8.1
8.2
8.3
676
685
699
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,19.21,23,29,31,33,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57
1,3,5,9,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,35,37,39,45,47,49,69,71
1,3,9,11,13,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,37,39,41,45,51,53,55,65,71,73
Ch.8
702
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19
Ch. 8 Rev
747
Ch.8-Test
750
3.2
1,4,10,11,12,13,16,17,19,20,22,23,24,25,26,29,30,31,33,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,45,
46,47,48,49
1,2,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,13