Math 114
Mathematics for Health Careers
Summer 2009
Instructor: Chris Baade
This course will require you to do homework and take exams online. There is a
final exam that will need to be proctored by a certified testing facility.
There are very strict deadlines for taking the unit exams and final exam. No
extensions of deadlines will be given. You may though work ahead and finish
the course as quickly as you like.
Prerequiste:
Math 095 or an accuplacer score that places a student into Math 096.
Instructor Information:
Chris Baade
Mathematics Dept, Rm 1640
4601 College Blvd
Farmington, NM 87402
Office phone: (505)566-3434
Fax Number: (505)566-3770
baadec@sanjauncollege.edu
(email is preferred)
Logging on:
This course is being hosted by our fairly new management system, Angel.
You can access Angel through the portal page or start at
www.sanjuancollege.edu. Click on SJC Portal off to the far right. This will
bring you to a log in page.
Coursework:
The text book is organized as a workbook with 13 different units. Each one
of these units has several frames and exercise sets through the Unit and a
self-test at the end. You will be required to complete the problems in the
exercise sets (only) and self-tests (answers are provided in the back of the
book) and turn in. Once the exercise sets and self-test is completed for a
unit, you are ready to go online to take the test for that unit. You do not
need to do the supplementary exercises. There is no special format for the
assignments, only that all work needs to be shown for credit. There will be a
comprehensive final at the end of the course.
Turning in Completed Exercise Sets and Self-Tests:
Homework consists of the exercise sets and self-tests for the 13 units.
Students are required to turn these in approximately 2 days after the
deadline for the exam on that unit. Students can either bring the homework
up to room 1640 and place in my box (above the SJC bookstore) Mon-Fri,
8am-5:00pm, mail it, or fax it. If mailed, the envelope must be postmarked
no more than 2 days past the deadline for that exam. To conserve paper
and/or postage, show ALL work on separate sheets of paper. The calculator
cannot be used on the first 3 unit exams, work must be shown with the
homework.
Testing:
There are online exams for all units except unit 12. Exams are released by
date. There are very strict deadlines for exam taking. If an exam
deadline has passed, you will receive a zero on that exam, but may
continue and take the other exams. The exam deadlines are listed on the
homepage of this WebCT course. If you are not happy with your score, you
may retake an exam before the deadline. You are allowed to take an exam
up to 2 times, with different problems generated the second time. You must
wait 30 minutes before you can retake an exam. This will give you some time
to prepare for the retake. WebCT will record the highest exam. Exams will
have either 20 or 25 multiple choice questions.
Final Exam:
The final exam is a proctored exam. Local students will take their exam at
SJC’s Testing Center(www.sanjuancollege.edu/test). These students will
need to schedule their own final exam by calling an appointment the Testing
Center @ 566-3139 or 566-3329. The hours are Monday through Saturday
from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The allotted time for the final is 2 hours,
therefore last appointment they will accept is 2:30 PM. The final exam can
be taken any time after the unit exams are taken. The final must be taken
no later than July 16th.
The final exam is a comprehensive exam. There will be 40 questions on the
final exam. Unlike the other exams, you only get one chance on the final.
Once you have completed the final, you are done with the course!
Bring only a scientific calculator(no graphing calculator) and pencils to
the final exam.
Remote Students at Remote Locations:
Students taking the course from remote locations will need to take the
course at a Certified Testing Center or Counseling Department through an
Institution of Higher Education(other organizations or facilities stated on
form). For those students taking the course from a remote location, have
your potential proctor fill out the form posted on our WebCT’s homepage for
this course. Your proctor must send this form to me for approval. Please
allow at least 6 weeks time for approval. The deadline for submitting
the proctor approval form is July 1st
Textbook:
“Mathematics for Health Sciences” by Keith Roberts and Leo Michels,
Books/Cole book with a copyright of 1982.
The ISBN # 0-8185-0478-1.
Available through SJC’s Bookstore.
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday - 8am - 6pm
Friday - 8am - 5pm For more information contact:
The Bookstore at 505-566-3260
Please purchase your book through the SJC Bookstore. If you purchase
your book from some other source you may risk not getting your book in
time for exam deadlines and potentially miss the first exam deadline.
Calculator:
Only scientific calculators are allowed, no graphing calculators will be
allowed. The testing center will provide a calculator if necessary. If a
student comes in with a calculator that the testing center believes the
student has an unfair advantage, they reserve the right to supplement with
their own calculator. The calculator the testing center will provide is the
Casio FX-260.
Computation of Final Grade:
Final Exam
Average of score of units 1-13*
Homework
50%
35%
15%