Textbook: Blitzer, Thinking Mathematically, 3 rd
ed.
Note: This course is not designed for students whose majors require College Algebra,
Statistics, or higher-level courses. Students who are required to take the CLAST should do so immediately upon successful completion (C or better) of this course. These students should attend CLAST workshops offered by the College, and review extensively skills of arithmetic and algebra as described in the CLAST Pack for Mathematics, available in the Math Lab.
Students are required to read assigned chapters from the required textbook, complete homework exercise sets, and take and successfully pass all assigned work. Students are also required to communicate with the Professor and other students in the class using the discussion board and/or private e-mail.
The course management system used during this course (WebCT) will be made available to Miami-Dade College (MDC) students: it can be accessed online using any Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) from your home, office, computer labs, library, or any other location within the campus which provides networked computers for student use.
Associate Professor - Mathematics
Contact Information:
Although you can and should e-mail directly from within the course software, my external e-mail address is: esuco@mdc.edu
Telephone: (305) 237-3505 or (305) 237 - 3834
Office Hours: By appointment and via e-mail.

Acceptable score on the Algebra Placement test or Mat 1033.
Technology Requirements: computer skills and hardware/software required
You will need to log into www.coursecompass.com
; there you will find the complete textbook online, along with videotapes and homework tutorial assignments and quizzes.
You will not need to buy the textbook if you do not want to. All you would need to purchase is the access code to the site, which costs about $ 45.00. Follow the instructions to register. When completing the registration, they will ask you for the COURSE ID.
The Course ID for this class is
You will have 10 homework assignments, 5 quizzes online using mymathlab.com, one midterm and one final exam. If you miss one homework or quiz or an exam, then your grade on the missed one is a zero. There are NO make-ups.
No exceptions will me made about the due dates and times for the online work.
All Online Assignment due dates will be posted on the discussion board of WebCt or can always be seen when logging in on coursecompass (MyMathLab.com).
Online homeworks:
Online quizzes:
Midterm
Final exam:
25 % of your final grade
25% of your final grade
25% of your final grade
25 % of your final grade
Tests are set for specific dates which will be posted on the discussion board as we go along.
Average of 90-100%
Average of 80-89%
Average of 70-79%
Average of 60-69%
A
B
C
D
Average below 60% F
YOU MUST PASS BOTH PROCTORED EXAMS TO PASS THE COURSE.

Please be advised that the Midterm and the Final Exam will be proctored and administered by authorized Virtual College testing center.
If you live in South Florida, your exams may be taken at one of the MDC Virtual College campus locations. You must bring a Photo ID and registration receipt for the course.
Calculator may be used, but is not required.
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North Campus
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Kendall Campus
 Wolfson Campus
Medical Campus
Homestead Campus
If you live outside South Florida, you must get an approved proctor . If you have questions regarding proctors, please contact Lloyd Hollingsworth with the Miami-Dade
Virtual College.
Incompletes will be given only if the student has completed 2/3 of the course requirements with a passing average and has a serious documented personal illness, family death, or unexpected crisis.
Students are expected to conduct themselves in an adult, professional manner found in a learning environment. Plagiarism, cheating, misrepresentation, bribery, forgery, etc. will not be tolerated. It is your responsibility to read your catalog for information regarding same and the consequences of academic dishonest. If caught cheating, you will receive an F for the course. Disruptive students will be considered in a similar manner.
See the Course Schedule for a complete listing of topic. Be sure to check the course calendar for all assessment and homework due dates and times. In addition, it is your responsibility to check the following course areas:
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Course Content from the syllabus
 Discussion Board
Course E-mail

Competency 1: The student will be able to perform the following operations on sets. a.
Find complements, unions, intersections, subsets and apply DeMorgan’s Laws. b.
Draw and apply Venn diagrams.
Competency 2: The student will be able to apply the rules of logic to: a.
Analyze/determine negations, disjunctions, conjunctions and various forms of
conditional statements. b.
Determine the validity of arguments, using symbolic logic and/or Euler circles.
Competency 3: The student will be able to apply the basic counting techniques: a.
The Multiplication Rule (or Fundamental Counting Principle) b.
Combinations
Competency 4: The student will have a working knowledge of basic probability theory, including being able to: a.
Describe a sample space and an event. b.
Calculate probabilities of simple, compound and conditional events.
Competency 5: The student will have a working knowledge of basic concepts in statistics, including being able to: a.
Distinguish between sampling methods. b.
Interpret data presented in graphs, charts and tables, as well as relationships between data sets. c.
Calculate and understand relationships between measures of central tendency.
Competency 6: The student will have a working knowledge of basic concepts in plane geometry, including being able to: a.
Round measurements; convert and determine appropriate units of measure. b.
Compute perimeters, areas and volumes of various plane and solid figures. c.
Distinguish between the various characteristics of quadrilaterals. d.
Calculate angles in diagrams involving parallel lines. e.
Classify different types of triangles, make angle computations, and apply the
Pythagorean Theorem and Similar Triangles Theorem.

Topics
Basic Set Concepts
Venn Diagrams and Subsets
Venn Diagrams and Set operations
Set Operations and Venn Diagrams with 3 sets
Surveys and Cardinal Numbers
Statements, Negations and Quantified Statements
Com pound Statements and Connectives
Truth Tables for Negation, Conjunction, and Disjunction
Truth Tables for the Conditional and Biconditional
Equivalent Statements, De Morgan’s Laws
Arguments and Truth Tables
Euler Diagrams
Points, Lines, Planes and Angles
Triangles
Polygons, Quadrilaterals, Perimeter
Area and Circumference
Volume
The Fundamental Counting Principle
Permutations
Combinations
Fundamentals of Probability
Probability with Permutations and Combinations
Events involving Not and Or; Odds
Events involving And; Conditional Probability
Sampling, Frequency Distributions, and Graphs
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Section(s)
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Hw # 1,2
Quiz # 1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
Hw # 3,4
Quiz # 2
Midterm
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
Hw # 5,6
Quiz # 3
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
Hw # 7,8
Quiz # 4
12.1
12.2
12.3
Hw #
9,10
Quiz # 5
Suggested
Homework from the book
1-87
1-73
1-78
1-79
1-29
1-45
1-75
1-35
1-43
1-77
1-43
1-23
10.1 1-33, 45
1-42
1-54
1-41
1-37
1-22, 26
1-47
1-40
1-65
1-22
1-77
1-74
1-19, 24, 25, 31
1-51, 60, 61, 62
1-31

Final