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MA 1000PreCalculus Corequisite

About the Course

Precalculus Corequisite is designed to help students who have been identified as having learning gaps.  The content of the course will focus on skills needed to make students be more successful in the accompanying Precalculus course.

Course Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to...

  1. Model real world data using a variety of mathematical functions
  2. Create new mathematical functions by transforming parent functions
  3. Create new mathematical functions by combining two or more functions

Instructional Materials

The purpose of the instructional materials is to enrich and support the learning outcomes for students. In addition, instructional materials are meant to increase student achievement by supporting student learning.

REQUIRED MATERIALS

  • College Algebra 2e

    • Open Stax. College Algebra 2e, Rice University, 2022.

      https://openstax.org/details/books/college-algebra-2e

  • Other materials will be posted to Canvas.
  • Pen/Pencil
  • Loose leaf lined and/or graph paper
  • Graphing Calculator
  • Laptop Computer

Attendance Policy

It is the responsibility of every student at NCSSM to attend all scheduled classes, meetings or other required activities on each academic day. Instructors enter a report of student attendance into the school database for all class periods.

Faculty members record students who are not in a class or required activity as absent in the school database. The Attendance Coordinator will determine the reason for the absence and then enter the appropriate coding designation. If an absence is coded as Medical, Counseling, Excused or Approved, instructors are obligated to allow students to make up the work they missed as a result of the absence. The student is responsible for arranging the make-up work at the convenience of the Instructor and the student.

If an absence is coded as Unexcused, instructors are not required to provide students an opportunity to make up work missed during the unexcused absence. A summary of all reported class or other absences (regardless of coding) is readily available to students and their parents online in the school’s student database. Students who believe they have received and Unexcused absence or Tardy incorrectly have up to 3 academic days from the date of notification to present written documentation to the Attendance Coordinator (or Academic Programs Office) that the coding is incorrect. It is the student’s responsibility to address any such absences/tardies and the coding will not be altered after this deadline.

As per school regulations on absences and tardies, any tardies that exceed 20 minutes will be marked as unexcused absences. Four tardies per class also count as an unexcused absence for that course.  

Communication Policy

  • When you email your instructor, you can expect a response normally within 24 hours.
  • All minor assignments will be graded within 5 business days from the due date.  Major assignments, such as term papers and projects will be graded within 10 business days of the due date. Feedback will be provided when assignments are graded.

Grading Policy

Precalculus Corequisite is Pass/Fail course.

Passing this course is based on a badging system.  Badges are awarded when a student meets ALL of the requirements for a given module.  To pass the course, students must earn a minimum of 12 badges.  Students may check their own badge progress by clicking the link in the navigation bar.

Academic Integrity

Authentic learning is a hallmark of courses at NCSSM.  Students who successfully complete coursework are prepared not only for the next academic course, but also for applications of mathematics in a real world setting.  As such, it is vital that students invest the time and effort necessary to produce work that is a reflection of their own understanding of course material.  Cheating, whether receiving or giving unauthorized assistance, demonstrates both a lack of integrity and a lack of understanding.  CHEATING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

All work turned in by you should be the result of your own efforts unless otherwise instructed. All tests and quizzes should be done individually with no help from others. Specific instructions on how to collaborate are given for any assignments that are completed with a partner or a group. Tutorials may be available to you, but only if your teacher allows you to get help on an assignment. It is always to your advantage to make a serious attempt at an assignment before seeking help.

For essays and research assignments, students must cite all sources for ideas that are not their own. For a guide to citing sources and avoiding plagiarism, a student should confer with the course instructor and Purdue Online Writing Lab's citation guides (Links to an external site.).

The following are considered a breach of academic honesty:

  1. Giving or receiving help during a test or quiz;
  2. Discussing the contents of a test or quiz;
  3. Programming unauthorized information into electronic devices to be used during a test or quiz;
  4. Completing graded assignments for other students - violation for both the giver and recipient of the work;
  5. Collaborating on assignments that have clearly been designated as individual work; unless the submissions notes a group assignment, it is considered an individual assignment.
  6. Not citing correct sources for ideas and evidence in written and, in some cases, oral work (including copying or heavily paraphrasing summaries or abstracts from scholarly or academic work and representing them as your own)
  7. Taking credit for more work on an assigned group project than was actually contributed;
  8. Submitting work previously done for another class at NCSSM or elsewhere without acknowledgement.

An instructor who suspects that a student has violated academic honesty expectations should discuss the situation with the student and, on the basis of that discussion, decide whether the perception is accurate or inaccurate. If the instructor believes that a violation did occur, the procedures stated in the Code of Student Conduct should be followed. In accordance with school-wide policies and the list above, the instructor sets the standard for what does or does not constitute academic dishonesty in a specific class.

Course Summary:

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