MATH 1351:
Prerequisites
Online—students are expected to spend at least 3-4 hours per week
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When an instructor feels that a student has been absent to such a degree as to invalidate the learning experience, the instructor may recommend to the Vice President of Instruction that the student be withdrawn from the course. Instructors may seek to withdraw students for non-attendance after they have accumulated the following number of absences:
Fall or spring semesters:
3 or more class meeting times per week - 5 absences
2 class meeting times per week - 3 absences
1 class meeting per week - 2 absences
The student is responsible for seeing that he or she has been officially withdrawn from a class. A student who stops attendance in a class without officially withdrawing from that class will be given a failing grade; consequently, the student must follow official withdrawal procedures in the Admissions/Records Office.
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There are situations throughout the course where you may be permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to aide in further understanding of mathematical concepts. However, AI tools may not be used for any graded assignments including but not limited to exams, quizzes, and projects. Use of any AI-generated content in this course without the instructor’s consent qualifies as academic dishonesty and violates Panola College’s standards of academic integrity.
Communication Skills – to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
Empirical and Quantitative Skills – to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate:
- Competence in Probability.
- Competence in Data Analysis and Statistics.
- Competence in introductory Geometry.
- Competence in congruence and similarity with constructions.
- Competence in area, Pythagorean Theorem and volume.
- Competence in transformations.
After studying all materials and resources presented in the course, the student will be able to:
- Apply fundamental terms of geometry such as points, lines, and planes to describe two- and three-dimensional figures.
- Make and test conjectures about figures and geometric relationships.
- Use a variety of methods to identify and justify congruence and similarity of geometric objects.
- Perform geometric transformations.
- Demonstrate fundamental probability techniques and apply those techniques to solve problems.
- Explain the use of data collection and statistics as tools to reach reasonable conclusions.
- Recognize, examine, and utilize the basic principles of describing and presenting data.
- Perform measurement processes and explain the concept of a unit of measurement.
- Develop and use formulas for the perimeter, area, and volume for a variety of figures.
A general description of lecture/discussion topics included in this course are listed in the Learning Objectives / Specific Course Objectives sections of this syllabus.
Students in all sections of this course will learn the following content:
- How probabilities are determined
- Experimental and theoretical probabilities
- Properties of probabilities
- Mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive events
- Geometric probabilities
- Multistage experiments
- Independent events
- Conditional probabilities
- Modeling games
- The fundamental counting principle
- Permutations
- Combinations
- Use of counting techniques in probability problems
- Designing experiments to collect data
- Variability in data and how it relates to the study of statistics
- The difference between a population and a sample
- Misuses of statistics based on samples and populations
- Categorical, numerical, and ordinal data
- Dot plots and steam and leaf plots
- Histograms and bar graphs
- Circle graphs
- Line graphs
- Scatterplots
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of variation
- Basic undefined and defined terms in Geometry
- Knowledge of basic shapes in Geometry
- Names, classifications, and measurement of angles
- Types of angles
- Properties of parallel lines and angles associated with them
- Knowledge of three-dimensional properties
- Properties of congruent triangles
- Compass constructions
- Similar figures
- Linear measure
- Areas of polygons and circles
- Pythagorean Theorem, distance formula, and equation of a circle
- Surface areas
- Volume and Mass
- Translations, rotations, and tessellations
- Reflections and glide reflections
- Dilations
Extended Hours:
Additional content in relation to state based assessments, Grade K-8 core standards, and other mathematics education related applications.
Methods employed by faculty will include lecture/demonstration, discussion, problem solving, analysis have and reading assignments. Homework will be assigned. Faculty may choose from, but are not limited to have the following methods of instruction:
- Internet
- Video
- Television
- Projects
- Group work
- Field Trips
- Research
| Class Participation 10% | 10% |
| Homework/Quiz Average 15% | 15% |
| Math Education/Projects/Research/Observations 15% | 15% |
| Exams 40% | 40% |
| Comprehensive Final Exam | 20% |
Letter Grades for the Course will be assigned as follows:
A: 90 < Average < 100
B: 80 < Average < 90
C: 70 < Average < 80
D: 60 < Average < 70
F: 00 < Average < 60
Major Assignments/Assessments
Assignments
Faculty may assign both in and out of class activities to evaluate students' knowledge and abilities. Faculty may choose from, but are not limited to, the following methods: attendance, class preparedness, participation, collaborative learning projects, exams/tests/quizzes, homework, internet, library assignments, readings, research papers, scientific observations, student-teacher conferences, and written assignments.
The Mathematics Department does not accept late work.
Assessments
Assessment(s):
- Homework and quizzes
- Exams per chapter or over combined chapters
- Math education assignments/Projects/Group work/Research/Observations
- Comprehensive Final Exam
- The textbook is free and is in the Canvas course. It was written and provided by Roane State Community College.
- Canvas
- Computer access
- Internet / wifi connection
- Webcam
- Pdf scanner (smartphone apps can do this)
- Compass, ruler, protractor
- Required printed material
- Courses conducted via video conferencing may be recorded and shared for instructional purposes by the instructor.
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- If any student in this class has special classroom or testing needs because of a physical learning or emotional condition, please contact the ADA Student Coordinator in Support Services located in the Charles C. Matthews Student Center or go to https://www.panola.edu/studentservices/student-support/disability-support-services for more information.
- Withdrawing from a course is the student’s responsibility. Students who do not attend class and who do not withdraw will receive the grade earned for the course.
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