El Paso Community College



El Paso Community College

Syllabus

Instructor’s Course Requirements

Fall 2018

Course Number and Instructor Information

MATH 1314, College Algebra and Geometry

(Prerequisite: Math 0305 with a “C” or better, or by placement test.)

INSTRUCTOR'S NAME: Daniel Saldivar

CAMPUS AND OFFICE NUMBER: Hanks HS Room 509

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 915-434-5135

OFFICEHOURS: M-F 8:00-8:25

Text and Materials

A. Required Text

Larson, Ron (2018). Precalculus (10th Edition). Boston: Cengage Learning.

B. Materials

A scientific calculator is necessary; a graphing calculator would be useful.

A Student Solutions manual (optional).

Course Requirements

1 Grading Scale

The Course grade will be determined by taking the total points earned dividing

by the total possible number of points a student can earn, rounding to the

nearest unit, and assigning a letter grade based on the following scale.

Average Grade Letter Grade

90-100% A

80-89% B

70-79% C

60-69% D

0-59% F

C. There will be four exams (see calendar below for approximate timetable) and one comprehensive final exam. There will be no retakes on exams, and no exam grade will be dropped, but if it is to the student’s advantage the final exam grade may replace one of the other four exam grades. All five exams will be weighted equally. Make-up exams will not be given, except in special circumstances. There will be a grade for homework and quizzes. This grade will count as much as one exam. Late homework will not be accepted.

D. There is a Math Lab associated with this class. Your Lab grade will be weighted the same as one exam.

Instructor’s Policies

E. Honor’s Credit:

This course may be taken for Honors Credit, see your instructor for more information.

F. Drop Date:

Friday, November 16, 2018 is the last day a student can withdraw with a “W”. If you wish to withdraw from this course it is your responsibility to complete all the necessary paperwork.

G. Incomplete:

I (incomplete) grades are assigned whenever the appropriate assignments and deadlines are met. To be eligible for an incomplete grade, a student must have at least 80% of the course work completed with at least a 75% average.

H. Cheating:

High ethical standards are prerequisites for successful careers and reflect on a person’s character. All graded work must be the student’s own work. Situations involving cheating (giving and receiving answers on test) will be handled according to the student code of conduct published in the EPCC Catalog (page 72) and EPCC 7.05.01.10 Student Disciplinary Procedure.



I. Participation - Students enrolled are expected to participate as a learning community, by being prepared for class, engaging in group activities, joining class discussions, communicating their understanding of mathematics, and explaining their work to others.

V. CALENDAR FOR MATH 1314 (approximate)

|Week |Dates |Sections Covered |Section Titles |

|1 |Aug. 27 – Aug. 31 |1.1, 1.2, 1.3 |1.1-Rectangular Coordinates |

| | | |1.2-Graphs of Equations |

| | | |1.3-Linear Equations in Two Variables |

|2 |Sept. 3 – Sept. 7 |1.4, 1.5, 1.6 |1.4-Functions |

| |Sept. 3rd –Institutional Holiday (No Class) | |1.5-Analyzing Graphs of Functions |

| | | |1.6-A Library of Parent Functions |

|3 |Sept. 10 – Sept. 14 |1.7, 1.8, 1.9 |1.7-Transformations of Functions |

| |September 13th – Professional Development Day | |1.8-Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions |

| |(No Morning or Afternoon Classes) | |1.9-Inverse Functions |

|4 |Sept. 17 – Sept. 21 |1.10, Review, EXAM I |1.10-Mathematical Modeling and Variation |

|5 |Sept. 24 – Sept. 28 |2.1, 2.2 |2.1-Quadratic Functions and Models |

| | | |2.2-Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree |

|6 |Oct. 1 – Oct. 5 |2.3, 2.4 |2.3-Polynomial and Synthetic Division |

| | | |2.4-Complex Numbers |

|7 |Oct. 8 – Oct. 12 |2.5, 2.6 |2.5-Zeros of Polynomial Functions |

| | | |2.6-Rational Functions |

|8 |Oct. 15 – Oct. 19 |Review, EXAM II | |

|9 |Oct. 22 – Oct. 26 |3.1, 3.2 |3.1-Exponential Functions and Their Graphs |

| | | |3.2-Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs |

|10 |Oct. 29 – Nov. 2 |3.3, 3.4 |3.3-Properties of Logarithms |

| | | |3.4-Exponential and Logarithmic Equations |

|11 |Nov. 05 – Nov. 09 |3.5, Review, EXAM III |3.5-Exponential and Logarithmic Models |

|12 |Nov. 12 – Nov. 16 |7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |7.1-Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Equations |

| |Nov. 12th –Institutional Holiday (No Class) | |7.2-Two-Variable Linear Systems |

| | | |7.3-Multivariable Linear Systems |

| |Nov. 16th – Last Day to DROP with a “W” | | |

|13 |Nov. 19 – Nov. 23 |7.4 (Optional), 7.5, 8.1, 8.2 |7.4-Partial Fractions |

| |Nov. 22nd & 23rd –Institutional Holiday (No | |7.5-Systems of Inequalities |

| |Class) | |8.1-Matrices and Systems of Equations |

| | | |8.2-Operations with Matrices |

|14 |Nov. 25 – Nov. 30 |8.3, 8.4 |8.3-The Inverse of a Square Matrix |

| | | |8.4-The Determinant of a Square Matrix |

|15 |Dec. 03 – Dec. 07 |8.5 (Optional), Review, Exam IV |8.5-Applications of Matrices and Determinants |

|16 |Dec. 10 – Dec. 14 |Final Exam Week | |

The date of the Final Exam for this course is: December 14, 2018

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