BAINBRIDGE COLLEGE

Division of Technical Studies

COURSE TITLE:          Vocational Math

COURSE NUMBER:     TECH 0085

CONTACT HOURS:     4

CREDIT HOURS:        4

INSTRUCTOR:             Hope Toole, Instructor of Technical Mathematics

CONTACT                     CRN #50335

                                       MyMathLab course Id: toole92829

    INFORMATION:      E-mail: htoole@bainbridge.edu                             

                                Phone:  229.248.2530

                                Office:  Room 629

OFFICE HOURS:          TR 5-6pm on campus

                                      MW 8-9am online                                    

PURPOSE OF COURSE: To provide the fundamentals of arithmetic, including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, averages, applied problems, and signed numbers, and to prepare the student to begin the transition from arithmetic to algebra.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:       At the end of the semester you should be able to:

1.                  Perform whole number calculations including binary operations, order of operations, exponents, and roots.

2.                  Perform fraction calculations.

3.                  Perform decimal calculations.

4.                  Solve percent problems.

5.                  Find averages.

6.                  Apply arithmetic fundamentals to business and technical applications.

7.                  Perform calculations

8.                  Become familiar with introductory concepts of algebra.

9.                Demonstrate work ethics that meet the Technical Division criteria.

Materials:

1. TEXTBOOK and ACCESS CODE for Basic College                                                               Mathematics, fifth edition by John Tobey and Jeffery Slater

2. Calculator: The calculator needs to only have basic functions such as add, subtract, multiply, and divide.  Some of the more advanced scientific calculators are not permitted.

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ATTENDANCE POLICY:  A student who enrolls in Tech 0085 Vocational math class is expected to login and work all assignments weekly.  It is recognized, however, there may be situations that make it impossible to login.  You must contact me via email immediately.  Therefore, an absence (getting behind on assignments) of more than a week will result in a U in the class. To avoid this, work all weekly assignments, quizzes, and tests on time. 

Your MML homework assignments are designed to reinforce the concepts. All of your homework assignments are to be completed on the computer.  If you are confused or do not understand the problems worked, be certain to ask for help. Homework assignments must be brought up to date immediately after an “absence”.

 WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASS:   Midterm (June 26 2008—regular term) is the last day to drop a class and receive a W.  You MUST submit a Drop/Add form to the Records Office in order to officially drop a class or you will receive an automatic “U” grade for the course.  A “U” grade could cause you to lose your financial aid.    If you have a family or work emergency and cannot submit the Drop Form to the Records Office, call the Records Office at 229.248.2500.   The Records Office staff will complete the paperwork for you.  Withdrawing after midterm results in a U grade unless you get the approval of your instructor AND the Vice President of Academic Affairs due to a non-academic extenuating circumstance.  Withdrawing from a class also may affect your financial aid; but a grade of “F” is even more detrimental to your financial aid and to your cumulative grade point average.  Always talk to your instructor before dropping a class.

PLAGIARISM/CLASS CONDUCT STATEMENT:  To plagiarize is to pass off as one’s own the ideas or words of another.  Copying material from another student will result in a zero for both students.  Pride in your work is what will make you a success in the work place.

Incomplete Grades:  An “I” will be assigned only to students who fail to complete a course due to illness, injury, or other non-academic emergency.  Only those students who were doing satisfactory work will be eligible for the “I” grade.  An “I” must be satisfactorily removed during the following academic semester or the symbol “I” will be changed to the grade “F” by the Records Office.  In unusual circumstances, an instructor may extend an incomplete beyond the one-semester deadline – not to exceed a total of three consecutive calendar semesters.  In order to remove an “I”, students WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO RE-REGISTER for the course.

Disability:  Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Please contact the Office for Disability Services at [248-2579] _and ask for Jessica Long in the Testing Center to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.

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Grading

1.     Tests Scores: You will have 4 major test scores. The score on each major grade for Chapter 1-whole numbers, Chapter 2-fraction, Chapter 3-decimal, and Chapter 4 &5 proportion/percent tests must be 75% or higher.  At the instructor’s discretion, retests may be permitted when a student falls below the required score on these units.  (Generally, retests are restricted to a maximum of one retest per unit test during the semester.) You must retest on available dates which can be found on the Semester Plan. Throughout the semester, check on the announcement page and your emails too.

2.     Daily Assignments

Ø       HOMEWORK: Use your Semester Plan to see dates on which assignments are due.  You must score 75% or higher on all homework assignments to be eligible for the Compass.  100% is the desired score for all students!  Most homework assignments are to be completed on the computer using MyMathLab -Course Compass. 

·         Quiz –Quizzes will be assigned most weeks. You must complete the quiz with a 75% or higher grade in order to advance to the homework assignment. You can take the quiz until you achieve the desired score.

·         Practice Quiz:  Before each chapter test, you will have a Practice Quiz available.  This is not for a grade only for your benefit in preparing for a test.  By taking the Practice Quiz for each unit you will also reduce anxiety and will be better prepared. You can take it as many times as needed, however as with all quizzes submit before leaving a quiz. Just “clicking out” and not submitting a quiz can block you out of all assignments.

4.  EXITING THE COURSE:

When the above requirements (#1 & #2) are met by the end of the semester, the student is eligible for the Compass exam. To exit the course, a score of 37 or higher is required on the COMPASS exam. If the student earns the grade of S (Satisfactory), and the student advances to the next required mathematics course.  Otherwise, the student’s grade will be IP (In Progress) or U (Unsatisfactory), depending on the degree of progress.  With an IP or U grade, the course must be repeated.

The COMPASS is a standardized computer test prepared by a team of national educators.  Enough topics are included in the course content of TECH 0085 to

prepare the student to earn a satisfactory score.  The COMPASS Test includes some topics that are not included in the course content of TECH 0085. You are permitted to use a basic calculator on the test.

5.*Extra Credit*

a. 100 % on every homework assignments in a unit will earn you 5 points on the corresponding chapter test. For example, if you make 100 on every homework assignment in chapter 2 then you will receive 5 points extra on your Fractions Test. All homework assignments must be complete by the date assigned to receive points.

Summer 2008 Tentative Semester Plan

Reading the Chart above:

Your plan has the weekly assignments. The column on the far left has the dates. Next, you will find the homework assignments and quizzes for that week. In the column to the right of that, you can find the test dates for the same week. This is a tentative plan meaning occasionally there are changes. Please read the announcement page daily.

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