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Math 171 - Course Outline      posted 01-13-2017
MATHMATICS 171- 2183: Elementary Function & Coordinate Geometry
MW: 7:10-9:30 pm Room: AA 137
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Instructor: Nyantika Tiberius: Email: ntiberius@contracosta.edu
Office Number: AA 210A Office hour Schedule: W: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS
Precalculus – Mathematics for Calculus by Stewart, Redlin and Watson 7th edition
COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES
This course presents the elements of coordinate geometry; algebraic
and transcendental functions, including polynomial, rational,
exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and other algebraic functions;
inverse functions; and curve sketching.
Objectives:
Students will be able to: Demonstrate the ability to apply the concept of functions and their graphs to graphing and to modeling.
Students will be able to: Demonstrate the ability to apply the basic properties of the algebraic, exponential/logarithmic and trigonometric functions to manipulative exercises.
Students will be able to: Demonstrate ability in applying analytic trigonometry and analytic geometry to applications and modeling.
Evaluation
Home work: 15% Quizzes: 15% Exams: 40% Final Exam: 30%

Grading Scale:
90 – 100 % A : 80 – 89 % B : 70 – 79 % C : 60 – 69 % D : Below 60 % F




Homework/ Quizzes:
Weekly homework will be assigned on Mondays. Quizzes will be given on Wednesdays (except for those Wednesdays when exams are scheduled) and will include problems taken directly from (or similar to) the assigned homework and from the class lectures (including problems, definitions, discussions, etc.). The weekly quizzes will be open homework and open notes but not open book. By “notes”, I mean the notes you take in class and the notes you take while studying and doing your homework.
I encourage you to study together and to work together on your homework. However, the homework solutions, class notes and study notes that you refer to during a quiz cannot consist of anything photocopied. (So you cannot refer to a photocopy of someone else’s homework solutions or a photocopy from a solutions manual.)
Note: There will be no second chances for any of the Wednesday quizzes.
Exams: Exam dates will be announced in class.Each of these exams is comprehensive, so please let me know if you don’t understand something before the test, as I want you to do well.

Final Exam:
The final exam is scheduled for Monday, May 22nd,from 7:10 – 9:30pm

Email Communication:
I will be communicating with you via email during the Semester. I will notify you via email if I have to cancel class for any reason (illness, transport, etc.).

Class Policies:
• turn off your cell phone ringers before coming into class
• do not use your computers during class to do anything unrelated to this course
• respect yourself and others in the class.
• Side conversations allowed only when we are working on small group activities.
• Please make sure you are aware of the Student Code of Conduct
located in the college catalogue. It explains the college’s expectations for student conduct and states actions which will be taken if not followed.
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