MAT 1375/OL68 Precalculus

Monday/Wednesday 10:00 am – 11:40 pm via Blackboard Collaborate

Instructor: Dr.  Bonanome

e-mail: mbonanome@citytech.cuny.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30 pm – 1 pm on Blackboard Collaborate.

Text:   “Precalculus,” 2nd Edition by Thomas Tradler and Holly Carley.

 pdf available at: websupport1.citytech.cuny.edu/faculty/ttradler/precalculus.html

Course Description: Topics include an in-depth study of functions such as polynomial functions, radical functions, rational functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; connections to vectors and complex numbers; solving trigonometric equations, and identities involving sum, double and half-angle formulas; Binomial Theorem and progressions.

Prerequisites: MAT 1275 with a grade of D or better.

Calculators: Graphing calculators are a requirement for this course.

Grading:

93.0–100A77.0–79.0C+
90.0–92.9A-70.0–76.9C
87.0–89.9B+60.0–69.9D
83.0–86.9B0–59.9F
80.0–82.9B-  

                                    W = withdrawal up to Monday, December 13, 2021

                                    WF = withdrawal after Monday, December 13, 2021 (WF = F)

Note: Students who are failing should consider withdrawing officially before 12/13/2021 to avoid an F or WF.

Homework (20%): Each week you will be assigned online homework to be completed in WeBWorK.  All problems completed will earn points towards your homework grade. Your username and password will be emailed to your City Tech email address.

OpenLab Assignments and Discussions (25%): You will be participating on this site by writing and making comments in response to assigned readings, homework problems, and so on.  You will generally have 1 week to complete your OpenLab assignments. Grades for OpenLab assignments will sometimes be checkmarks and sometimes a score between 0 and 10 depending on the type of assignment. You can check the scores of your OpenLab assignments in the OpenLab Gradebook widget which can be found in the right-hand column towards the bottom. You must become a member of our site in order to view your grades.

Exams (30%): There will be 2 exams during the semester (not including the final).  No makeup exams will be given.  If you miss an exam for a valid reason, your final exam score will take the place of the missing exam.

Final Exam (25%): A final exam is given on the last day of class covering all topics. The final exam must be taken to pass the course.

All exam scores will consist of two components:

WeBWorK exam 50%, Written work 50%

WeBWorK exam: An exam in WeBWorK will be made available on the designated exam day.

Written work: Worked out solutions to the WeBWorK exam problems must be submitted in order to receive credit for the exam. These written solutions may be handwritten on paper and scanned into a single pdf document. The pdf of your written work must be submitted through Blackboardby the close time of the exam. Points will be taken off for every minute the pdf is late.

Blackboard and OpenLab

General information on the course, homework, assignments and tests can be found on this site. You must become a member of our site in order to receive email notifications of announcements etc.

Our class meetings will take place on our Blackboard Collaborate course site. You can log in to Blackboard here.

Blackboard online help is available here.

You are expected to consult our OpenLab site and check your City Tech email regularly.

Help is available during my Blackboard Collaborate office hours Tuesdays/Thursdays during online tutoring.

Academic Misconduct: includes (but is not limited to) giving or receiving assistance on a test, quiz, or homework assignment for which such assistance is not permitted, falsifying a document to obtain an excusal from a test, and using unauthorized notes on a test or quiz. A more complete definition of Academic Misconduct, see City Tech’s Academic Integrity Policy here.