Course Syllabus

Merritt College

Math3A 5units

Math 3A Calculus (code43172)

              Fall 2020 syllabus

 

Instructor:  Minyoung (Michelle) Lee

E-mail:     minyounglee@peralta.edu (Please allow 24 hours for response)

Office hours: TTh 11-12pm (Passcode:2138225)

 https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91448079216?pwd=ZEp5NVdaQ2RON011bWRDSzFwTUZyUT09

Google voice: (510) 213-8225 (voicemail or text)

Zoom Lecture: TTH 1pm-2pm(Not Mendatory)

             Join ConferZoom through the Canvas.

  Prerequisites: Math 2 or Math 1 & Math50  

 

 Textbook: Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!

          Calculus, Volume 1 from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-13-1

           You have a couple options to obtain this book:

           View Online

           Download pdf

 

 XYZ Homework: Online Homework assignments should be purchased through Canvas or Merritt Book store.

          For technical or website problems, support@xyzhomework.com

         

Course Website: Canvas. This site will have course handouts available for downloading such as power point and doing homework assignments XYZ Homework and taking exam as the Fall semester progresses. For technical or website problems, contact Canvas Support at 877-930-1126, 24/7.

 

 Course/Catalog Description: This course introduces theorems on limits and continuous functions, derivatives, differentials and applications: Fundamental theorems of calculus and applications; properties of exponential, logarithmic, and inverse trigonometric functions, and hyperbolic functions.

 

Online Learning Resources: Learning to Learn Online

                        How do I succeed in an online course?

 

 

Learning at a distance may be a very different environment for you.

 

You will generally set your own schedules, participate in class activities at

your convenience, and work at your own pace. You may spend some additional time online during the first few weeks while you become acclimated to the online class format and you may feel overwhelmed. You should also be prepared to spend approximately at least 10 hours per week online completing lessons, activities, doing homework and participating in class discussions. Finally, you may want to incorporate these tips to help you get started:

 

 

• Set yourself a schedule -- check the course web site early in the class week to see what tasks you'll need to work on for the week.

 

• Each week there is an online forum with specific directions on how to participate, this is very important! You will need to post at least two times in the forum EACH WEEK. Your first post of the week should be no later than Wednesday at Midnight. Posting for the first time no later than Wednesday will assure that you will be a valuable contributor to the weekly forum.

 

Ongoing Attendance/Participation

Attendance in an online course works a little differently. Since this is a fully online course, you do not need to be anywhere at any specific time. That gives us all a little more flexibility in terms of when to work on the course material. I do expect that you login to this course at least once a day to "attend" to the activities that need to be completed.

 

Netiquette

 

• Always Communicate Using Netiquette
• Be polite to your classmates & respect differences of opinion.
• Do not share links to webpages that contain content that might be considered offensive to your classmates.
• Address each other by first name, unless a classmate indicates otherwise.
• Remember that our Canvas site is our collaborative learning space.

 

 

Need Help Forum

There is a discussion forum set up for you to post questions to your peers in case you need help with something that a classmate might know. I encourage you to reach out to each other in that forum.

 

Rules

 

All course work for each week is due by Sunday Midnight of that week.

Each week you must post at least Two Times in each discussion forum to get full credit. Your first post to the forum should be no later than Wednesday at Midnight of each week.

The discussion forum closes at Midnight of that week and no posts made after that time will be given points.

 

 

Technology

 

Desmos: Available for free on Website https://www.desmos.com

You are encouraged to use Desmos on your homework and exam.

 

Calculator: TI-83 or TI-84 (graphic calculator) or any scientific calculator is recommended.

 

 

 

 

Grading Policy: We will have weekly discussion forum, homework assignments, three exams. A student must earn above or equal to 70% to pass the course. The break-down as follows

 

Participation (Discussion): 5% (at least two posting every week)

Homework: 35% (included watching videos and reading textbook)

Two Exams: 40 % (will take best two exams among three exams so each exam weight 20%)

Final Exam: 20%

 

A: 90%-100%

B: 80%-89%

C: 70%-79%

D: 60%-69%

F: Below 60%

 

Date of Exams

You can start anytime for the Exam but once you start the Exam you must finish it because there is time limit. One lowest exam score will be dropped but I strongly suggest you take all exams for future Math courses.

1st Exam:    September 24, Thursday     (Covers Chapter1 and 2)       

2nd Exam:    October 22,  Thursday          (Covers Chapter3)

3rd Exam:    November 19, Thursday      (Covers Chapter4)

Final exam:   December 17, Thursday      (Covers Chapter5)      

 

Extra Credit (5%): Extra credit will be given to students who log over 15 hours in the learning Center of the Fall semester  Merritt Tutoring (Pisces) or Online Tutoring through Canvas or Visiting Office hours.

 

 

Important Dates:

Last Date to Drop with no 'W':        09/07/2020

Last Date to Drop with 'W':          07/15/2020

Adding & Dropping: It is your responsibility to add or drop the class.

 Labor Day – Holiday Observance      09/07/2020

 Professional Day – No Instruction      10/20/2020

 Veteran’s Day – Holiday Observance    11/11/2020

 

Students Learning Outcomes: Students should be expected to

1. Compute derivatives of functions using a variety of techniques for graphical analysis.
2. Apply the concept of anti-differentiation to solve basic integration problems.
3. Construct and solve mathematical models involving related rates and optimization (maximum and minimum problems).
4. Model natural phenomena using logarithms and exponentials
5. Analyze the properties of inverse trigonometric functions, their derivatives and

  anti-derivatives (From Math Department)

 

 

 

Campus-Wide Tutoring: Merritt College offers a variety of FREE tutoring

services in almost every subject. Students who utilize these services are more likely

to achieve academic success : Merritt Tutoring (Pisces)

LRNRE 501 - Supervised Tutoring Code 42783 to access tutoring.

 

 

Student Accessibility Service (SAS)

: There are special provisions for students with disabilities; see the Merritt College web page https://www.merritt.edu/wp/dsp/

and notify the instructor to receive appropriate accommodations.

Student Accessibility Service: R109 (510) 436-2429 and email at SAS.merritt@peralta.edu.

Extended Opportunity Programs & Services: R109 (510) 436-2474

 

 

General information:

Peralta Community College District website is http://web.peralta.edu.

 

Merritt College Catalog 2019-2020

http://merritt.edu/pdf/Merritt_Catalog_2019-2020.pdf