Fundamentals of Math COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Code:	SCI 101
Instructor:	Jim Cushman E-mail: jamescushman@forrestcollege.edu jamescushman947@yahoo.com Phone: 864 375-1108 (before 9:00 p.m.)
Course Schedule:	This course meets in room 104 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:25 pm to 2:45 pm starting August 8, 2008 to September 13, 2008
Credit Hours:	4.5 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements
Text:	Basic College Mathematics: An Applied Approach, Aufmann, Barker, Lockwood, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
Course Description:	A course in fundamentals of mathematics and mechanics accomplished through practice in drills and the solution of mathematical problems.
Course Objectives:	Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have knowledge and understanding of the following areas: Understanding whole numbers: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers; exponential notation; order of operations agreement; prime numbers; factoring. Understanding fractions: Least common multiple and greatest common factor; writing equivalent fractions; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions and mixed numbers; ordering fractions; exponents; order of operations agreement. Understanding decimals: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals; comparing and converting fractions and decimals. Understanding ratio and proportion: Ratios; rates; proportions. Understanding percents: Write percents as fractions or decimals; write fractions and decimals as percents; solve percent problems using proportions. Understanding applications for business and consumers: Applications to purchasing; percent of increase and decrease; interest; real estate expenses; car expenses; wages; bank statements. Understanding statistics and probability: Pictographs; circle graphs; bar graphs; broken-line graphs; finding means, modes and medians of distributions. Understanding customary units of measure. Understanding the metric system of measurement. Understanding integers and rational numbers. Understanding applications of algebra and geometry.
Prerequisite:	None
Course Outline	Week One: Chapter 1 – Whole numbers, addition/subtraction; whole numbers, multiply/divide; factoring numbers (This chapter will be done by the student on the internet.) Chapter 2 – Fractions, addition/subtraction Chapter 2 – Fractions, multiply/divided Week Two: Chapter 3 – Decimals, addition/subtraction. Decimals multiply/divide; Convert fractions to decimals/decimals to fractions. Chapter 4 – Ratio and proportion. Write ratios in simplest form and solve problems. Write rates and solve application problems. Solve proportions and solve application problems. Week Three: Chapter 5 – Percents. Write a percent as a fraction or a decimal. Solve application problems. Chapter 6 – Applications for Business & Consumers. Find unit cost, finds percent increase, calculates interest and compound interest, calculate expenses, calculate commissions, and balance a checkbook. Week Four: Chapter 7- The Metric System of measurement – length, mass, capacity converting between U.S. and metric measurements. Chapter 10 – Rational Numbers. Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers and integers. Solve application problems. Week Five: Chapter 7 – Statistics and Probability. Work with various graph styles. Read a histogram and frequency polygon. Find the mean, median and mode of a distribution. Calculate the probability of simple events. (Do on Internet) Review for final exam. Week Five: Final Exam
Instruction Method:	Lecture, student presentations, computer programs and group discussion. Lecture/class work is conducted on the basis that the student has prepared ahead of time for the given week’s lessons. There will be internet tutorials, projects and assignments. All homework is due upon arriving to class. Homework will be graded at the discretion of the instructor. Most assignments will receive a pass/fail grade based on whether the work is complete. Pop quizzes will be given. These grades will be included in the cumulative homework grade at the end of the quarter. Chapter exams will be given during the quarter. A final, cumulative exam will be given at the end of the quarter.
Homework	Homework will be the chapter review of the chapter(s) covered in class. All homework is due upon arriving to class
Grading:	Class work* & attendance ............................................................................. 10% Homework ....................................................................................................... 5% Chapter Exams .............................................................................................. 45% Math Notebook & internet project .................................................................. 20% Final Exam ..................................................................................................... 20% *You must be in class in order to do the class work. *Missed tests: If you miss a test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60
Attendance:	Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class. You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about. You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail. Let your instructor know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class, or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc. As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance. You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates. You must be in attendance for your scheduled individual presentation date.
Make-up work:	It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as the result of having missed a class session. Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course.
Academic Dishonesty	Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension /expulsion from the college.
Resources	The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).
Changes	In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.