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PRE-CALCULUS

This course is a dual enrollment course in conjunction with Lake Michigan College.  Students that meet the minimum requirements can choose to take the course for both high school and college credit. 

 

To Receive College Credit: The students will need to fill out a registration form that LMC will provide and turn it in (along with the payment) by the deadline set by LMC.  This year's registration form is due on Thursday, October 3rd.  Students that need to take the Accuplacer Test to qualify for the college credit will be taking this at school on Tuesday, October 1st at 11:30am in the Mac Lab.

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This course is designed to provide students with basic algebraic and trigonometric concepts necessary for calculus. 
Topics include: real numbers, inequalities, coordinate systems, functions, polynomials, solutions of polynomial equations, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometry and trigonometric functions.

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Course Description: (taken from the LMC syllabus)

  • Discipline: Mathematics

  • Title & Number: Precalculus: Algebra/Trig, MATH 135

  • Credit Hours: 5

  • Instructor: Melanie Moorer

  • SHS Telephone:(269) 857-2133

  • Cell Phone: (269) 767-6454  (texting is allowed)

  • E-mail: mmoorer@saugatuckps.com 

  • Website: www.saugatuckps.schoology.com 

  • Prerequisites: Qualifying Math Test Scores: SAT [580], ACT [23], Accuplacer Advanced Algebra [250]

                                 There are other qualifying English/Reading scores​ as well. Please see Mrs. Moorer for those.


Required Items:    

  • Text: PreCalculus, by Dwyer, Gruenwald 

  • Calculator: A graphing calculator is required. In-class examples will be done with a TI-84 model calculator.

 

Grading Criteria & Requirements:
A. Homework problems: After we cover each section in class you will be given some exercises from the text. You are

     expected to work through these problems and be ready to discuss them in the next class period, but they will not

     be collected or graded. 

B. Tests:  Tests will be given after every chapter, with one exception (Chapters 6 & 7 will be combined into one test).  

C. Quizzes: Once or twice during each chapter, you will be given a quiz; these quizzes will be collected and graded.

     While taking a quiz (in class), students are allowed to use their notes and textbooks but must work alone. 

D. Comprehensive Final Exam:

     The last week of the semester you will be given a comprehensive final exam over all the material that we have

     covered.   The Final Exam will count as 20% of your final average.  

E. Computation of Final Grade:

     Your LMC final grade will be based on the following percentages:
          7 Chapter Tests            50%
          13 Quiz Average           30%
          Final Exam                    20%


If you are absent, you are responsible for the work you missed.  If you know you are going to be absent on a test day, you must make arrangements prior to the test.   If you have an unexpected emergency that keeps you from the test, you must call or email by 8:00 am on the test day, otherwise, the test score will be a zero.
 

The resources for this course can be found online on Schoology.  On https://saugatuckps.schoology.com you will find all of the notes (by chapter) that are used in the classroom each day on PowerPoint.  You will also find the daily assignments and any resources that will help you succeed in this class.  Parents can gain access to their students' Schoology account by going to  https://sites.google.com/saugatuckps.com/parent-tech-box/schoology.

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How to Succeed in this Course:
1.  Attend class. 
2.  Read the section in the book that corresponds to the days' lecture.
3.  Complete the suggested homework.
4.  Study:  You should expect to spend at least 2 hours outside of class for every hour in class.

 

The following list of topics will be followed as closely as possible; however, changes may be made at the instructor’s discretion.    

  • Chapter 1:  Foundations and Fundamentals

  • Chapter 2:  Functions and Their Graphs

  • Chapter 3:  Polynomials and Rational Functions

  • Chapter 4:  Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

  • Chapter 5:  Trigonometric Functions

  • Chapter 6:  Trigonometric Identities and Equations

  • Chapter 7:   Applications of Trigonometry

  • Chapter 8:  Relations and Conic Sections

  • Chapter 9:  Systems of Equations and Inequalities (as time permits)

  • FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive)

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