Title: Course Syllabus
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Course Syllabus

Looking for the official course syllabus? Here you go! This page is different than the left navigation link Syllabus. This page gives you overall information on the course, the left navigation Syllabus link gives you a list of sequenced learning quizzes by due date.

Course Faculty

This is a self-paced course and does not have a faculty assigned to the course.

Course Manager

We want to make sure you have everything you need to be successful. Your course manager overseeing the entire course experience is Brenda Perea, Coordinator of Instructional Design, CHAMP Grant, Colorado Community College System, Denver, CO.

Course Description

The Technical Math MOOC is a 5 week course designed for students who have successfully completed high school math and need to refresh their skills with a review of pre-college level algebra. After successfully completing this course, the goal would be to take a college placement exam or CLEP exam earn credit for a course like Technical Mathematics.

Topics include measurement, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, graphs, and finance. These are presented at an introductory level and the emphasis is on applications. The math problems encountered in the real world tend to be messy problems for which textbook approaches are very tedious or simply won’t work.  During this course, in addition to the standard textbook techniques, we will show you how to leverage technology to solve the more general problems you may encounter in real world applications.

Since this class reviews pre-college level algebra, and moves at a brisk pace, students should be somewhat familiar with mathematical concepts through first year algebra in high school.

Learning Outcomes

The outcome for completing this course is to take, or retake, the placement exam at your respective college or university and receive credit for a Technical Mathematics class.

Thus, a student who successfully completes this course should be able to:

- Demonstrate knowledge and use of ratios, proportions and percents.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of units of measure.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of signed numbers.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of powers of ten and scientific notation.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of algebraic operations.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of algebraic equations and formulas.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of systems of equations.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of angles.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of triangles.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of circles and polygons.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of geometric solids.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of basic trig properties for sin, cos and tan.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of vectors.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of finance.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of graphs.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of logarithms.
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of statistics.

Student Responsibilities

Students are expected to watch the video lessons, read any text lessons, work any practice problems, and do the MyOpenMath problems and quizzes. You know when you need to spend more time on a given concept and when you do not. When questions arise, post them to the Forums. I also recommend answering questions on the Forums. Explaining a concept helps you understand that concept.

Every day, time will need to be set aside for watching the videos and/or reading the lessons (think of this as the "lecture" part of a face-to-face class), then more time will need to be set aside for practicing the problems and working the problems in the MyOpenMath sets (think of this as the "homework" for a face-to-face class).

Prerequisites and Course Materials

Textbook: There is no official textbook for this class. There are 3 web based textbooks in the Introduction module of the course. The lessons are integrated within the Canvas system and can be found in the Modules. A free, online textbook (pdf files) that you may want to use for reference material is:

- Beginning and Intermediate Algebra by Tyler Wallace - (Note: You can download the entire textbook or just individual sections.)

Course Grading

You will not be issued any sort of formal grade or completion certificate for this course. This course does not count for any academic credit at any of the college in the Colorado Community College System or elsewhere. In other words, learn at your own pace and have fun!

It is important to note that although this MOOC will not earn you a completion certificate for completing the course, you might be able to earn a certificate of assessment of student achievement. The Certificate of Assessment of Student Achievement acknowledges the participant has been able to pass all course assessments with a score of 80% or higher. For more information on how the Certificate of Assessment of Student Achievement differes from a completion certificate see the FAQs page.

Regardless, there are multiple opportunities for you to assess your own knowledge and learning in the course. Each module has a quiz that can be used to test your understanding of the basic principles from the lecture and readings. The quizzes can be taken multiple times. The discussion forums will be used as a space for you to process content, discuss key issues associated with the topic, and get feedback. The discussion forums are not graded.

Possible Points and Grading Scale

Remember there is no grade for this course. If you take all the Quizzes in the modules and receive all possible point, there are 272 possible points. Also, remember this is a self-paced course, and you do not need to take all of the quizzes or any of the quizzes, what content or quizzes you complete is entirely up to you.

If you receive

286-318 = 90-100%

285-254 = 80-89%

222-384 = 70-79%

Course Policies

As a student in this course, we do ask you to follow a few guidelines to ensure this is a happy, positive experience for everyone participating.

- The course discussion forums will be your primary means for course communication. In this space, you can pose questions, discuss content, and respond to questions from other students. You can also use the forums to ask logistical and technical questions about accessing course content.
- Due to the large number of students in this course, individual content and technical help from the instructors will not be possible. No direct email, phone, or internal chat communication will be accepted. Feel free to contact the course staff through the appropriate forums or messaging tools.
- All students are expected to adhere to the Canvas Network Code of Conduct. This includes:
  - Being polite and respectful toward your fellow students
  - Respecting the diversity of opinions and cultures that will be present in your course
  - Respecting the privacy of other students and instructors
  - Posting only appropriate content (No profanity, copyrighted content, harmful content, illegal activity, advertisements, or adult content)
  - Adhering to academic integrity. Although the course is not graded, academic integrity will be required of all student participants. All coursework and discussion forum posts should reflect the individual efforts of the student.