SHAW UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

 MAT110 (3 credit hours) SPR 2011

Basic Mathematics

Prerequisite:  None

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Instructor: Simon N. Ugwuoke, Ph.D.                            Office Location: Robert Science, Room 122

Email: sugwuoke@shawu.edu                                                      Phone: (919) 546-8543                                  

Office Hours: TBA                                                       Faculty Website: http://faculty.shawu.edu/sugwuoke

General Education/Core Curriculum Mission Statement

The mission of General Education or the Core Curriculum at Shaw University is to provide students with a broad-based knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences, technological skills, and critical thinking skills.  It also stresses character development.  In compliance with the SACS requirement, it consists of “a minimum of 30 semester hours . . . drawn from and include at least one course from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts; social/behavioral sciences; and natural science/mathematics.” General Education or the Core Curriculum will be delivered in an interactive setting in order to promote positive engagement among students, faculty, and staff; increase coherence of the General Education program; and enhance student persistence at the University.

Gen. Education Program Goals

The goal of the General Education program that pertains to the Mathematics Unit is:

To ensure that students possess a breadth of knowledge and skills through integrated study of coursework in various disciplines.

Program Learning Outcomes

1.       Students will gain knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences from 42-68 credit hours (depending on the major) of General Education/Core Curriculum integrated courses in the humanities/fine arts; social/ behavioral sciences; natural science/ mathematics; physical science; and allied health professions for which course syllabi specify expected student learning outcomes.

2.        Students will demonstrate their skills in reading, writing, critical thinking, mathematics, and science.

3.        Students will demonstrate a multidisciplinary perspective.

Course Description

This is a University Core Course in Mathematics taken by Freshmen. In this course, the student learns the operations in arithmetic and algebra in the context of applications to problem solving. Topics on critical thinking skills, systems of numeration, number theory, percentage, application problems on Business, installment loans, mortgage payments are covered in this course, which trains the students in analytical thinking and problem solving.. This course is the first of a three-sequence study in college mathematics.

Conceptual Framework Theme

To produce graduates who are critical-thinking problem solvers with the knowledge, pedagogical and technological skills, and professional dispositions needed to function as effective teachers in a diverse world.

Student Learning Outcomes

Required Textbook & Resources:

Text:       Angel, A. R., Abbott, C. D. and Runde, D. C - A Survey of Mathematics with Applications, Expanded Eight

               Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009  

Technology:

                MY MATH LAB with MATH XL (Online Homework Assignment Tool at www.coursecompass.com)

                BLACKBOARD (Lecture Notes and Assignments)

Expectations:

Individual and Group Class Participation

Regular Class Attendance

NO CALCULATORS WILL BE ALLOWED ON IN-CLASS QUIZZES OR TESTS

Topic Outline:

Chapter 1: Critical Thinking Skills : Inductive reasoning - Estimation - Problem Solving (Sections 1.1 to 1.3), (NCATE 5.6, 5.12), (NCDPI Core 2.2, 2.8), (NCDPI Div 2.2).

 Chapter 4: Systems of Numeration : Additive and multiplicative systems of numeration - Place-value or Positional - value numeration systems - Other bases - Computation in other bases. (Sections 4.1 to 4.4), (NCATE 5.1, 5.2).

 Chapter 5: Number Theory and the Real Number System: Number Theory - The Integers - The Rational numbers - The Irrational numbers and the Real Number System - Real Numbers and their properties - Rules of exponents and Scientific notation - Arithmetic and Geometric sequences - Fibonacci sequence. (Sections 5.1 to 5.8), (NCATE 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7).

Chapter 11: Consumer Mathematics - Percent - Personal loans and interest - Compound Interest - Installment buying – Mortgage. (Sections 11.1 – 11.5). (NCDPI Tech 2.1, 3.2, 3,3).

Course Evaluation: