Mat 116 - 101: Decision Making with Calculus

Onondaga Community College

MAT 116 - 101: DECISION MAKING WITH CALCULUS

Summer 2016M, W, T, TH, F from 8:30am until 10:15am

Room M276

Instructor: Thy An Bui

Office: M 210A

Office Phone: 498-2694

Email:

Webpage:

Office Hours:after class

Pre-requisite: MAT 115 or equivalent

Credit Hours: 3

Textbook:

(OPTIONAL) College Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (twelfth edition), by Barnett, Ziegler, and Byleen. Publisher: Prentice Hall

(REQUIRE)MyMathLabAccess Code to do homework assignments online

Calculator:

Bring a calculator to class. The strongly preferred models are TI-83, 83+, 84 or 84+.

Instruction on these models will be provided. For all other models, you will have to refer to the

users' manual. You are not allowed to share calculators especially when taking quizzes and tests.

You can rent a graphing calculator from the Math Lab for about $20.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

This is the second of a two semester sequence designed for business transfers. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of: limits, instantaneous rates of change, differentiation, exponential and logarithmic functions, anti-derivatives, indefinite integrals, definite integrals, and applications to the business, managerial and social sciences.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of the course, successful students will be able to:

1. Calculate limits at a number and at infinity.
2. Label and interpret instantaneous rates of change.
3. Define "derivative".
4. Find the derivative of a polynomial function by using the limit definition procedure.
5. Find derivatives of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
6. Recognize when to use the appropriate derivative rules for constants, sums and differences, products, quotients and composite functions.
7. Use first and second derivative tests to graph functions.
8. Use first and second derivative tests to solve applied problems in the business, managerial and social sciences.
9. Find anti-derivatives, and indefinite integrals, for polynomial, exponential and logarithmic functions.
10. Make predictions on cost, revenue, and profit models based on marginal analysis.
11. Construct an inventory control model and minimize ordering and storage costs based on calculus optimization methods. (optional)

Attendance Policy:

If you are absent from the class, you will be responsible for all material covered in class that day.

If you miss 4 classes, I may drop you from the class (UF for not attending).

The “UF” grade will carry no quality points and will not be computed into the student’s grade-point-average, nor will the credit counts toward overall load (i.e. full-time).A grade of UF may affect a student’s current or future financial aid and/or veteran’s eligibility. Students should consult the Financial Aid and/or Veteran’s Affairs Offices to learn both short and long term consequences.

Help on campus:

If you need help with this course, please email me or stop by the Learning Center in the Gordon Student Center, Room G202.Tutoring hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 12-4 p.m. Phone (315) 498-2103 or email

Accommodations for Students with disabilities:

The Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) at Onondaga Community College is available to assist students who have a documented disability or who suspect they may have one. If you require an accommodation for this class please contact the office in the Gordon Student Center, Room G130 or at 315-498-2834. They will give you an accommodation form with copies to be shared with your professors.

GRADING:

Tests: 45%; Classwork:10%; Quizzes/Homework: 20%, Final Exam: 25%

Tests: (45%)

-We have 3 big tests (chapter 10, 11, and 12)

- NO MAKE-UP TEST if you are absent on the day of the test. Exceptions for some special

circumstances will be handled on an individual basis and you must contact me right before the

test or on the day of the given test by email, phone, or in person.

Classwork (10%)

- Expect to do group-work every class you have (except on the days you have to take chapter tests)

- NO MAKE-UP assignments for any reason but I will drop 1 or 2 lowest grades.

Online Quizzes/Homework (20%)

- Do your homework assignments and quizzes online

Final Exam: (25%)

- There will be a comprehensive Final Exam at the end of the semester.

* Cell Phones need to be turned off with no noise. No cell phone usage of any kind (calculator, text message, internet…)

Mathematics Department Policy on Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct can be defined as any activity that compromises academic integrity at Onondaga Community College. The Mathematics Department encourages all math faculty to maintain an atmosphere conducive to the highest level of academic integrity, and to inform and educate students about academic misconduct as well as the consequences of such behavior. Any academic misconduct reported by full-time or part-time faculty, tutors or any professional staff will be referred back to the instructor for appropriate action.

Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

Giving assistance to or receiving assistance from another student during an examination, including in an online environment.

Looking or attempting to look at another student’s paper during an examination.

Unauthorized use of notes, textbook, computing devices, electrical devices,

or pre-programmed calculators during an examination.

Discussing any part of an examination, which has not been completed,

with any person who has already completed the exam.

Unauthorized use of a previously given examination to prepare for a present examination.

Presenting a fraudulent excuse to obtain permission to take an examination at a time different from the scheduled examination time.

Submitting plagiarized work for an academic requirement. Plagiarism is the representation of another’s work or ideas as one’s own and/or failure to acknowledge the source of one’s ideas.

Asking or allowing someone else to do any assignment for you, write a paper for you, participate in an academic online discussion for you, prepare and submit and electronic assignment on your behalf, or take an examination for you.

Academic Sanctions

First offense – penalties will range from a grade of zero (0) on the particular assignment, exam, paper, or project in which the cheating took place (for all parties involved) to failure of the course (for all parties involved). Make-up examinations or assignments may not be given. Documentation of the offense will be noted with the department chair. The student should be notified of her/his right to appeal.

Second offense – failure of the course (for all parties involved) in which the cheating took place. Documentation of the offense will be noted with the department chair as well as the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The student should be notified of her/his right to appeal.

Cheating on a departmental final exam – failure of the course (for all parties involved) in which the cheating took place. Documentation of the offense will be noted with the department chair. The student should be notified of her/his right to appeal.

Adopted by the Mathematics Department of Onondaga Community College December 19, 2005