INSTRUCTOR
Michael (Mike) A. Turco
Sault Ste Marie, ON
705-759-9127
mturco@bmcc.eduMr. Turco is available by e-mail and if necessary by telephone. However, e-mail is preferred and trying to reach Mr. Turco by telephone will likely result in leaving a message on the answering machine. E-mail has the same effect and replying with attachments is much easier. Other arrangements are always possible and will be discussed if necessary.
Meet Your Instructor
The Home page of this course will link you to all the different individual components of the course. If at any time you find the presentation confusing, or if you have an idea on how to improve it, please feel free to email your instructor with your suggestions.Each lesson should take only a few hours to complete. It is usually easier to complete a lesson if you set aside 2 - 3 uninterupted hours. If you have difficulty with the lessons, you can email your instructor for help, and he will usually respond within 24 hours. Alternately you can contact the Smarthinking tutorial service. This service has a live tutor available for immediate interaction using a "whiteboard" during the hours of 1:00 - 3:00 pm and 9:00 pm - 1:00 am daily. The whiteboard allows you and your tutor to actually write on each other's computer screens.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed as a review of the basic mathematical operations. Topics covered include whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, word problems and some applications for business and industry. Placement in this class is based on the results of assessment scores. Students must meet minimum requirements before enrolling in college level mathematics courses. Developmental in nature, credit in this course does not apply towards graduation.
BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT POLICY
It is very important that you click the following link and read about BMCC's policies. It covers many important areas which you must be aware of, including
Drop Policy
Mid-Semester Grade Academic Policy
Book Refund Policy
Billing Policy
It is imperative that you click on the link below to read these policies before you begin the course.
OBJECTIVES
Each lesson has one or more objectives. After completing the lesson you should be able to perform each objective. As with any other academic course, some objectives will seem very easy and elementary, while others will require more effort to master. It is very important that you master each objective before moving on to the next. If you experience difficulty, please get extra help from either
a) emailing the instructor at BMCC, or
b) the textbook resource area at HMCO Resource Area, or
c) the Smarthinking e-instructor.
Your successful completion of this course depends on your mastery each of these course objectives. You will be the best judge of whether or not you understand the concepts and can perform the objectives. Your instructor will also be monitoring your progress and will offer suggestions based on each lesson quiz. By proceeding methodically through each lesson one objective at a time and through each chapter one lesson at a time, you will gain the understanding necessary to pass the final exam.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
The textbook for the course is Aufmann, Barker & Lockwood, Basic College Mathematics, An Applied Approach, Seventh Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. This same textbook is used for both AE108 and AE109.
AE108 covers chapters 1 - 6 AE109 covers chapters 7 - 12 Students will need to purchase the textbook for this course by contacting Laura Parish at the virtual college office. All of the lessons refer to sections in the textbook making it essential to this course. It contains all the assignments, a tutorial Cd providing additional help in many areas of the textbook, and comes with the e-instructor at Smarthinking (an on-line tutorial service, where you can either email your questions and wait for answers, or you can actually connect live with an e-instructor who will walk you through your problems). The Smarthinking service is accessible at no additional cost for one year from the date of purchase of the textbook, so it is essential if you are taking both courses that you complete them within the one-year period.
GRADING
Total points Value for Final Lesson Assignments 36 lessons Chapter Tests 6 chapters Mid Term Test First 3 Chapters Final Exam mostly Ch 4 - 6 Total Points
A 94 - 100% A- 90 - 93% B+ 87 - 89% B 84 - 86% B- 80 - 83% C+ 77 - 79% C 74 - 76% C- 70 - 73% D+ 67 - 69% D 64 - 66% D- 60 - 63% F 00 - 59%
