COLLIN COLLEGE

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COURSE SYLLABUS

FALL  2008

Course Number : Math 2373              T,R 11:30-12:45                              

Course Title :  Matrices, Vectors and Linear Programming                                                    

CREDIT HRS: 3 LECTURE HRS: 3 LAB HRS: 0 CLN/REC HRS: 0

PREREQUISITE: Math 1314

COREQUISITE: None

Text Book : Linear Algebra With Applications, by  Gareth Williams, 6th edition

 

Instructor: Dr. Cyrus Malek

Office:  (Spring Creek Campus J226)

Ph# (972)-881-5181

E-mail: cmalek@ccccd.edu

Office Hours:

               M, W 12:45-2:30

               T, R   12:45-2:00

                                                                                                                                        

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

COURSE MEASURABLE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 

COURSE  CONTENT AND POLICIES:

                                                           

GRADING POLICY:

Chapter test #1             25%   Testing Center    Tue Sep 16                                            

Chapter test #2             25%   Testing Center    Tue Oct 14                                     

Chapter test #3             25%   Testing Center    Tue Nov 4                                      

Chapter test #4             25%   Testing Center    Tue Dec 2                                        

Final Exam  (comprehensive) 25%   In Class     Thu Dec 11                                     

Grades:           [90-100]  A     [80-90)  B        [70-80)   C      [60-70)   D

 

-You may repeat this course only once after receiving a grade, including W.

-Last day to withdraw the course  November  14.

- Lowest chapter test will be dropped.

- No make-up test will be given except you have a documented emergency case.

-Calculators allowed to be used in this course are TI82,TI83,TI84,TI85,TI86. (No TI89 or TI92)

- If you miss any class, you will be responsible for materials covered in that session.

- You are welcome to make an appointment to see me any time.

 

Course Withdrawal:

To drop this class, you need to do the following:

1- Attain a Drop/Add sheet from the registrar's office;

2- Turn in the complete form to the office of Admission and Records 972-881-5710 on or prior to the drop deadline date;

3- All students will receive an F if they do not finish this class and do not withdraw on or prior to the drop deadline date.

4- Make sure your six course limit is satisfied. For further details, check http://www.ccccd.edu/aro/withdrawal.htm.

 

  Homework and reading assignments for MATH 2373    (subject to change)

Homework would not be collected and graded. These are minimum homework requirement for the course.

 

 

Text Section

Homework

Reading Guide

 

1.1

1ace,2,5ace,6adf,7ce,8ac,9ac,10ac,11ac

Read all

1.2

1ace,2acegf,3acef,5ace,6a,7ae,8g

Read all

 

1.3

1,2,3ac,5acd,6ab,7abd,8ab,10ac,11ac,13

Read all

1.5

 1ac,2a,5ace,9ac,12a,13a,25a Skip page 41  Ex #3 - Skip everything after Ex #5

 

2.1

1aceg,2ad,3adeg,4adh,5a,8ace,9ae,11a,13a,21a

Skip Partitioning of Matrices

2.2

1ac,2,4ac,5ad,6ac,7a,13ab

Skip page 78 and afterward, solution to system of linear equations

  Test #1  in Testing Center
 

 

2.3

1acde,2a,3ace,9,11a,15ac

Skip page 88 matrices with complex elements

2.4

1ac,2a,3ac,4a,5a,8ace,15ac,16ac,17,19

Skip page 100 elementary matrices /color models but Read Cryptography

 

2.6

1,3,4a,6,8,10,11

Read Linear Transformation, Skip matrix representation and afterward

2.7

1,2,4,5

Read all

 

2.8

1ace,4ac,7

Skip page 138 Ex #3

2.9

1ac,2ac,3ad

Skip page 143 Thm 2.11, Skip page 146 Air-transportation and afterward

Read page 144 distance in a digraph and group relationship in sociology

 

Test #2  in Testing Center  

 

3.1

1ac,3ac,6ac,7ac,8ac,10ac,12,14

Skip page 160 and afterward

3.2

1a,3ac,6ac,8ace,9ace,10ac,12ab

Read all

 

3.3

1ac,2ac,5ac,6a,8ac,10a

Skip page 177 Numerical consideration

4.1

1,2a,18ac,19ace,27ac,30

Skip page 200 complex vector space, Skip page 205 Thm 4.2

4.2

1ac,2acd,4ac,5ac,13,14,15a

Skip page 211 Generating a vector space, Read Ex #6 and 7

 

4.3

1ac,2ac,3a,6a,9a

Read all

4.4

1ac,2ac,4ac,6ab,10,12ad

Read all

4.5

1ac,2ac,3ac,6ac,7a

Skip page 232 system of linear equation and afterward

 

Test #3  in Testing Center

 

 

6.4

1,3,6,9,11,15,17,21,28

Skip page 344 Thm 6.1 and afterward

7.1

1ac,3,5,6

Skip page 356 comparison of Gauss-Jordan and Gaussian method

7.2

1,3,4,6,8ac,9,11

Skip page 363 Numerical discussion

 

8.1

1,3,5,6,8,9,11,15

Read all

8.2

1,2,4,6,7,12

Read all

 

8.3

1,3

Read all

 

 Test #4  in Testing Center

 

 

                          

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Attendance is expected of all students. If a student is unable to attend, it is his/her responsibility to contact the instructor to obtain assignments. Please see the schedule of classes for the last day to withdraw.

Religious Holy Days: In accordance with section 51.911 of the Texas Education Code, the college will allow a student who is absent from class for the observance of a religious holy day to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time. A copy of the state rules and procedures regarding holy days and the form for notification of absence from each class under this provision are available from the Admissions and Records Office.

COURSE REPEAT POLICY:

All students may repeat this course only once after receiving a grade, including W. For example students who have taken this course twice have to choose a different course to take after two trials.

 

ADA Statement:

 

It is the policy of Collin County Community College to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities.  This College will adhere to all applicable federal and state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity.  It is the student’s responsibility to contact the ACCESS office, SCC-G200 or 972.881.5898, (V/TTD: 972.881.5950) in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.

 

Academic Ethics:

 

The College District may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty.  Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work material that is not one’s own.  Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts:  cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, and/or falsifying academic records.

 

Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation. 

 

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer or internet files,

using someone else’s work for assignments as if it were one’s own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course.

 

Collusion is intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers.

 

 

NOTE:  A copy of the generic/departmental syllabus is available on the college website at:  http://iws.ccccd.edu/syllabus