Machine Shop Mathematics Syllabus for 2017-2018
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Moore County Campus 139

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Course

MCHN-1343-020 Machine Shop Mathematics

Prerequisites

Course Description

Designed to prepare the student with technical, applied mathematics that will be necessary in future machine shop-related courses.

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Department Expectations

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Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact your advisor, the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Technical Shop Mathmatics

Publisher: Industrial Press

ISBN: 0-8311-3086-5

All other Course Materials will be presented in class or via Blackboard

Supplies

Student will need access to a computer and the Internet to obtain course materials through Blackboard.

Required Supplies:

  • Safety Glasses
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Graph Paper
  • TI 36X Pro Calculator
  • Tape Measure
  • Protractor
  • Steel Rule

Required Attire for Classroom/Lab Access

  • Long Pants
  • Closed Toe Shoes
  • Tucked in Amarillo College Technical Education Shirt
  • Safety Glasses

Student Performance

Student will be able to:

 
 
  • Execute Number System Operations
  • Manipulate Formulas
  • Think through a Process
  • Apply Geometric Principles
  • Demonstrate Calculator Skills
  • Perform Measurement Activities and Conversions

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

All students are expected to abide by the Professional Code of Conduct (Copy available on the main content page of Blackboard). 

Academic Integrity will not be tolerated.  No credit will be given for any work that is not your own.

Inappropriate Language will not be tolerated.  The student will be asked to leave class, and no credit will be given for anything that is missed.

Students are responsible for e-mail messages sent to AC’s e-mail account.  E-mails should be professional and contain proper spelling, grammar, and format.  This is the way I will contact you, if necessary, and the way you should contact me.

Grading Criteria

Section Percentage
Projects 20%
Homework 20%
Exams 30%
Final 10%
Teach Me!

10%

Layout 10%

Grading Scale:

90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
59 and Below F

Homework:

Students should complete all homework on time in pencil.  All problems should be completely worked out. If answers are correct, but no work is shown to arrive at that answer, the problem will be counted wrong.  Work that is illegible will not be graded and will receive no credit. Homework will be due at the beginning of each class period.  After homework is collected anything turned in after that will be late and will receive a maximum score of 70.  No homework will be accepted late after the beginning of the next class period for which the homework was originally due.

Exams:

A maximum of four regular exams will be given throughout the course.  If you miss a regular exam, the final exam may replace that exam.  The Final Exam may only replace one regular exam.  If you miss more than one regular exam, they will be counted as a zero.  All exams will be in class.

The Final Exam will be on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

No make-up Exams will be given.

Teach Me: 

You will be expected to present a five to ten minute explanation about how to do something.  The topic is your choice so long as it is school appropriate and a legal activity.  You will sign up for the teach me the first or second class.

Attendance

Attendance is a requirement.  If a student misses class, it is his/her responsibility to get notes from a classmate and have homework assignment ready for next class meeting.

Calendar

Week 1

 Measurements/Decimals/Fractions/Basic Conversions
Week 1  Tolerances/Add,Subtract,Multiply, Divide Fractions and Decimals/Volume Conversions
Week 2 No Class - Labor Day College Closed
Week 2 Significant Digits/More Decimals
Week 3 Ratios/Proportions/Mechanical Advantage
Week 3  More Mechanical Advantage/Block and Tackle
Week 4 Feeds and Speeds
Week 4 Mid Term Exam - Interpolation/Reading Charts
Week 5 Solving Equations/Electrical Circuits/Series, Parallel Basics
Week 5 More Electrical Circuits/Solving Equations
Week 6 Geometry Basics/Protractor/Angles
Week 6 More Angles
Week 7
Trig  
Week 7 Scaling/Coordinates
Week 8 Statistics/Cost of Quality
Week 8 Final!

Note:  This calendar is subject to change.  The last day to withdraw from the course is Tuesday, February 27, 2018.  Failure to drop on or before that date will result in you receiving whatever letter grade you have earned by the information set out in the grading section of this syllabus.

Additional Information

No Cell Phone Calculators.

Syllabus Created on:

01/09/18 2:47 PM

Last Edited on:

01/09/18 2:54 PM