TAMA-110: Industrial Applications of Basic Mathematical Principles

School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Trade & Apprentice Education
Department
Skilled Trade & Apprenticeship
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
TAE - Mathematics
Course Number
110
Course Title
Industrial Applications of Basic Mathematical Principles
Credit Hours
2.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Catalog Course Description

Utilizes shop problems to help students relate math to various job situations. Topics include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole and mixed numbers and common and decimal fractions; percents, averages, and estimates; graphs, tables, and statistical measure; powers and roots; linear, angular, and circular measure; surface area, volume, and cubic measure; ratios and proportion; and metrics and metric conversion.

Goals, Topics, and Objectives

Core Course Topics
  1. Assessment, whole numbers, and fractional review
  2. Addition and subtraction of common fractions
  3. Addition and subtraction of mixed numbers
  4. Multiplication and division of common fractions
  5. Decimal fractions
  6. Percents, averages, and estimates
  7. Graphs, tables, and statistical measures
  8. Powers and roots
  9. Linear, angular, and circular measure
  10. Surface area measure
  11. Volume and cubic measure
  12. Ratio and proportions
  13. Metrication
  14. Metric conversions
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
  1. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole and mixed numbers in shop applications.
  2. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide common and decimal fractions in shop applications.
  3. Convert percents to decimals and decimals to percents in shop applications.*
  4. Solve shop problems using averaging and estimating.
  5. Analyze graphs and tables used in technical written materials and reports.*
  6. Solve practical shop application problems requiring the use of statistical measure.
  7. Use a hand-held calculator in the manipulation of shop problems.
  8. Solve shop problems requiring the use of powers and roots.
  9. Identify standard English units of linear measure.
  10. Solve practical shop applications requiring surface area measurement.
  11. Solve practical shop applications involving volume and cubic measure.*
  12. Solve practical shop applications of metric and metric conversions.*

Assessment and Requirements

Assessment of Academic Achievement
  1. Quizzes: The best 5 of 6 accounts for 75% of the semester grade. Make-ups on missed quizzes will be at the discretion of the Instructor. The first quiz missed will be dropped. Any additional missed quizzes will be recorded as a 0 or zero. All in-class quizzes will be administered with closed books and no notes allowed and only during regularly scheduled class periods.
  2. Final: The final examination will account for 25% of the semester grade. The final must be taken to pass the course. The Final will be administered with closed books and no notes allowed and only during regularly scheduled class periods.
General Course Requirements and Recommendations

Calculator Use: Students are encouraged to bring a calculator to all class sessions. Any scientific calculator will be sufficient for this course.

Texts

Texts, handouts, and/or workbooks will be determined by the TAE Department.

 

Credit for Prior College-Level Learning

Options for Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Portfolio Review
Effective Term
Winter 2016