...Common Application Essay Throughout my life I have experience failure just like every other normal human being. But unlike some people I choose to learn from my mistakes and do my best to never repeat them again. One account of failure that I remember is when I failed Algebra in freshman year. Math has always been my weakest subject. I never understood or could remember all the steps and rules needed in Math. It was nothing like memorizing vocabulary in Biology or reading a book and answering the questions in English. You can’t do that in Math because unlike the other subjects, Math questions and answers are never the same. In English the “Lord of the Flies” will always be written by William Golding and in History...
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...EV 207 Text and Required Supplies A Graphical Approach to College Algebra, 6th Edition by John Hornsby, Margaret Lial, Gary Rockswold ©2014 Prentice Hall. Description | | ISBN-10 | ISBN-13 | Approximate Cost | MyMathLab access code | Required | 032119991X | 9780321199911 | $75–100 | Hardcopy or Kindle | Optional | 0321920309 | 9780321920300 | $145–196 | Hardcopy bundled with MML | Optional | 978-0321909817 | 032190981X | $200–290 | The MyMathLab code can be purchased from the Arkadelphia bookstores or online. MWF MyMathLab CourseID: carpenter58666 TR MyMathLab CourseID: carpenter61414 A graphing calculator is required. Any TI newer than a TI-83 is highly recommended, for example, the TI-83+, TI-84+, or TI-nspire. The mathematics department strongly recommends the TI-Nspire CAS if you will take Calculus 1 or above. Course Prerequisite(s) A score of 20 on the ACT Mathematics Section, or equivalent score, or a grade of “C” or better in Intermediate Algebra from an accredited institution is required. However, it is recommended that your ACT score be at least 22. If you are using Intermediate Algebra as a prerequisite and took it at another school, then be prepared to show your transcript to your instructor, or you may be dropped from College Algebra. If you have less than 20 ACT score, then you may take a departmental exam that costs approximately $15 to be allowed into College Algebra. Your instructor will provide instructions if you are interested in...
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...semester: • Math E1 & E3 – Essential Mathematics, Mary Kay Beavers • Math 840 – Introductory Algebra for College Students/5th edition, Blitzer • Math 860 – Intermediate Algebra - 4th edition, Alan S. Tussy & R. David Gustafson • Math 75 – College Mathematics for business, economics, life science, college mathematics/ student solutions manual – 10th edition, Barnett, Ziegler & Byleen • Math 90 & 92 – College Algebra 5e, J. Stewart, & L. Redlin, & S. Watson • Psychology 22 & 23 – Psychology of Race & Ethnic Relations, L. Harrison & H. Villalta • Psychology 26 – Human Adjustment, John W. Santrock Each eligible EOPS student is limited to book(s) that required in enrolled subject course. Based on a first come, first serve basis, EOPS Book Loan Program will be available beginning with the first day of instruction of the enrolled semester. REQUIREMENTS: Student must bring the following to the EOPS before going to the library: • Valid CCSF Student Photo ID card. • Proof of class enrollment / schedules. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: • All books must be due back to the CCSF Library no later than the last of the semester in reasonable condition for future student use. • All damaged or unreturned books shall be charged to the student by the EOPS programs at the original CCSF Bookstore prices plus a $10.00 processing fee. • Failure to return all borrowed textbooks will disqualify you from participating in the EOPS Program in the future...
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...situation; however, not everyone confronts them the same way, some tackle them, while others remain indifferent, or even give up because of them. I, personally have experienced many obstacles, failures, and setbacks in my lifetime; examples of these complications include my troubles in expressing myself to others, becoming a generally kind-hearted person, to simply being responsible. Although it can be argued that other obstacles in my life have made more of an impact, only one had become so difficult to overcome that it would surprisingly result in inspiring my passion—mathematics. The very dawn of my affliction with mathematical concepts had begun as far back as elementary school, which had been when I had struggled to even appreciate the beauty of numbers. While I had indeed enjoyed doing simple math problems such as addition or multiplication, I had not understood what had been behind the simplicities, which included subjects I had used to fear—algebra for example. For many years after elementary, I had...
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...(Beirut) AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING CCE 220: Digital Systems Spring Term 2013-2014 INSTRUCTOR CLASS HOURS Mr. Michel Owayjan MWF Room: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm 404, Block B OFFICE HOURS M-W-F 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm T-TH 12:00 am - 1:00 pm Otherwise by appointment Room: 805, Block A COURSE OBJECTIVES This is a sophomore-level course which addresses the fundamentals of digital systems needed to develop the ability of the student in understanding the concepts related to this area of engineering. The objective is to train the students on the various tools used to solve problems related to the design of digital systems. These include: i) binary number system; ii) conversion between number systems; iii) Boolean algebra; iv) logic gates; v) Karnaugh maps; vi) combinational and sequential logic; vii) SSI and MSI design; viii) flip-flops; ix) counters; x) registers; xi) memories; and, xii) state machines. The problem solving and experimental skills of the student in the above areas are enhanced by a co-requisite Laboratory Course held on a weekly basis. COURSE PREREQUISITES CSI 201: Introduction to Computing PREREQUISITES BY TOPICS The student should have the general background in computers and algebra. COURSE CREDITS 3 Credit Hours INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE Lectures will be used predominantly. These will be supported by problem sets and design projects, which include virtual instrumentation...
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...students with the mathematical thinking. It focuses on topics of calculus that are relevant to students in the managerial and business sciences. The main goals of the course are to develop technical skills allowing the analysis of real life problems, to provide the tools necessary to formulate, analyse and implement a simple quantitative model to support a business decision, and to understand articles and books on business analysis Starting with preliminaries to calculus, and limits, we follow with derivatives and its applications to real life problems, and integration. This course covers also functions with more than one variable, differential equations, and optimization. Basic requirement. Students must have a good background on algebra and arithmetic, as well as a good understanding of mathematical functions and their applications to practical problems. Course Objectives * To builds skills and proficiency in methods of calculus * To understand concepts, formulas and techniques of calculus through exercises and applied examples * To be able to translate real-world problems to mathematical language and models * To acquire ease in identifying the different kind of problem and the appropriated rule to solve it * To interpret results of calculus * To apply analytical methods of calculus that are relevant to managerial and business sciences. Course Outcomes * To work with functions represented in a variety of ways, including graphical, numerical...
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...very important to me, I strive to do better every single day and make a difference no matter if it’s through the people around me or just in my community. Coming to your university I know will prepare me for greatness. There’s many times where I felt as if I wasn’t good enough but Getting through a rough day I always read this quote, and it states this. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” And this quotes helps me understand that without failing you can’t succeed and before you succeed you have to fail. And here are reasons...
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... | | |SOUTHWEST COLLEGE | | |Department of Mathematics | COURSE SYLLABUS MATH 1314: College Algebra INSTRUCTOR: Fatemeh Salehibakhsh E-MAIL: f.salehibakhsh@hccs.edu Office Hours T- TR 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm F 11:00 am – 1:00 pm By Appointment Only Location H. C. C. West Loop Campus Course Description Topics include quadratics, polynomial, rational, logarithmic and exponential functions, system of equations, matrices and determinants. A departmental final examination will be given in this course. Prerequisites Must be placed into college-level mathematics or completion of MATH 0312. Course Goal This course is designed as a review of advanced topics in algebra for science and engineering students who plan to take the calculus sequence in preparation for their various degree programs. It is also intended for non-technical students who need college mathematics credits to fulfill requirements for graduation and prerequisites for other courses. It is generally transferable to other disciplines as math credit for non-science majors. |Student Learning Outcomes ...
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...war; he remarks that his father "died suddenly, during a drunken weekend in the middle of the war, when Sonny was fifteen", and he informs the reader that both he and Sonny served in the military. It is important to notice and understand these references to the military service of the brothers. The characters in "Sonny's Blues" reflect this tendency: As a teenager, Sonny yearns to enlist in the army or navy because it would take him away from the "killing streets" of Harlem and give him the opportunity to get a college education on the GI Bill. The narrator, too, has struggled in spite of his military service to his country to attain success and safety at home. He fought the war, returned home to become an algebra teacher, and a productive member of the middle class, and yet because of segregation and discrimination, his family must live in a new but already rundown housing project, "a parody of a good, clean, faceless life" “Sonny’s Blues” places importance of growing up in Harlem during this time. Both brothers deal with the price it paid, by growing up in Harlem during this time period. Harlem also known as the “Projects” is one of the first signs of darkness in Baldwin’s short...
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...cross eachother or intersect. Parallel lines are lines in a plane that will not touch, cross, or intersect even when the lines are extended. The two lines in the center are not the only ones that are parallel to each other, the one line on top of my letter and the other thats on the bottom are also parallel. Those are the three geometry concepts I thought my letter connected with. My first semester of geometry did not go as well as I would have liked it to go. I failed most of the tests and quizzes because I was not responsible and did not do the homework assigned and study the reviews given. Despite all my failures this semester I always went to the re-teaches and passed the retest. I learned alot of new things this semester and mastered some of the skills I did not really understand last year in algebra. My goals for the spring semester is to pass the tests and pass the class with a average higher than a 70. I know that this year it might have seemed like I got very lucky to pass, but next semester I will try my hardest and pass this...
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...I have overcome most of my test anxiety. Now that I’m older I can look upon my past for learning moments for myself; one of those being tests. My mindset now, is that are indicators of how well I’m processing and understand the knowledge and information I’m taking in. Therefore, when I do well on test, I use this to gauge how I prioritize the class I achieved a good grade in, similarly if I had received a bad grade. Though, this mature mindset is completely new and fresh, before I had struggled greatly with tests. In my freshman year, I was failing math. Uninspired and lost, test were eventually stressors for me. Often I would look and slip through the pages unamused, and fall asleep or doodle on my papers, leaving the page half-done and...
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...plan has been a big problem for me. For the first half of the term, I struggled with adjusting to my new position at work. Previously, I held a part-time position. However, with the enactment of new health laws, my position as a part-time employee limited myself to work under 28 hours, which did not create a livable wage for me. My employer offered limited full-time spots to select employees. I was chosen as one, which was something I couldn’t refuse since it offered a higher wage and health insurance. As such, this was a huge adjustment, as I had to re-think how and when I would utilize my study time. Algebra has always been a struggle for me, or all math for that matter. It is a very intimidating subject for me. Nevertheless, I continued with the lesson plans, but truly felt as I was not retaining any of the information. The class load I accepted with having both Algebra and statistics gave me huge anxiety. After discussing this a little bit with my mentor, xxxx, we decided to focus on xxx instead. At first, I took the pre-assessment to see what areas I would need to focus on. I studied and read the chapters and felt I was on the right track. Then in the middle of my semester, I found out my grandmother on my dad’s side had passed away. Obviously, this was a very emotional time and with the stress of completing coursework on time, and it had me feeling very overwhelmed. I traveled with my father from San Diego to San Francisco to attend the funeral. My father did not...
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...First year ENGINEER – ENG1 Modules | credits | Hours | Functional Analysis | 3,5 | 48 | Algebra for Engineers | 2,5 | 32 | Probability 1 | 3,5 | 48 | Statistical Decision (courses +Tuto) | 3,5 | 48 | Microprocessor System | 3 | 40 | Signal Transmission | 2,5 | 32 | Data Transmission | 2,5 | 32 | Workshop on Linux | 3 | 40 | Databases | 3 | 40 | TOEIC 1 | 2,5 | 32 | Advanced Maintenance | 2,5 | 32 | Numerical Analysis | 2,5 | 32 | Operations Research | 2,5 | 32 | Servo (Tuto) | 2,5 | 32 | Servo (Courses) | 2,5 | 32 | Algorithm (Data Structure) | 2,5 | 32 | Algorithm oriented object (Tuto, C++ Language) | 3 | 40 | Operating System (Theories and Fundamental) | 2,5 | 32 | WAN (courses + Tuto) | 4,5 | 60 | Method of Analysis 1 | 3 | 40 | Programming Workshop C | 2,5 | 32 | Software Engineering workshop (Access, VB) | 3 | 40 | Management Workshop for Science Engineer | 2 | 24 | Entrepreneurship | 1,5 | 20 | | | | TOTAL | 63,5 | 832 | ------------------------------------------------- OBJECT ORIENTED ALGORITHM ------------------------------------------------- (Hands-On in Language C + +) CHAPTER I: GENERAL ON CLASS I. Notion of class • Generality of P.O.O • Incompatibility C / C + + II. Property of the member functions • Defaults • Member functions in-line • Transmission of object as argument III. Object assignment IV. Object Constructors and Destructors V. Object initialization VI. The copy...
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...Rodriguez 1 Sandra Rodriguez E. Masterson 28 Sept. 2015 TED Talk: Secrets Of Success in 8 Words, 3 Minutes Everyone has their own definition of success. Some people define success as setting goals and accomplishing them, graduating high school, or even as simple as making an A in Algebra class. In my Learning Frameworks class the teacher made us watch a Ted talk about success. I found this video interesting because the whole reason I am attending college is to become successful. Richard St. John has taught me in eight words the aspects of success. In the video St. John describes a situation in which a girl asked him, “What leads to success?” St. John states, “I felt really badly, because I couldn’t give her an answer.” For this reason, St. John decided to help teach kids how to succeed. After a lot of interviews with different TEDsters, St. John was able to do this. Now, Richard St. John gives his presentation to high school students. Next, Richard St. John’s continues by describing what leads to success. He states,“And the first thing is passion.” St. John lets the audience know Freeman Thomas, a TEdster, told him he was driven by passion. Next, St. John says,“Work.” He mentions, Rupert Murdoch, a TEdster, said to him that any type of work is hard. He continues his presentation and mentions the next aspect of success is good. Alex Garden, also a TEDster, is mentioned because what he thought led to success was, that you had to find something and be real good at it by practicing...
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...They are able to stretch their legs, chat, and head home after a long day of being a student. Imagine the faces of several happy teens and students ready to go home or prepare for practice their favorite sport. This is a direct result of getting out at regular times, rather than sitting in a classroom talking learning complex algebra until 5 pm. Students who leave school later are sad and depressed when they know that they could possibly getting home at the same time as other kids while apprehending the same knowledge. Why allow kids to get to school later just so the day can end at later times? This is what runs through many of the teens minds when they are still in class after school has dismissed at surrounding...
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