Republic of the Philippines

APAYAO STATE COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS
IN
GE 03 : MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

VISION

Empowering lives and communities through stewardship for cultural sensitivity and biodiversity.

MISSION

Apayao State College is committed to provide empowering and holistic development of citizens by providing quality and innovative instruction, strong research, responsive
community engagement and entrepreneurship in order to prime the development of Apayao province, the Cordillera Administrative
Region and the country.

ASC GOALS ASC OBJECTIVES

 Transformative and empowering education
 Increase capacity and performance in research and innovation
 Create a significant and highly visible development impact in the region
 Generate additional resources for strategic investment programs and initiatives
 Transparent, responsive, unifying and empowering governance.
 To elevate quality access and relevance for instruction
 To strengthen research and development and extension capability, outcomes
and impact
 Strengthen partnership and institutional linkages to increase the regional
impact of ASC extension program
 Increase productivity and income of ASC
 Enhance governance and organization and management system, processes and
environment.
 A. PROGRAM INFORMATION

1. Program Educational Objectives

Program Educational Objectives Mission
Three to five years after graduation, the BEED graduates are:
1. Actively engaged in continuing professional and lifelong education; √

2. Licensed teachers empowered with empowered with competence and nurtured professional in a dynamic globalized environment considering cultural √
diversity;
3. Effective communication in written and oral in various and multicultural context; √
4. Active members and officers in local/regional/national/international professional organization; √
5. Advocates of cultural and intercultural awareness and sensitivity; √
6. Facilitator of quality life through educating community people; √
7. Catalyst of change to diverse learners through effective teaching strategies that enhanced learning; √
8. Active participants in relevant extension and community outreaches, √

2. Program Outcomes and its relationship to the Program Educational Objectives

Program
Program Outcomes Educational
Objectives
1. Demonstrate in –depth understanding of the diversity of learners in various learning areas. √
2. Manifest meaningful and comprehensive pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of the different subject areas. √
3. Utilize appropriate assessment and evaluation tools to measure learning outcomes. √
4. Manifest skills in communication, higher order thinking and use of tools and technology to accelerate learning and teaching. √
5. Demonstrate positive attributes of a model teacher, both as an individual and as a professional. √
6. Manifest a desire to continuously pursue personal and professional development. √

B. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Code GE 03
Course Title MATATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Course Description The course deals with nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic
 dimensions, and application of mathematical tools in daily life. This course introduce to students’ offers an in-
depth overview of some of the most readily applicable essentials of modern mathematics. This course has the
goal of making the learners to become effective and efficient when confronted with different situations in the
world. It helps students to holistically develop their learning and innovation skills, information, media,
technology skills, and life and career skills.
Prerequisite None
Credit 3 Units
Class Hours 3 hours/week
Class Schedule

Course Learning Outcome Program Learning Outcomes

PLO 1 PLO 2 PLO 3 PLO 4 PLO 5 PLO 6
CLO 1 Discuss and argue about the nature of mathematics, how it is expressed, represented and used.
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CLO 2: Use the different type of reasoning to justify statements and arguments made about mathematics
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and mathematical concept
CLO 3: Discuss the language and symbol of mathematics;
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CLO 4. Use variety of statistical tools to process and manage numerical data D P
CLO 5: Analyze codes and coding scheme used for identification, privacy and security purposes
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CLO 6; Use mathematics in other areas such as finance, voting, health, medicine and business,
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environment, arts and design and recreation.
CLO 7: Appreciate the nature and uses of mathematics in everyday life P

Legend:

I- Introduce P – Practice D-Demonstrate

COURSE COVERAGE

TIME FRAME COURSE LEARNING INTENDED TOPICS TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT
OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING RESOURCES
(summary) OUTCOMES (specific ACTIVITIES
objectives per topics)
WEEK 1 Outline the content Outline the content Introduction to the Course Discussion Student Handbook Oral Recitation
of the course in the of the course in the with Reference to the
context of the context of the Mission, Goals and
program, BS in program, BS in Objectives of the
Secondary education Secondary education Department and the Apayao
and relate the course and relate the course State College.
to the mission, goals to the mission, goals
and objectives of the and objectives of the
College. College.
WEEK 1-3 Discuss and argue  Identify Patterns A. Nature of Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
about the nature of in nature and Mathematics Lecturing Quizzes
mathematics, how it regularities 1. Patterns and Numbers Aufman et al., Seatworks
is expressed,  Articulate the in Nature and the Cooperative Mathematics in the
represented and importance of World Learning Modern World
used. Mathematics in 2. The Fibonacci
one’s life Sequence Discussion
Appreciate the nature  Argue about the 3. Arithmetic Progression
and uses of nature of and Series.
mathematics in mathematics, 4. Geometric Progression
everyday life what it is,how is and Series.
it expressed,
represented and
used
Solve problems
involving
Progression and
Series.
WEEK 4 Discuss the language B. Speaking Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
and symbol of  Discuss Mathematically Lecturing Quizzes
mathematics; variables Aufman et al., Seatworks /Activities
 Explain the 1. Variables Cooperative Mathematics in the Recitation
 language set Learning Modern World
and their 2. The language of Sets
relations and Discussion
functions The language of Relations
and Functions
Acknowledge
mathematics is a
useful language
WEEK 4-5 Use the different Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
type of reasoning to  Differentiate C. Problem Solving Lecturing Quizzes
justify statements inductive and Aufman et al., Seatworks
and arguments made deductive  Inductive and Cooperative Mathematics in the
about mathematics reasoning deductive Reasoning Learning Modern World
and mathematical  Use different  Problem Solving
concept types of with Patterns Discussion
reasoning to  Problem Solving
justify Strategies
statements and
arguments made
about
mathematics and
mathematical
concepts
 Organize one’s
methods and
approaches for
proving and
solving
problems

WEEK 6-9 D. Communication Interactive Hand-outs Assignments

Use variety of • To become familiar Mathematics Lecturing Quizzes
statistical tools to with common bases that  Base Numbers Aufman et al., Seatworks
are used by decimal,  Conversation of Base
process and manage binary, octa and hex
Cooperative Mathematics in the
numerical data Number Numbers Learning Modern World
numbers systems
 Encryption
• To perform basic  Vigenere cipher Discussion
mathematical
computation
  Understand
cryptographic
basics and its role
in securing data
communications.
 Know the basic
encryption
technique
 learn basic
terminology of
cryptography
 To see how to
code and decode
simple ciphers if
the key is given
 To see how to
decode simple
substitution
ciphers without a
key using
frequency of
letters and words
WEEK 9 Midterm Exam
WEEK 10-12 Use variety of  Use a variety E. Statistics Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
statistical tools to of statistical  Measures of Lecturing Quizzes
process and manage tools to Correlation Aufman et al., Seatworks /Activities
numerical data process and  Regression Cooperative Mathematics in the Recitation
manage Learning Modern World
numerical
data Discussion
 Use the methods
of linear
regression and
correlation to
predict the value
of variable
given certain
conditions
 Advocate the
 use of statistical
data in making
important
decisions
 convert values
from decimal,
binary, octal,
hexadecimal, and
binary-coded
decimal number
systems to each
other and back to
the other systems.
WEEK 13-15 Use the different  Explain logic F. Logic Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
type of reasoning to and how it is  Logic Statements Lecturing Quizzes
justify statements use in and Quantifiers Aufman et al., Seatworks /Activities
and arguments made mathematics Cooperative Mathematics in the Recitation
about mathematics Learning Modern World
and mathematical
concept Discussion
WEEK 16-17 Use mathematics in G. The Six Trigonometric Interactive Hand-outs Assignments
other areas such as  identify the Ratios Lecturing Quizzes
finance, voting, hypotenuse,  Right Triangle Aufman et al., Seatworks /Activities
health, medicine and adjacent side,  Solving the Six Cooperative Mathematics in the Recitation
business, and opposite Trigonometric rations Learning Modern World
environment, arts side of an
and design and acute angle in Discussion
recreation. a right triangle.

·         Determine the six

trigonometric
ratios for a given
angle in a right
triangle.

·         Recognize the
reciprocal
relationship
between
sine/cosecant,
 cosine/secant, and
tangent/cotangent.
·         find the value of
the six
trigonometric
functions for any
acute angle.
·         find the measure
of an angle given
the value of a
trigonometric
function.
 

WEEK 18 Final Exam

III. REFERENCES:

Book:

 Nocon R., Nocon E., -Essential Mathematics for the Modern World
 Aufman, R. et al. Mathematics in the Modern World, Rex Book Store, Inc., 2018

IV. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Midterm and Final Examinations
2. Quizzes, Exercises and other Activities

V. GRADING SYSTEM:
Class Standing 60%
Quizzes/Oral Performance/Other Activities
Examinations 40%
Prelim and Midterm Grade: 60% class standing + 40% Major Exam
Tentative Final Grade: 60% class standing + 40% Major Exam
Final Grade: Midterm Grade + Tentative Final Grade ÷ 2
Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

SHELA M. RAMOS CONSTANCIO MASLANG REMA B. OCAMPO, PhD

Instructor Program Chair College Dean

Date: Date: Date:

Course Code: GE 03

Course Title: MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Course Credits: 3 units

Semester: First Semester

Pre-requisite: (none)

Course Description: This course introduces to students’ offers an in-depth overview of some of the most readily applicable essentials of modern mathematics. This
course has the goal of making the learners to become effective and efficient when confronted with different situations in the world. it helps
students to holistically developed their learning and innovation skills, information, media, technology skills, and life and career skills.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the semester, the students must:

 appreciated the importance of Mathematics in anywhere;

  understood the classification of numbers;
 learned about counting and probability;
 identify the product tagging;
 solved transportation and assignment problems;
 master how to draw the golden ratio and fractals;
 calculate and convert different base numbers;
 master the types of patterns; and
 solved linear inequalities in two variables; and
 identify isometric numbers and letters.

Course Requirements:
1. Written evaluation (quizzes, assignments, chapter tests, prelim, midterm, final).
2. Involvement (recitation, board work, group work, seatwork).
3. Problem Sets/Worksheet

Evaluation and Grading System:

1. Evaluation:

Major Exams (prelims, midterms, finals)

40%
Quizzes
25%
Board work/Group work/Recitation
25%
Problem Sets/Worksheets
10%

2. Cumulative:
 Prelim Grade = Class standing (60%) + Periodical Exam (40%)

Midterm = Tentative Midterm Grade (70%) + Prelim Grade (30%)

Final Grade = Tentative Final Grade (70%) + Midterm Grade (30%)

References:

1. Nocon R., Nocon E., -Essential Mathematics for the Modern World

2. Internet

Number of Hours: 3 hours every week or 54 hours in semester.

Weeks Topics

1. Nature and Characteristics of Mathematics

1.1. What is Mathematics?

2 weeks 1.1.1. Introduction to Mathematics
1.1.2. Mathematical Symbols
1.1.2. Mathematical Language
1.2. Study of Patterns

3 weeks
2. Introduction to Numbers

2.1. Classification of Numbers

 2.1.1. Real Number System
2.1.2. Prime Numbers
2.2. Fibonacci Numbers

3. Odds and Chances (Probability)

3 weeks 3.1. Introduction to Probability

3.2. Simple Probability
3.3. Mutually and Not Mutually Exclusive of Events
3.4. Counting Techniques

4. Consumer Mathematics
1 week
4.1. Universal Product Code (UPC)
4.2. International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)
4.3. Quick Response (QR) Code

5. Communication Mathematics

5.1. Base Numbers

5.2. Conversion of Base Numbers
3 weeks
5.3. Encryption
5.3.1. Shift Cipher
5.3.2. Substitution Cipher
5.3.3. Affine Cipher
5.3.4. Vigenere Cipher

6. Linear Programming

3 weeks 6.1. Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

6.2. Transportation and Assignment Problems
6.3. The Travelling Salesman Problem
 7. Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Ratio

3 weeks 7.1. Fibonacci Sequence

7.2. the Golden Ratio
7.3. Fractals
7.4. Isometries

8. The Six trigonometric Ratios

8.1. Right Triangle

1 week 8.2. Solving the Six Trigonometric ratios