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MTH 113 College Algebra with Trigonometry
Course Outline
Course Number & Name: MTH 113 College Algebra with Trigonometry
Credit Hours: 4.0 Contact Hours: 4.0 Lecture: 4.0 Lab: N/A Other: N/A
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MTH 100 or placement
Co-requisites: None Concurrent Courses: None
Course Description: This course covers topics from algebra and trigonometry at a level and emphasis appropriate for applied technology majors who will continue on with at least one semester of applied calculus. Topics are chosen from the following: functions and their graphs, angles and triangles, systems of linear equations with determinants, trigonometric functions, equations and identities, exponential and logarithmic functions, and a general treatment of conic sections.
General Education Goals: MTH 113 is affirmed in the following General Education Foundation Category: Quantitative Knowledge and Skills. The corresponding General Education Goal is as follows: Students will use appropriate mathematical and statistical concepts and operations to interpret data and to solve problems.
Course Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Gibson denied the allegations, arguing that they were part of a politically-motivated hunt for her job prompted by her questioning of financial irregularities at the school.
Gibson claimed she had attempted to gather information about a campus print shop that she believed was performing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid services. She claimed Vice President for Administration & Finance Joyce Harley -- a former county administrator who was backed by Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo for the president's job when Gibson was ultimately hired instead -- blocked her from questioning the spending.
It was also revealed that the school's General Counsel and Vice President for Human Resources Rashidah Hasan was suspended, too, though the reasons for her suspension were unclear.
Hasan and Gibson's suspensions came a week after they issued the report, which questioned the actions of Harley and members of the athletic staff. Harley called the report "smear," and an attempt to "deflect" attention from the other scandals going on at the school.
Yamba said last week that the school has not received any notice from state or federal agencies about any progress made in either the state or federal investigation.
In light of the terminations, Gibson's attorney Alan Zargas said "Dr. Gibson's name has been wrongly dragged through the mud and she has been relieved from her employment by persons with a political agenda."
"You have to look at how resources are being deployed," Yamba said at the time. "Somebody has to be held accountable for that."
The school worked most of the summer to replace the more than 20 employees it fired during the spring semester. By the start of this school year, Yamba said "all of the critical position" like the empty dean and CFO positions, had been filled.
"Things have gone awry, I'm not going to deny that. We are fixing the problems, and in the meantime the faculty is strong, and our students are doing incredible things," he said.