Topics in Mathematics III
15-MATH-157
Spring 2007
Text: For All Practical Purposes, 7th
Ed., COMAP (Freeman): Ch. 9 - 12
Website
for Text: www.whfreeman.com/fapp7e. This website provides links to a number of useful on-line
study aids.
STRUCTURE OF
THE COURSE:
Each
student is assigned to a specific lecture and a small group meeting section. Lectures meet both Monday and
Wednesday; small group meeting sections
meet once on either Tuesday or
Thursday. Your lecture section is determined by your small group meeting section. Sections 001 - 006 have lecture MW at
9:00 AM, sections 007 - 012 at 10:00 PM, sections 013 - 018 at 12:00 PM, and
sections 019 - 024 at 1:00 PM. Unofficially,
you may attend another lecture if you are unable to attend your regular
lecture. However, you must take exams in your assigned lecture. On the
other hand, you must always attend your assigned small group meeting
section and may not go to another! Lectures present new material from the
text. In the small group meeting classes you can ask questions and see the TA
work out problems in a small class setting. You will also often be given a
short quiz (15-20 minutes) in these meetings. For both the lectures and small
group meeting you are expected to arrive on time and stay the entire period.
CALCULATORS:
You
need a calculator for this course. We will use them in lectures, quizzes, and
exams. You do not need a graphing calculator- but you will need a calculator
capable of doing two-variable statistics, in particular correlation. We
recommend the TI-30XII (S or B, but not the TI-30Xa) or the TI-34II
as being relatively inexpensive and capable of handling what is required in the
other quarters of Topics as well. The TI-36X will also do two-variable statistics.
LECTURES:
Lectures
are for presentation of new material. The tentative schedule for what
material is to be covered each day can be found on the weekly schedule.
SMALL GROUP
MEETING SECTIONS:
The small group meeting section that meets
once a week gives you the opportunity to go over and clarify homework and
course material with your TA. See the weekly schedule for
homework assignments. Each small group meeting section is devoted to going over
these home works. There will also be a short quiz (15-20 minutes) during some
of the small group meetings.
Your small group meeting grade will
be based on your homework and quizzes. There is no make-up for work
missed during the small group meeting.
When we
compute your Quiz grade for the quarter we will drop the lowest score.
EXAMS:
There will be a midterm on Monday, April 30, 2007 and a final exam. The comprehensive final will be a block exam and will not be at the time listed in Learning Opportunities! We will not learn the date and time of the final until somewhere around the middle of the quarter. Do not make any travel plans until you know this date! The midterm will be given in lecture and its date is shown on the weekly schedule. Please note the following:
· All exams are multiple-choice; therefore you must bring a #2 pencil.
· You must take the midterm and final exam in your assigned lecture class.
· You must bring a photo ID.
· No cell phones in use are allowed during exam periods.
HOMEWORK
There are five homework assignments scheduled for the spring quarter; this homework consists of problems from your textbook. You must solve these problems completely and then select the correct answer(s) from the multiple choice selection provided on Blackboard. We will drop the lowest homework grade before calculating the final quarter grade.
If you have any problem reading your homework on Blackboard inform your instructor immediately. The computers in the peer tutor lab, room 614 Old Chem. have the updated browsers to access Blackboard.
COURSE GRADES:
Homework
and quizzes in small group meetings
will be worth 30% (10% home-work and 20% quizzes), the midterm 30%, and the
final 40% of your final course grade. Your composite score based on these
weightings will determine your course grade by the following scale:
|
Letter Grade |
Percent |
|
A- to A |
85% to 100% |
|
B- to B+ |
76% to 84% |
|
C- to C+ |
61% to 75% |
|
D- to D+ |
51% to 60% |
|
F |
Less than 51% |
MISSED
CLASSES/TESTS/ASSIGNMENTS:
You are
responsible for everything that happens in class. This includes material
covered as well as any announcements. If you miss a class, it is your
responsibility to check with someone else in the class to find out what you
missed.
If you miss an assignment or exam, it is entirely at the discretion of the
professor whether this is to be handled in any way other than just giving
it a zero. What constitutes a "legitimate" excuse is determined solely by the
professor! In general, failure to contact the professor at the
earliest possible opportunity is cause for rejecting any excuse, no matter how
legitimate (e.g., before leaving town if you are called away unexpectedly).
You can leave a message (with a description of the situation and a means of
contacting you) via email (preferred)
or voice mail at the phone
number given for each professor, but it is your responsibility to make sure
that you actually talk to one of the professors as soon as
possible-preferably in-person (in the office, not in the classroom). You
will be expected to supply evidence that supports your excuse. Even for a
legitimate excuse, reported in a timely manner, the student should not expect
to be allowed to make up the missed work.
For exams, we neither plan a special make-up exam time, nor does there even
exist a replacement exam. As a consequence, even for those the instructor deems
are legitimate excuses, frequently the only remedies are to weight the final
more heavily (for a missed midterm) or to give an incomplete (for a missed
final).
WITHDRAWING:
You may
withdraw with a "W" up until Tuesday, May 22, 2007, the date set by
the Registrar. Do not go past this
deadline.
OUTSIDE HELP
& OFFICE HOURS:
Office Hours for
TAs and professors are spaced so you can consult one of us at a reasonable
time. You can also make appointments. TAs hold office hours in Room 614 Old
Chem., the professors use their own offices. You may seek help from any of the
TAs and professors.
You may
also arrange for a private tutor through the
CHANGES IN
SYLLABUS:
We may
have to alter some aspects of this syllabus as we go along. If so, we will let
everyone know about it with ample warning.
GENERAL
EDUCATION
This course was designed
following the guidelines of the
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY
The University Rules, including the Code of Conduct, and other documented policies of the department, college, and university related to academic integrity will be enforced. Any violation of these regulations, including acts of plagiarism or cheating, will be dealt with on an individual basis according to the severity of the misconduct.
SPECIAL
NEEDS POLICY
Students with special needs should meet with the instructors as soon as possible to arrange for reasonable provisions to ensure an equitable opportunity to meet all the requirements of this course. At the discretion of the instructor, some accommodations may require prior approval by Disability Services
OTHER
RESOURCES:
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Last revised 3/22/07 by R.Moena
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