Fall 2009 Course Syllabus
Course: 0924.002.
Course Title: MATHEMATICAL PATTERNS.
Time: MW 02:00 AM - 03:50 PM.
Place: BE 166.
Instructor: Srinivasan, Ranganatha.
Instructor Office: WACHMAN HALL 510.
Instructor Email: ranganatha.srinivasan@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-8440.
Office Hours: MW 12:00 - 1:30.
Prerequisites: Placement Exam or having taken Math 701 (Elementary Algebra) or an equivalent.
Textbook: No assigned text for the class. The course pack will be posted in Course Documents area of the Blackboard course site.
Course Goals: See Blackboard course site.
Topics Covered: See Blackboard course site.
Course Grading: The course grade is based on four tests and a final exam.Each test and the final exam score will be out of 100 points. If your final exam score is higher than the lowest of the four test scores, then the lowest score will be replaced with the final exam score. The average of the five resulting scores will determine your course grade. The correspondence between this average and the course grade is as follows. Below 60: F; 60 thru 62: D-; 63 thru 66: D; 67 thru 69: D+; 70 thru 72: C-; 73 thru 76: C; 77 thru 79: C+; 80 thru 82: B-; 83 thru 86: B; 87 thru 89: B+; 90 thru 92: A-; 93 thru 100: A.
Exam Dates: See Blackboard course site.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is encouraged.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.
Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:
- The first day of classes is Monday, August 31.
- Labor Day is Monday, September 7.
- The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, September 14.
- Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26.
- The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, November 2.
- The last day of classes is Wednesday, December 9.
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.