Summer1 2012 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 0824.011

Course: Mathematics 0824.011.
Course Title: Mathematical Patterns.
Time: Monday - Friday, 10:45am to 12:20pm.
Place: Barton Hall Classrooms 405 (BB405).
Instructor: Stringfellow, Scott A.
Instructor Office: 446 Wachman Hall.
Instructor Email: sstringf@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: (215) 204-8994 (during office hours only).
Course Web Page: https://blackboard.temple.edu
Office Hours: MTWRF 10:00-10:30 or MTWR 12:30-1:00.
Prerequisites: Placement Exam, Math 701 (Elementary Algebra), or it's equivalent.
Textbook: Bennett and Briggs; Miller, Heeren and Hornsby: Using and Understanding Mathematical Ideas, Custom Edition, Pearson, Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0536801711.
Course Goals: Math 0824 is designed to improve the level of quantitative awareness of students using familiar situations that provide a sense of purpose for studying mathematics. The objective is not to make mathematicians of the students, but to help gain a mathematical perspective and deal as comfortably as possible with an environment that increasingly makes use of quantitative reasoning.
Topics Covered: Topics include: financial planning including compounding, savings plans, loan payments and mortgages, exponential growth and decay, statistics, counting techniques, probability and expected value.
Course Grading: 3 Tests (40% of the final grade), 2 Midterm Exams (20% each), and a Final Exam (20%). Numerical averages translate to letter grades as follows: 93 to 100: A; 90 to 92:A-; 87 to 89:B+; 83 to 86:B; 80 to 82:B-; 77 to 79:C+; 73 to 76:C; 70 to 72:C-; 67 to 69:D+; 63 to 66: D; 60 to 62: D-; Below 60:F.
Exam Dates: Approximate Exam dates are as follows: 5/25, 6/5, 6/11, 6/19, 6/25, 7/2.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required.
Calculator Policy: A business or scientific calculator, capable of computing exponentials (including base e exponentials, logarithms, roots, etc., is required. No cell phone/laptop/mobile communication device calculators are permitted.
Tutoring: Free one-on-one tutoring is available throughout the term at the MSRC located at 1810 Liacouras Walk, 2nd Floor. Tutoring begins Tuesday, May 22. See www.temple.edu/msrc for more information.

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.

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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, May 21.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, June 4.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, June 18.
• The last day of classes is Monday, July 2.

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.