Summer2 2012 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 1022.022

Course: Mathematics 1022.022.
Course Title: Precalculus.
Time: MTWHF 9:00 am - 10:35 am.
Place: BB 109.
Instructor: Shwe, Sanda.
Instructor Office: Wachman 509.
Instructor Email: sanda.shwe@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7841.
Course Web Page: Blackboard Organization: Math 1022 - Precalculus
Office Hours: TR 1:00-2:30 or W 1:00-2:00.
Prerequisites: Mathematics placement, grade of C or better in Math 1021 (C073) or transfer credit for Math 1021 (C073).
Textbook: Notes and exercises will be posted on the Blackboard organization named Math 1022 - Precalculus. No textbook is required.
Course Goals: Prepare students for Calculus.
Topics Covered: Topics include functions and function operations, one-to-one and inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and equations, trigonometric functions and equations, inverse trigonometric functions, basic trigonometric identities, and polar coordinates. The course also contains a brief review of algebra.
Course Grading: Review Quiz: 2%; Quizzes/HW: 15%; Tests 1 and 2: 25% each; Cumulative Final: 33%.
Exam Dates: REVIEW QUIZ - WEDNESDAY, JULY 11;Quiz#1-July 12(thurs),Quiz#2-July 17(tues),Quiz#3-July 19(thurs); TEST 1 - TUESDAY, JULY 24; Quiz#4-July 26(thurs), Quiz#5-July 31(tues),Quiz#6-Aug 2(thurs), Quiz#7-Aug 7(tues), TEST 2 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8; Quiz#8-Aug 14(tues),Quiz#9-Aug 16(thurs); FINAL (CUMULATIVE)- FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.
Attendance Policy: You will be allowed 4 unexcused absences during the semester. You will be penalized one grade notch (e.g. from B to B-) for your fifth (or fourth) absence and one grade notch for each increment of 4 (or 3) classes or a portion thereof that you miss from that point forward. Failure to attend class on quiz dates will also affect your Quiz Average.
Review Quiz: There is an in-class Review Quiz scheduled on Wednesday, July 11. This quiz contains basic algebra material you should have had before. If you have difficulty with this review material, it indicates that you do not have enough background to continue in Math 1022 and you may want to take Math 1021. During the first few days of the semester, the Math Department can help you switch from Math 1022 to Math 1021. If you wish to do this, please contact Dr. Boris Datskovsky at bdats@temple.edu.
Syllabus/Homework Assignments: You can find the list of the sections that will be covered and the corresponding homework problems in the Blackboard organization(Blackboard Organization: Math 1022 - Precalculus) listed above. There will be another BlackBoard course(Math1022-Section22-SummerII 2012) dedicated to this class and I will post the homework assignment on that course.You must print out and hand-in those homework assignment for grading.
Make up Policy: You will have 9 quizzes throughout the whole semester. I will drop two of your lowest quiz scoreS towards the end of the semester. Therefore, NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES will be given UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. If an emergency arises and you cannot attend a test, you should contact me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to alert me to the situation so that we can make other arrangements. DOCUMENTATION OF THE EMERGENCY IS REQUIRED and any make-up test must be taken WITHIN TWO DAYS of the exam date.
Review for Midterms: Review materials for each test will be posted in the Blackboard organization for review a little less than one week prior to each test day. Questions on these reviews will contain problems similar to homework problems. Please be aware that this review material may not be all-inclusive. Any problem similar to a sample problem or a homework problem may appear on the tests.
Free Tutoring: Free one-on-one tutoring is available throughout the semester at the MSRC located at 1810 Liacouras Walk, 2nd Floor. See www.temple.edu/msrc for more information.
Calculator Policy: Calculators will NOT be allowed for Test 1, the final, and most of the quizzes. Scientific calculators ONLY will be allowed for Test 2 and some of the quizzes. No programmable calculators, including graphing and cell phone calculators, will be allowed for Test 2 and all weekly quizzes.
Letter Grades: 93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-64 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F. NOTE: A grade of C or better is needed to move onto Math 1041, Calculus I.
InClassQuiz/Homework Assignment: Two short quizzes will be given every week except the first week and the week that you have your midterms.Quiz dates can be found above./There are exercises problems at the end of each section. Answer Keys to those exercises can also be found at the end of the lecture notes. It is very important for you to do every problems for those exercises. I will not collect those problems. However, I will post the homwork assignment that you need to hand-in on our BlackBoard course(Math1022-Section22-SummerII 2012). You need to print out those assignment, do the problems and hand-in for grading. All homework assignment MUST BE HAND-IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS. LATE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
CellPhone/Classroom Behaviours: All cell phones must be turned OFF (OR) PUT ON VIBRATE MODE. Do not answer your cell phone during class sessions. TEXTING IS PROHIBITED DURING CLASS./Please BE ON TIME for class. It is distracting to other students when people arrive late. PLEASE DO NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION OR CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CLASSMATES DURING CLASS TIME. I will ask you to leave the class, if you are doing so. If I need to ask you to leave the class for three times, I will report your name to the Department. If you have questions while I am teaching (of course, your questions should relate to the materials that I am currently teaching), you can ask me directly. If you have unrelated questions for the materials that I am currently teaching, please wait until the end of the class or stop by my office for those questions. Please note that DISRUPTED CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

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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:

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.