Fall 2013 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 1022.008

Course: Mathematics 1022.008.
Course Title: Mathematics 1022.000.
Time: MWF8-9:10.
Place: BB201.
Instructor: Hamid, Mohammed.
Instructor Office: Wachman 536.
Instructor Email: mohammed.hamid@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7850.
Office Hours: MWF 10:45-1:30.
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, and basic trigonometric identities. The course also contains a brief review of algebra.
Course Grading: Review Quiz: 2%; Weekly Quizzes/Homework: 15%; Tests 1 and 2: 25% each; Cumulative Final: 33%.
Exam Dates: Review Quiz - Wednesday, August 28, or Thursday, August 29; Weekly Quizzes - dates and material set by instructor; Common Midterms: Test 1: Wednesday EVENING, October 2, 5:50 pm - 7:20 pm, room to be announced; Test 2: Wednesday EVENING, November 13, 5:50 pm - 7:20 pm, room to be announced; Common Final – Monday, December 9, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., room to be announced. BE AWARE THAT THE FINAL IS SCHEDULED AT A SPECIAL TIME OUTSIDE OF THE FINAL EXAM MATRIX.
Attendance Policy: Attendance in class is required. For classes that meet two times a week, you will be allowed 4 unexcused absences during the semester; 6 for those sections that meet three times a week. You will be penalized one grade notch (e.g. from B to B-) for your fifth (or seventh) absence and one grade notch for each increment of 4 (or 6) classes or a portion thereof that you miss from that point forward. Failure to attend class during quiz dates will also affect your Quiz Average.

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• The first day of classes is Monday, August 26.
• Labor Day is Monday, September 2.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, September 9.
• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Tuesday, October 22.
• The last day of classes is Wednesday, December 4.

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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.