Summer2 2014 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 0824.022

Course: Mathematics 0824.022.
Course Title: Mathematical Patterns.
Time: MTWTR 5:10 - 7:10 pm.
Place: Barton B 103.
Instructor: Stachura, Eric C.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 519.
Instructor Email: eric.stachura@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: N/A.
Office Hours: MTR 4:00-5:00.
Prerequisites: Math 0701 or equivalent algebra course.
Textbook: The text we will be using is a custom edition created from two texts: Using and Understanding Math, Bennett and Briggs and Mathematical Ideas, Miller, Heeren, and Hornsby. Thus the name of our text: Using and Understanding Mathematical Ideas, which can be found in the bookstore.
Course Goals: Math 0824 is a General Education course designed to improve the level of quantitative awareness of students by 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 and critically as possible with an environment that increasingly makes use of quantitative reasoning. Throughout the semester, students will use critical thinking skills to help understand and solve problems in the following mathematical topics: logic, probability, statistics, and geometry.
Topics Covered: Tentative topics to be covered include: logic, including quantifiers and truth tables; statistics, including normal distributions and regression; probability, including probability distribution and expected values; geometry, including area, perimeter, triangles, and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Course Grading: 2 exams each worth 30%, and Attendance/Classroom Participation/Homework at 10% combined. Quizzes every week for 10% of the grade, and 20% of the grade is for the final project. Grade breakdowns are as follows: 90 or above …………A 80-89…………B 70-79 …………C 60-69 …………D Below 60..........F A grade of a C- or better is needed to pass or the grade dictated by your academic program. No make-up exams will be permitted. Please make proper arrangements/notifications with me BEFORE the date/time of each exam should legitimate and extenuating circumstances/emergencies keep you from taking the scheduled exam. No arrangements will be made after the exam is administered.
Exam Dates: Exam 1: Monday, July 21-------Exam 2: Monday, August 4.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory.
Homework: Homework will be assigned daily and will be collected at the end of each week.
Electronic Devices: Please make sure all electronic communication devices are turned off or silenced and put away before class begins. Texting or checking messages during lecture is not permitted. Please avoid any behavior that may be a distraction to your fellow classmates.
Quiz Make ups: There will be no quiz make ups. I will drop the lowest one or two quiz scores at the end of the semester.

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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, July 7.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Friday, July 18.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, August 4.
• The last day of classes is Saturday, August 16.

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.