Summer1 2005 Course Syllabus
Course: C065.015.
Course Title: Elements of Mathematical Thought.
Time: 12:55-2:25 p.m.
Place: CH 304.
Instructor: Bitew, Worku.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall, Room 515.
Instructor Email: frework@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-6514.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu
Office Hours: M. and W 11:00 12:00 and by appointment.
Prerequisites: Math CO55 or it's equivalent.
Textbook: Bennett and Briggs, Using and Understanding Mathematics, Addison Wesley, 3rd edition , 2005 (ISBN 0-321-22773-5) or 2nd custom Edition (ISBN 0-536-83573-X).
Course Goals: Students will be able to improve the ability to understand, interpret and reason out quantitative information.
Topics Covered: Statistics and statistical reasoning ,voting from Chapters 5,6,10,12, and 13 of our primary textbook.
Course Grading: There will be two exams and a final. The first two exams each will be counted to 25 % ,the final to 35%. The remaining 15 % will be for quizzes that will take place every two week. Questions for quizzes will be some modification of home work problems.
Exam Dates: Exam 1 on May 30. Exam 2 on June 13. Final exam on June 28.
Attendance Policy: Students are encouraged to attend every class. Perfect attendance rewarded with 3 additional points to your final grade.
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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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.