Summer1 2005 Course Syllabus
Course: C074.013.
Course Title: Math 74 - Precalculus.
Time: Monday through Friday 12:55-2:30.
Place: Curtis Hall, Room 310.
Instructor: Williams, David.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall, Room 519.
Instructor Email: davidw@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-6767.
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:30-10:30.
Prerequisites: Math 73 with a grade of "C" or better or permission of the instructor.
Textbook: John J Schiller and Mary A Wurster, College Algebra and Trigonometry.
Course Goals: To understand how to manipulate algebraic expressions. At the end of the course, you should have the skills required to take math 085 or math 077.
Topics Covered: Polynomials, rational expressions, powers and roots, and graphing of fuctions. Geometric and analytic trigonometry will also be discussed.
Course Grading: There will be three in class examinations plus an in class final. There will also be a near daily quiz, of which your lowest 4 grades will be dropped. The grading weights are as follows: 3 In-class exams: 17% each. Final exam: 32%. Attendance/Quiz Grades: 17%.
Exam Dates: Test 1: Monday May 23, 2005. Test 2: Thursday June 9, 2005. Test 3: Wednesday June 22, 2005. Final: Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required.
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:
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.