2022 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 0701.003

Course: Mathematics 0701.003.

Course Title: Basic Math For Today's World.

Credits: 4.

How this course will be taught: In person.

Time: TR: 9:50 - 11:30 am.

Place: Tuttlman 301AB.

Instructor: Nahed Hamid.

Instructor Office: Wachman 536.

Instructor Email: nahed.hamid@temple.edu

Instructor Phone: 215-204-7850.

Course Web Page: This course uses canvas intensively. Please check canvas on regular basis

Office Hours: By a confirmed appointment.

Prerequisites: Placement exam.

Course Materials: Foundations of Mathematical Reasoning ; purchasing options: Standard payment options may vary. Students are prompted to enter an activation code or online payment on their assignments. They will have a 14 day free trial to get started. 1. Online: You can purchase OHM with a credit card when you access your first quiz in this course. 2. Bookstore: You can purchase a OHM access code from the school bookstore. 3. OHM Payment Instructions https://lumenlearning.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5694776768023-OHM-Payment-Instructions.

Course Goals: Students will apply concepts of numeracy to investigate and describe quantitive relationships and solve real-world problems in a variety of contexts. To critically evaluate statements that appear in the media involving risk and arguments based on probability, ratios, rates, proportions, and scaling. To be able to critically evaluate quantitative information presented and judge it's usefulness.

Topics Covered: Topics include: numeracy with an emphasis on estimation and fluency with large numbers; evaluating expressions and formulas; rates, ratios, and proportions; percentages; solving equations; linear models; data interpretations including graphs and tables; verbal, algebraic and graphical represientations of functions; exponential models.

Course Grading: Homework: 15%, Tests 1,2,3 and 4: 15 % each of three highest of the four; Final Exam: 30%, Attendance: 10%.

Exam Dates: Test 1: Thursday, Sept.15. (Lessons 1-3 inclusive) Test 2: Thursday, Oct.6. (Lessons 4-6 inclusive) Test 3: Thursday, November 3. (Lessons 10,12,14) Test 4: Thursday, December 1. (Lessons 15,16,17) Final Exam: Thursday, December. 8, 8:00-10:00 am, BE AWARE THAT THE FINAL IS SCHEDULED AT A SPECIAL TIME OUTSIDE OF THE FINAL EXAM MATRIX.

Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory as most of the class is done in groups and your participation is needed. More than four absences might result in a grade drop. Attendance counts as 10% of grade.

Attendance and Your Health: To achieve course learning goals, students must attend and participate in classes, according to your instructors' requirements. However, if you feel unwell or if you are under quarantine or in isolation because you have been exposed to the virus or tested positive for it, you should not come to campus or attend in-person classes or activities. Students have the responsibility to contact their instructors to create a plan for participation and engagement in the course as soon as they are able to do so and to make a plan to complete all assignments in a timely fashion when illness delays their completion.

Disability Statement: Any student who has a need for accommodations based on the impact of a documented disability or medical condition should contact Disability Resources and Services (DRS) in Howard Gittis Student Center South, Rm 420 (drs@temple.edu; 215-204-1280) to request accommodations and learn more about the resources available to you. If you have a DRS accommodation letter to share with me, or you would like to discuss your accommodations, please contact me as soon as practical. I will work with you and with DRS to coordinate reasonable accommodations for all students with documented disabilities. All discussions related to your accommodations will be confidential.

Academic Freedom: Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here (opens in new tab/window).

Add/Drop Policy: Students will be charged for a course unless dropped by the Drop/Add deadline date. Check the University calendar (opens in new tab/window) for exact dates.

During the Drop/Add period, students may drop a course with no record of the class appearing on their transcript. Students are not financially responsible for any courses dropped during this period. In the following weeks prior to or on the withdrawal date students may withdraw from a course with the grade of "W" appearing on their transcript. After the withdrawal date students may not withdraw from courses. Check the University Calendar (opens in new tab/window) for exact dates. See the full policy by clicking here (opens in new tab/window).

Incomplete Policy: The grade "I" (an "incomplete") is only given if students cannot complete the course work due to circumstances beyond their control. It is necessary for the student to have completed the majority of the course work with a passing average and to sign an incomplete contract which clearly states what is left for the student to do and the deadline by which the work must be completed. The incomplete contract must also include a default grade that will be used in case the "I" grade is not resolved by the agreed deadline. See the full policy by clicking here (opens in new tab/window).

Student Support Services: The following academic support services are available to students (all links open in a new tab/window):
    The Math Consulting Center
    Student Success Center
    University Libraries
    Undergraduate Research Support
    Career Center
    Tuttleman Counseling Services
    Disability Resources and Services
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