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| Syllabus Instructor: Dubravko Ivansic [pronunciation: DOO-brahv-ko EE-vahn-shich] Ivansic is the last name. Phone & e-mail: 762-3552, dubravko.ivansic@murraystate.edu Office: Faculty hall 6A1 (in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics annex) Course webpage: http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/dubravko.ivansic/04fall/117home.html Office Hours: Ask me or check the webpage. Prerequisites: ACT math standard score of at least 19 or MAT 105. Textbook: G. Gilbert and R. Hatcher, "Mathematics Beyond the Numbers". We plan to cover Chapters 1,3,4,5 and 6 of the textbook. Attendance: is strongly encouraged every day, and roll will be taken. If you missed six or fewer classes during the semester, you get 3% bonus points. Note that you are not penalized for missing a class (the points are in excess to your total grade), so an absence is counted as such regardless of the reason ("excused" or not). Homework: Homework problems will be assigned during the week, but you will not be required to turn them in. Instead, to promote a continuous effort in the course, you will be given graded work over the homework. This could include worksheets done in class or taken home, or special projects. The list of homework problems may be found on the webpage. Don't fall behind: Math 117 touches on several applications of mathematics on everyday life. The applications should not be difficult to understand, but they do, however, demand that some effort be put into working out a fair number of examples. (Mathematics is best learned by doing.) To ensure that you can do the problems independently you will need to work them out on your own. You should expect to spend about one to two hours of study time for every hour of class time. Furthermore, if some things aren't clear to you, come to me for help as soon as possible, and not the day before the exam... Exams: There will be four full period exams whose dates will be announced well in advance. There will also be a final exam which will be comprehensive. Final exam: is comprehensive and will be held on Thursday, Dec. 16th at 1:30PM in our usual classroom. Make-ups: Make-ups for exams will be given only in cases of illness, field trips or other unavoidable circumstances. You will need to provide written verification of the reason for your absence in advance and as soon as possible. If you are unexpectedly absent from an exam, try to contact me, say, by phoning or e-mailing me that same day, or by leaving a message at the math office (762-2311). Make-ups for other graded work will be given at the discretion of the instructor. Asking for a make-up more than once makes it less likely that I will grant it. Grade: For your final grade, the lowest of your four exam grades will be dropped and the remaining three will be used to compute the final grade. Each of the three exams is worth 20% and the final exam is worth 25%. All other graded work will count 15%. No extra credit work will be given to repair your grade. |
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