MATH 1113 SYLLABUS
Spring 2016
Instructor: Sal Barone
Office: Skiles 024,
Office hours: MWF 10-11:45
e-mail: sbarone at math.gatech.edu
Web Page: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone7
Course Title: Pre-calculus
Course Meeting Times:
O'Keefe TBD 1:30-2:35
Text: Thomas' Calculus (Early Transcendentals), 13th ed., Pearson.
Course Information: Course designed to introduce and refresh the concepts needed for a first calculus course: function, graphs, domain and range, one-to-one and onto, as well as an interactive study of the theory of limits and continuous functions and finally an introduction to differential calculus.
GRADING SYSTEM
Homework: Homework assignments are to be completed online using the MyLab portal. Homework is due twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday at midnight. Late homework is generally not accepted so please stay up to date with your homework and bring any questions you have to class on Tuesday or Thursday.
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given weekly on Thursday at the end of class and will cover the concepts from the previous week, and generally speaking doing the homework problems should give you a good idea of what to expect for the material to be covered on the quiz. The lowest quiz score will be dropped and will not count against your grade.
Midterms: There will be one midterm exam administered during lecture on Thursday, Feb 4 The midterm is 100 points and will take the entire class period.
Final Exam: The final exam will cover all course materials and will be administered on the last day of class.
GRADING SCALE
Your final grade will be computed as follows:
|
Homework |
50 points |
|
Quizzes |
100 points |
|
Midterm Exam 1 |
100 points* |
|
Final Exam 2 |
150 points |
|
Total Points: |
400 points |
The standard 10-point scale will be used to assign letter grades, but the cut-offs may be lowered to arrive at a standard distribution for the course:
A: [90%,100%]; B: [80%, 90%); C: [70%,80%) ; D: [60%, 70%); F: [0, 60%).
CLASS POLICIES
Attendance: Attendance is required for all lectures and recitation meetings. The student who misses a class meeting is responsible for any assignments and/or announcements made. There will be no opportunities for make-up tests or quizzes after the fact. In the event of an absence due to travel representing Georgia Tech, such as an intercollegiate sports competition, you must notify the professor at least two weeks in advance to arrange an early test or other alternative. Otherwise, such absences will be treated as personal. See above/below for the make-up exam/quiz policies.
Make-up Quizzes: Make-up quizzes are not allowed for any reason other than for reasons associated to institute activities including sports, which must be accompanied by an office institute letter of consideration, and for such instances students must request a make-up quiz to be administered at a time convenient to both myself and the student and not exceeding two weeks from the missed quiz. However, the two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.
Learning Disabilities: It is the right of any student with a certified learning disability to request necessary accommodation. Such requests must be made well in advance of the time that the accommodation is required, ideally in the first or second week of class, and a letter of documentation from the ADAPTS office must be presented at the time of any request.
Academic Honesty: It is expected that all students are aware of their individual responsibilities under the \href{http://www.honor.gatech.edu/}{Georgia Tech Academic Honor Code}, which will be strictly adhered to in this class. Any violations must be reported directly to the Dean of Students.
(the honor code can be found at
Calculators: While it's not clear if you will ever need a scientific calculator for any of the problems, only a simple, non-graphing, non-programmable, non-scientific calculator (i.e., a “dollar store” calculator or two-line Texas Instruments calculator, like the TI30X) may be used on the in-class tests and quizzes. Basically, something you can use to find 4! but not something that you can program to find a prime decomposition with.
Website: Course webpage (www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone/ma1113.html), or T-square (t-square.gatech.edu)