1 MATH 15200X GROUND RULES FALL 2009 • CLASS PERIOD Students are expected to attend every class meeting and to read the appropriate sections of the text before coming to class. Instructors may not have time to cover every topic in class. Refer to your textbook lessons for help. • HOMEWORK/QUIZZES Most homework will be done online using MyMathLab (coursecompass). Doing your homework is your best way to be prepared for quizzes and exams. Homework is 50 points. There are a few problems in bolded print on the assignment sheet that are to be completed by students on their own (not on coursecompass), but these problems are not usually collected. However, students are responsible for these problems and the instructor has the option of occasionally collecting them. There will be some worksheets of homework problems that will not be on coursecompass and will be found under other information on the course web page at www.math.purdue.edu/MA15200. It is extremely important that students complete these problems. Your instructor has the option of collecting these problems for a daily score as part of a quiz. A quiz will be given in class almost daily, starting with the second class period (Tuesday, 09/01). No make-ups will be allowed for the daily quizzes or online homework, for any reason. The three lowest online homework assignments and the one lowest in class quiz will not be counted. To have a fourth homework score (or more) or a second (or more) quiz score not counted at the end of the semester will require acceptable written justification for having missed assignments or quizzeds • EXAMS There are three multiple-choice, machine-graded exams scheduled for your class this semester. The dates are as follows. (Mark them on your calendar.) EXAM 1: Tuesday,September 22nd, during regular class time EXAM 2: Tuesday, October 27th, during regular class time EXAM 3: Tuesday, December 1st, during regular class time Missing an Exam: If you miss an exam for any reason, contact the course coordinator immediately. Make-up exams can only be approved in writing by the course coordinator, Charlotte Bailey (MATH 802, [email protected], 496-3145). Make-up exams will be allowed for valid reasons. For non-valid reasons, a make-up may be allowed with a grade penalty of 20 points deducted from the student’s earned score. Not knowing the right date, time or location of an exam is NOT a valid reason for missing it. Academic Conflict: If you have an academic conflict with any of the evening exams (e.g. another exam or class at the same time) you must let the course coordinator know no later than two business days before the exam takes place. Emergency: If you have an emergency situation that will prevent you from attending an evening exam, you must contact Charlotte Bailey as soon as the situation allows, preferably in person or, if necessary, by email (do not use voicemail). To aviod missing important information, the sooner you contact Charlotte, the better. Make-ups will be given only once for each midterm exam, on the following dates and times: MAKE-UP EXAM 1: Friday, September 25th, 2009 MAKE-UP EXAM 2: Friday, October 30th, 2009 MAKE-UP EXAM 3: Friday, December 4th, 2009 If you miss an exam and the alternate you will have a score of 0 (zero) recorded for that exam. To prepare for the midterm exams, students should review all of the material covered by their homework assignments, quizzes and the review problems on the exam memo. Past exams (available online) are a source of additional review problems and can also give students a rough idea of the length and difficulty level of their own exams. However, many students have the mistaken impression that just by reviewing some past exams they will have seen all that is expected of them for their own exams. Past exams should absolutely not be used as a guide to the exact content and wording of the exams. The final exam is a 30-question, multiple-choice, machine-graded exam that is given during the sixteenth week of the semester. Students may get a copy of practice questions for the final online (posted later in semester on the course web page). THE SEMESTER ENDS ON SATURDAY, December 19th AT 9:00 PM. NO ALTERNATE WILL BE ALLOWED IF YOU PLAN TO LEAVE EARLY. PLAN TO BE ON CAMPUS TO TAKE YOUR FINAL EXAM.2 • CALCULATORS No calculators of any kind are allowed on quizzes or exams until after exam 2. However, you will need a calculator for some of the homework problems. After exam 2, is completed, a non-graphing, non-programmable, 1-line scientific calculator is required for many problems on the quizzes and exams. (A TI-30XA calculator is recommended, but other 1-line scientific calculators are also allowed.) Multiple line calculators are not allowed on quizzes and exams. Pictures of acceptable and unacceptable calculators are shown on the course web page. Students are not allowed to share calculators with other students during quizzes and exams. • SUPPLIES Other than the textbook and MyMathLab Student Access Kit (purchased together), students will need to have the following for this course: a 1-line scientific calculator (see above); some loose-leaf paper and graph paper for homework and/or quizzes; a 3-ring binder to keep some homework, quizzes, notes, and exams stored in an organized manner; the usual pencils and erasers; a 3-hole punch (optional); and a straightedge (optional). • OFFICE HOURS Any student can get help from the instructor during his/her office hours. You are strongly urged to go to office hours if you have questions. It is the best way to get individual help. Additionally, Room MATH 205 is ‘The Math Help Room’ and is open Monday-Thursday 10:30AM to 5:30PM & Friday from 10:30AM to 2:30PM. • ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENTS Students who have been certified by the Office of the Dean of Students-Disability Resource Center as eligible for academic adjustments should go to MATH 242 with a copy of their certification letter and request an Information Sheet for this semester, that explains how to proceed this semester to get these adjustments made in Mathematics courses. It is not the same as last semester. This should be done during the first week of classes or as soon as the student receives their letter. Only students who have been certified by the ODOS-Disability Resource Center and who have requested ODOS to send their certification letter to their instructor are
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