MATH 1113 SYLLABUS
Spring 2017

Instructor: Sal Barone
Office: Skiles 013,
Office hours: Wednesday 1-2, Friday 1-2 (and by appointment, email me). e-mail: sbarone at math.gatech.edu
Web Page: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone7

Piazza: link

Course Title: Pre-calculus

Course Meeting Times: MWF 12:05-12:55 Skiles 156

Text: Ratti and McWaters, Precalculus: A Unit Circle Approach, Second Edition. MyMathLab is required and contains an electronic version of the textbook. You can purchase it separately, on-line, or packaged with the text (text is optional). We will cover most of chapters 1-5 and 7, and some of chapters 6 and 8. NOTE: To access the class page on MyMathLab, you need to register for the course MA1113 Pre-calculus with course ID barone28902.

Course Information: Course designed to introduce and solidify the concepts needed for a first calculus course: properties of real numbers, graphs and functions, solving trigonometric, polynomial, and rational equations, systems of equations and equalities as well as with expressions involving exponential and logarithmic functions.


GRADING SYSTEM

Homework: Homework assignments are to be completed online using the MyLab portal. Homework is due Friday 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 by Friday.

Quizzes: Quizzes will be given weekly on Thursday at the end of recitation and will cover the concepts from the current 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 four midterm exams administered during lecture on Jan 27, Feb 17, Mar 17, Apr 14, The midterms are 100 points each 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

100 points

Quizzes

100 points

Midterm Exams

400 points*

Final Exam

200 points

Total Points:

800 points

*The lowest midterm score will be replaced with the (Final Exam Score)% if you score better on your final exam then on your lowest scoring midterm exam.

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

0399 : Participants in the 0399 support program will also be required to complete Daily Double assignments which are two problems at the end of each 0399 meeting. You will receive your 0399 grade based on participation, completion, and accuracy of these assessments.

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 lowest quiz score 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 http://www.osi.gatech.edu/plugins/content/index.php?id=46).

Calculators:  While it's not necessary for you to need a scientific calculator for any of the problems on the homework, no calculator can be used on the in-class tests and quizzes. Basically, if you want to practice with a calculator at home that is fine, but you shouldn't use one on the graded assignments in class.

Website: Course webpage (www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone/ma1113.html), or T-square (t-square.gatech.edu)