Math 165

Section E1

Instructor:  Mr. Aaron A. Allen.

Class Times:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM.

Meeting Place:  Carver Hall, room 190.

Office:  Carver Hall, room 487.

Office hours:  Monday thru Friday 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM, or by appointment.

E-mail address:  aaallen@iastate.edu

Other sources for help:  If you need help when I am unavailable, you can go to the Math help room in Carver Hall, room 385.

Homework and quizzes:  There will be approximately 11 quizzes given, each worth 20 points.  Each quiz will fall on a Friday.  In addition, I will collect about 12 or 13 homework assignments, also worth 20 points each.  I will record only 20 homework/quiz scores, so your worst quizzes or homework assignments in excess of 20 will be omitted. (i.e. if there are 11 quizzes and 12 assignments, that’s 23 homework/quiz scores, so your worst 3 of these scores is omitted).

Exams: We will have 2 one-hour exams throughout the course.  Each one is worth 100 points.  There will be a uniform midterm worth 150 points on October 6, and it is 90 minutes. The final exam will also be 90 minutes and is worth 150 points.

Homework, quiz, and exam policies:  Calculators are allowed on the exams and the quizzes.  The recommended calculators are TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89 and TI-92.  Even though I encourage using the calculators to check arithmetic, you must show your work in doing the problems to get credit.  If you write down an answer and don’t show your work, you will receive no credit for that problem.  There will be no make-ups on the quizzes.  There will be no assignments handed in late.  If you miss a quiz, you get a zero on that quiz.  If you do not hand in an assignment at the beginning of class the day it is due, you get a zero on that assignment.  Make-up exams will be given only in rare occasions.  If an unavoidable circumstance arises, please notify me before the exam to have your excuse approved by me.  I may require some form of documentation of the excuse.

Other Expectations:  I will expect you to know how to do all of the homework.  Keeping up with the homework and practice problems is very important because your quizzes will be based entirely on these problems listed in the syllabus.  I will also expect good attendance.  Coming to class is vitally important for getting the information you need to know.  Finally, I expect you to respect your classmates while in the classroom by not being distractive.  Your classmates are paying as much (if not more) money as you are to be here, so pay attention.

Grading:  Grades in this course will be determined by the percentage of total points possible as listed below.  Percentages for letter grades are given below.

            Homeworks/Quizzes              (20 pts. each)             400 pts.

Hour Exams                          (100 pts. each)            200 pts.

Midterm Exam                                                         150 pts.

            Final Exam                                                               150 pts.

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            Total                                                                        900 pts.

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