Math 265

Section B1

Instructor:  Mr. Aaron A. Allen.

Class Times:  Monday thru Friday, 9:50 AM to 11:10 AM.

Meeting Place:  Carver Hall, room 282.

Office:  Carver Hall, room 403.

Office hours:  Monday thru Friday 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM

E-mail address: aaallen@iastate.edu

Course URL: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~aaallen/Mat265-B1Su08/Math265S08.html

Disabilities Statement: If a student has a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and requires accommodations, he/she should contact the Disability Resources (DR) office for information on appropriate policies and procedures. DR is located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076; their phone is 515-294-6624.

Homework, quizzes, and exams:  There will be 5 quizzes given, each worth 30 points.  In addition, I will collect 7 homework assignments, also worth 30 points each.  I will record only 10 homework/quiz scores, so your worst quizzes or homework assignments in excess of 10 will be omitted. (i.e. 5 quizzes and 7 assignments amount to 12 homework/quiz scores, so your lowest 2 of these scores is omitted).  In addition, I plan to have 3 exams throughout the course worth 150 points each.  Here’s a tentative schedule for homework, quizzes, and exams.

Homework policies:  I expect you to turn in your homework on the due date at the end of class.  If you turn it in later than that, you will receive only 50% of your homework score.  If it is more that two days late, or if I post the solutions to the assignment on the website, you will receive no credit on that assignment.  You are more than welcome to use any calculator of your choice for homework.  Even though I encourage the use of 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.

Quiz and exam policies: Only scientific calculators will be allowed on quizzes and exams (no graphing calculators will be allowed).  There will be no make-ups on the quizzes.  If you miss a quiz, you get a zero on that quiz.  Make-up exams will be given only on 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 for the excuse.

Other Expectations:  I will expect you to know how to do all of the homework.  In particular, make sure you keep up with the practice problems that I list on the homework page.  Your quizzes will be based entirely on these problems.  I will also expect you to hand in to me nicely written homework solutions.  One of my pet peeves is grading sloppy homework.  I greatly appreciate those of you who have pride in your work and make it look professional.  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.

            Homework/Quizzes        (30 pts. each)                         300 pts.

Hour Exams                  (150 pts. each)                        450 pts.

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            Total                                                                            750 pts.

Grading scale: