Math 160 Section B
Instructor: Zhongming WANG, Eric
Class Times: MTRF 12:10pm-1:00pm
Meeting Place: Carver Hall, room 150
Office: Carver Hall, room 468.
Office hours: MTRF 11:00am-12:00am
E-mail address: ericwang@iastate.edu
Course URL: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ericwang/math160S08/Math160S08.html
Homework and quizzes: There will be
approximately 5 quizzes given, each worth 20 points. Each quiz will fall
on a Friday. In addition, I will collect about 13 or 14 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 15 will be omitted. (e.g. If I give 5 quizzes and
13 assignments, this gives a total of 18 homework/quiz scores, and so I will
omit your lowest 3 of these scores). We will have 3 in-class exams
throughout the course worth 100 points apiece. The final exam will be 2
hours long and worth 150 points.
Homework, quiz, and exam policies: You are more than welcome to use any calculator of your choice for homework. On exams and quizzes, however, I will only allow scientific calculators (so no graphing calculators on exams and quizzes). 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. There will be no make-ups on the quizzes. If you miss a quiz, you get a zero on that quiz. As for homework, I would like to have you turn it in on the day it is due in class. However, I will accept your homework on the due date as late as 5:00 PM. 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. 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 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.
Attendance:
I deeply encourage good attendance, so I am allotting 10 points for
attendance. Attendance will be checked randomly.
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 (20 pts.
each) 300
pts
Hour Exams
(100 pts. each)
300 pts.
Final
Exam
150 pts.
Attendance
10
pts.
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Total
760 pts
|
A |
93
– 100% |
C |
73 – 76% |
|
A- |
90
– 92% |
C- |
70 – 72% |
|
B+ |
87
– 89% |
D+ |
67 – 69% |
|
B |
83
– 86% |
D |
63 – 66% |
|
B- |
80
– 82% |
D- |
60 – 62% |
|
C+ |
77
– 79% |
F |
0 – 59% |
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