| Lecturer: | Tauqir Bibi |
| Office: | Carver 445 |
| Phone: | 294 8184 |
| E-mail: | tauqir@iastate.edu |
| Office Hours: | Tuesday 1:10 - 4:00pm Thursday 1:10 - 3:00pm |
| Text: | Precalculus by Sullivan, 6th Edition |
| Lectures: | mwf 4:10 - 5:00 pm, 0101 Carver |
| Helpful website: | Prentice Hall Math Tutor Center |
Course Objectives: This course emphasizes topics usually contained in the fourth semester of high school algebra. It rapidly reviews basic concepts in algebra from earlier courses, and then expands upon them. Along with Math 141 and 142 it provides knowledge and skills necessary for the study of calculus and mathematically based science courses.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory performance on the math placement exam, two years of high school algebra, one year of high school geometry.
Studying: This course has lecture-recitation format. The lectures
are for the presentation of the new material and recitations are for
solving problems and review.
I recommend that you read over the sections of the
text before they are covered in class. After class, you should re-read
the material and compare it with your notes. Then you will be ready to
work the assigned exercises. You may find that you
need to do more than the specified assignment to become sufficiently
adept at working the problems. A graphing calculator is required for
this class.
Help: We have Math Help Room in 196 Carver. Help Room hours are
| Monday - Friday | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Homework, Tests, Grades:
I have assigned homework for each section in the book. You can
discuss
the homework with others, but you have to write your own solutions,
and do your own calculations. I suggest you to do the homework problems
right after we cover the section, and save it. Keep your (neatly written)
homework organized together in one place, and bring it to class.
Feel free to talk to your TA or me whenever you have difficulty or unsure of
your answer.
All students will be expected
to participate actively
during class.
The table below shows the points available from all the sources
| Four in-class exams: | 400 points (50%) | Final exam: | 150 points (18.75%) | Home works: | 100 points (12.5%) |
| Quizzes: | 100 points (12.5%) |
| Attendance: | 50 points (6.25%) | Total: | 800 points |
| Overall percentage | Grade |
| 93.4% - 100% | A |
| 90.0% - 93.3% | A- |
| 86.7% - 89.9% | B+ |
| 83.4% - 86.7% | B |
| 80.0% - 83.4% | B- |
| 76.7% - 79.9% | C+ |
| 73.4% - 76.7% | C |
| 70.0% - 73.4% | C- |
| 66.7% - 69.9% | D+ |
| 63.4% - 66.7% | D |
| 60.0% - 63.4% | D- |
| 0.0% - 59.9% | F |
These grade cutoffs may change after each exam and an appropriate scaling may be applied at the end of the semester. No make-up exams please, except for special circumstances. If an emergency causes you to miss an exam, contact me within 48 hours. I may require a written explanation, including a person and telephone number to verify the situation.
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