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This web page is http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/.dowling/MTH002/MTH002_Syllabus.html
Copyright © 2002 Herbert J. Bernstein and other parties. All rights reserved.
This is the syllabus for one section of MTH 002A for Fall 2002. As the course
moves forward, students should return to this page frequently for updated
material. This syllabus is based on course materials by Prof. F. Rispoli and
Prof. A. Nese, whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
3 credits
This course is a prerequisite for MTH 006. The course emphasizes problem solving
strategies as applied to problems involving linear equations, linear inequalities, simultaneous
linear systems, optimization, interest, and counting techniques.
Offered:
2002-2003.
There are three alternate prerequisites for MTH 002A:
In order to help evaluate student preparation for this course, there will be a special quiz during the first meeting of this course. This quiz will be evaluated but will not count towards the student's grade in the course.
This Fall 2002 section is:
| Fund of Mathematics ( 3.00 ) 90355 MTH 002A - 0 | ||||||
| College: | Arts & Sciences | |||||
| Department: | Math & Comp Science Department | |||||
| Days | Time | Location | Schedule Type | Date Range | ||
| TR | 03:30 pm - 04:50 pm | Brookhaven Campus A119 | Lecture | Sep 04, 2002 - Dec 16, 2002 | ||
Note that, in general, the instructor will be at the Oakdale campus on Mondays and Wednesdays and at the Brookhaven campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If at all possible, please use email to schedule meetings in advance to avoid conflicts with other students and other obligations of the instructor.
For more information see http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/.dowling/HJB_Contact_Info.html.
Please note that excellent tutors are available at the Academic Service Center (ASC) at the Racanelli Center, +1-631-244-3141. Students are encouraged to make use of the ASC. Tutoring, drill and working in study groups are very helpful in mastering mathematics.
Attendance will be taken at all class meetings. All absences must be explained in writing (or via email). Students who miss 2 or more lectures must meet with the instructor to review their progress in the course. Grades will be reduced for unexcused absences (see grading policy, below).
To help ensure punctuality and to help in evaluating student progress, there will be a short (1 - 4 questions) quiz at the start of each meeting of the class. There will not be any opportunity to make up these quizzes when they are missed due to lateness or absence. The best 80% of these quizzes will count for 20% of the course grade. The remaining 20% will be counted for extra credit.
Note that the evaluation quiz given during the first meeting of this class does not count towards the course grade.
All students will be required to actively participate in classroom discussions and to work problems at the board in class. Many assignments will be given for drill. All completed assignments must be brought to class on the due date. Students will be required to turn in some of those assigments for grading. Students will be given daily short quizzes (see above). Students will be given longer pop quizzes related to, but not necessarily identical to earlier assignments. An open-book, open computer/calculator midterm and an open-book, open computer/calculator final will be given. In general, no assignments will be accepted late and no makeups will be given for missed quizzes or examinations. Requests for exceptions to this policy will be considered only for the most pressing reasons (illness requiring hospitalization, death in the family, reserve call-up, etc.), must be submitted in writing in a timely manner, and will be granted only if the instructor has sound reason to believe that the student is highly likely to master the material of the course within the current semester.
All students in this section will be required to do all the assignments in the relevant chapters of the text book, and will be expected to do much of the work assigned purely on the basis of their reading in the text book, rather than on the basis of material presented in the classroom. For many students this will represent a major departure from their experience in high school or even with other college courses, and it may not be appropriate for all students. If you cannot keep up with such a demanding work load, you may wish to consider extra tutoring, taking MTH 001 instead of MTH 002, or waiting for later in your college career to take this course. If you have had reasonable preparation in Mathematics in high school, are comfortable with arithmetic and fractions, and make an honest effort to keep up with the work, putting in at least 9 hours a week, every week, on study and homework, attending all the lectures and participating fully, you are not likely to fail this course. On the other hand, if you skip classes, don't study and don't do the assigned work, you are very likely to fail. If you have problems, please come see the instructor early in the semester, so that we can work out the best resolution for you.