Syllabus for McCloskey's Section of MATH 103 (Fall 2008)

MATH 103 Pre-Calculus Mathematics Fall 2008

Class Meetings

Days of Week: Monday through Thursday
Time: 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Place: Hyland Hall 205

Instructor Information

Name: Dr. R. McCloskey
Office: St. Thomas 480
Telephone: 941-4221 (office), 941-7774 (CS Dept. office), 941-4250 (CS Dept. fax)
E-mail: mccloskeyr1@scranton.edu
Home Page: http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~mccloske/
Office Hours: See schedule

Textbook: Precalculus (4th edition), by J. Douglas Faires and James DeFranza, published by Brooks/Cole (a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.), 2007.

Offical Math Dept. Course Description and Syllabus

Quizzes: (approximately eight) Expect a short (15-minute) quiz on the first day of class each week (usually Monday), except when an exam is scheduled.

Exams: (four) Tentative dates: September 22, October 20, and November 17, plus a final exam sometime between December 9 and 13.

Homework: Problems will be suggested, but they will not be graded.

Grading:

Approximate weights:

       Quizzes:               35%
       Semester Exams:        40%
       Final Exam:            22%
       Class Participation:   3%

Mapping from numerical average to letter grade (approximate):

        [94,100] --- A           [75, 79) --- C+
        [90, 94) --- A-          [71, 75) --- C
        [86, 90) --- B+          [68, 71) --- C-
        [82, 86) --- B           [63, 68) --- D+
        [79, 82) --- B-          [58, 63) --- D
                                 [ 0, 58) --- F