Math 109 Common Home Page
Syllabus
Announcements
Quizzes/Handouts
| Instructor: | Amy Turlington |
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| Course Coordinator: | Maria Gageonea E-mail: gageonea [at] math.uconn.edu |
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| Meeting Times & Locations: | MWF 8:00-8:50 ARJ 245 Section
04 MWF 9:00-9:50 MONT 319 Section 08 |
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| Contact Information: |
Phone: 486-9090 |
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| Office Hours: | M 2:00-3:00 PM, W 12:00-1:00
PM, Th 3:30-4:30 PM |
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| Textbook: | Precalculus. Faires,
DeFranza. Third Edition, Brooks Cole. |
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| Common Home Page: | The course policies common to
all Math 109
courses this semester can be found at the Math 109 Common Home Page, http://www.math.uconn.edu/~gageonea/math109f05/index.html.
Please check this web site for the course outline and policies
regarding makeup exams, calculators, and schedule conflicts. |
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| Grading Policy: | Your grade will be calculated
as follows:
There will be extra credit on each exam. There will not be a curve. No makeup exams will be allowed. |
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| Quizzes: | Once a week there will be a
short (approx. 10 min)
quiz given at the start of class. Each quiz is worth 10 points,
and the two lowest quiz grades will be dropped at the end of the
semester. No makeup quizzes will be allowed. |
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| Group Assignments: | Occasionally I will ask you to
work on a few problems
in a small group (about 3 people per group) and turn in one set of
solutions for a grade. This assignment will also be worth 10 points
and will be given instead of an individual quiz for the week. (Again, no
makeups allowed.) |
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| Homework: | After each class period, you
will be assigned exercises in the textbook
to be done as homework problems. Homework will not be graded, but it is
extremely important that you work through the homework problems and
understand the concepts. You will be expected to know the material
covered in the homework problems for the quizzes and exams, so it is
to your advantage to do them. |
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| Leaving Early: | If you need to leave class
early for any reason (unless it is an emergency), please
let me know before the start of class. |
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| Classroom Behavior: | Please do not talk during lecture or disrupt the class in any way. Food and drink are allowed as long as you are quiet and you do not disturb anyone. Remember to turn off your cell phone or set it to silent mode before the start of class. |
8/29/05: Reminder--
stop by one of my office
hours (by no set date but
try to do it in the first or second week of classes) to receive
10 points as your first quiz grade. Even if you don't have any
questions at this time, it helps me to get to know your names and
it helps you to know where my office is and how to find help if/when
you need it.
Also if you are interested in the solution to today's in-class math
puzzle, click here.
8/31/05: Click here
to download the algebra review sheet that
I mentioned in class today. (PDF file)
Also note that on the homework, the page 12 it refers to is past the
first section in the textbook. Keep flipping pages past
the black and white pages to find the real chapter 1.
9/2/05: Reminder-- the first quiz is next Wednesday. It will cover sections 1.2 and 1.3, including today's lecture. To prepare, look over your homework problems from these two sections.
9/19/05: Your first
exam is this Friday, September 23. The practice exam is here;
print it out and start working through it on your own. We'll go over it
in class this Wednesday.
9/26/05: Reminder-- group assignment this Wednesday, 9/28.
10/06/05: Your second exam is next Friday, October 14. The practice exam is here; print it out and work through it on your own. We'll go over it in class next Wednesday (10/12).
10/31/05: There will be a quiz this Wednesday, 11/2. (No graphing calculators allowed for this quiz.)
11/04/05: Click here to download a list of all of the trigonometric identities; you will need to learn all of these for the next exam. Your third exam is next Friday, November 11. The practice exam is here.
11/09/05: Click here to download some notes on the practice exam (mainly hints and corrections).
11/29/05: Quiz 6 has been uploaded (check the bottom of this page). It is due in class this Friday, December 2.
12/05/05: Practice problems for the final exam have been uploaded (check the bottom of this page). Or just click here.
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