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COLLEGE ALGEBRA
(MATH 1100-013, Spring 2008)

Instructor: Gábor Hetyei
Office: Fretwell 335F, Phone: 687-2543, E-mail: ghetyei@uncc.edu
Office hours:  Tuesday 3:05-4:35 pm, Thursday 2:25-3:25 pm, or by appointment.
Text: College Algebra essentials, second Ed., by Robert Blitzer.
Topics: See the tentative schedule.
Attendance: Required. Each unexcused absence reduces your total score by 0.8% (not to exceed 10%). You are fully responsible for materials missed. If you have at most three absences, I will assume they were emergencies, without investigation. If you have more, present all your documents during the last two weeks of classes. Before that time I collect only excuses for activities mandated by another UNCC department. All unexplained absences count, if you have more than three! You should not willingly schedule any activity in conflict with our lecture times, valid excuses involve only unexpected emergencies beyond your control. Typical excuses I will not accept include:
  • Doctor's note stating only your presence at the office without confirming that you were sick.
  • Doctor's note about a routine check-up you could have easily scheduled for another time.
  • Note from your workplace confirming that you scheduled your regular working hours in conflict with our lecture times.
Informing your instructor by email about an upcoming absence is a praiseworthy courtesy but it does not constitute a valid excuse note. A valid excuse note must come from an independent source and include the contact information of your source.
Quizzes: There will be in-class quizzes almost every week, and weekly problem sets will be posted online using Webwork. Instructions on registering to and using Webwork are posted on the homepage of the class.
Tests: Test 1: Tuesday Feb 5, Test 2: Thursday Feb 28, Test 3: Tuesday Apr 8. Tests will be held in class.
Common Final: Thursday May 1, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm.
The place of the final exam will be given later by the department.
The Departmental Final Exam is cumulative and worth at least 30% of your course grade. Missing it results very likely in a course grade of F.
Makeups: There will be NO make-up tests. If you miss a test because of an emergency and provide valid documentation, your score for the test missed will be based on your final exam score. If you miss a quiz, you have 7 days to request a makeup.
Evaluation: Grades will be based on: Attendance 10%, Quiz 20%, each Test 20%, Final 30%; or on: Attendance 10%, Quiz 13%, each Test 13%, Common Final 51% (whichever works better for you).
The worst one of the following will be dropped: Quiz score (includes Webwork), one of the test scores.
Tentative grading scale: 90 - 100 % A, 75 - 89% B, 60 - 74% C, 50 - 59 % D, 0 - 49% F
Rules of the Classroom: We have to implement strict rules in the classroom to ensure that students' right of learning is protected. Please observe the following:
  • No conversations during class. People who disturb the class in any manner will be asked to leave the classroom, counted as absent twice, and reported to university officials.
  • Students must have proper registration to attend the class. The instructor has the right to check students ID's during classes and exams.
  • Students are not allowed to leave the classroom in the middle of the class, except for going to the bathroom, or emergencies. If you know that you have to leave early for a valid reason, let the instructor know before class starts. An attempt to sign the attendance sheet and leave may be counted as four unexcused absences! I also reserve the right to report the incident as cheating.
Class meeting: TR 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm in Denny 120.
Homepage: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/1100/index.html