Transcript Basic Course Information

Welcome
to
MAT 142
Self-paced Hybrid
Basic Course Information
Instructor and Office Hours
• Instructor
•Beth Jones
• Office
•PSA 725
• Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 8 am – 8:30 am
Tuesday and Thursday 10:30 am – 11:30 am
and by appointment
There will be no office hours March 16 and March 18. (Please note
that this list is subject to change.)
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• Email
Web Information
[email protected]
• Web Page
http://www.public.asu.edu/~kamman
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Deadlines
• Deadlines
•Course Withdrawal Deadline – April 9 (April 11)
•Complete Withdrawal Deadline – May 4
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Calculator
• Calculator
You may use any scientific or graphing
calculator you like as long as it can calculate
factorials, permutations, combinations, means
and standard deviations and has trigonometric
functions.
no calculators with computer algebra systems
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Grading
• Grade Scale
There will be no +/- grading
A 90 to 100%
B 80 to 89.9%
C 70 to 79.9%
D 60 to 69.9%
• Grade Breakdown
Midterm Exams – 50%
Final Exam (exam 6) – 10%
Homework and quizzes – 40%
E below 60%
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Exams and Final
• Midterm Exams
Schedule exams with the instructor on Fridays
during class time.
These exams are taken in the Math Testing
Center (PSA 21)
• Final Date and Time
Exam 6 will be taken at the time of the scheduled
final exam if it is not taken prior to May 5.
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Book, Videos, and Homework
• Book and Homework
Mathematics, A Practical Odyssey, MAT
142 at ASU, Johnson/Mowry - optional
WeBWorK – http://webwork.asu.edu
• Videos
Moodle – http://stack.asu.edu
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• WeBWorK
Homework
http://webwork.asu.edu
Homework Assignments: All homework assignments
are submitted on-line using a program called
WeBWorK. This can be accessed directly through
the website http://webwork.asu.edu.
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• WeBWorK
Homework
http://webwork.asu.edu
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• WeBWorK
Homework
http://webwork.asu.edu
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• WeBWorK
Homework
http://webwork.asu.edu
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• WeBWorK
Homework
http://webwork.asu.edu
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• Moodle -
Videos
http://stack.asu.edu
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• Moodle -
Videos
http://stack.asu.edu
ASU Rite ID
ASU Rite ID
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• Moodle -
Videos
http://stack.asu.edu
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• Moodle -
Videos
http://stack.asu.edu
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Time
Studying and Preparation Time: The
course requires you to spend time
preparing and completing assignments.
A three-credit course requires a
minimum of 135 hours of student work.
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Course Set-up
This course is sectioned into six
modules. Each module consists of
homework assignments, quizzes, and a
test.
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Logic Module: 4 homework assignments
and 2 quizzes covering Reasoning, Symbolic
Logic, Truth Tables, and Conditionals
Sets and Counting Module: 4 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering Sets and
Set Operations, Applications of Venn
Diagrams, Introductions to Combinatorics,
and Permutations and Combinations
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Probability Module: 5 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering History
of Probability, Basic Terms of Probability,
Basic Rules of Probability, Expected Value,
Conditional Probability
Statistics Module: 3 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering
Population, Sample, and Data, Measures of
Central Tendency, and Measures of
Dispersion
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Finance Module: 4 homework assignments
and 2 quizzes covering Simple Interest,
Compound Interest, Annuities, and
Amortized Loans
Geometry Module: 3 homework
assignments and 2 quiz covering Perimeter
and Area, Volume and Surface Area, The
Greeks (similar triangles), and Right Triangle
Trigonometry
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Course Set-up (Quizzes)
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given during
the regularly scheduled class meeting
time and will be based upon homework
problems. Quizzes will be "open
notes". Only one attempt is permitted
per quiz.
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Course Set-up (Tests)
Tests: When all homework for a
module is completed with an average of
90% and all quizzed for a module are
taken, you may arrange with the
instructor to take the exam for the
module. It will take a minimum of 24
hours after you have arranged to take
an exam for a test to be available in
the Testing Center for you to take.
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Course Set-up (Tests)
Tests: Most exams will be taken in the
Math Testing Center (PSA 21). Exams
taken in the Math Testing Center are
untimed. A test that is taken during
the scheduled final exam period is
timed (maximum of 1 hour and 50
minutes). Only one attempt is
permitted per test.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines: In order to meet
University requirements for providing
academic status reports, there is a minimum
pace for this course. The Logic Module and
the Sets and Counting Modules must be
completed (including tests taken) by
February 26.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines: In order to meet
University requirements for providing
academic status reports, there is a minimum
pace for this course. The Probability Module
and Statistics Module must be completed
(including tests taken) by April 7 (all quizzes
must be completed by April 2).
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines: In order to meet
University requirements for providing
academic status reports, there is a minimum
pace for this course. Finally, the Finance
Module and Geometry Module must have all
quizzes completed by Friday, April 30, all
homework assignments completed by
Tuesday, May 4, and tests (if taken in the
testing center) must be completed by
Tuesday, May 4.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines: In order to meet
University requirements for providing
academic status reports, there is a minimum
pace for this course. If the final two exams
have not been completed by Tuesday, May 4,
then they must be taken during the
scheduled final exam period.
You are free to go at a faster pace than
the minimum pace.