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Welcome
to
MAT 142
Self-paced Hybrid
Basic Course Information
Instructor and Office Hours
• Instructor
•Beth Jones
• Office
•PSA 725
• Office Hours
Tuesday 10 am – 10:45 am
Wednesday 8:15 am – 9:15 am
Thursday 10 am – 11 am
and by appointment
There will be no office hours November 11.
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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 – November 3
•Complete Withdrawal Deadline – December 7
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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
Pick up test tickets from 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 December 7.
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Book, Videos, and Homework
• Readings
http://www.asu.edu/courses/mat142ej/mat
142readings.html
OPTIONAL: Mathematics, A Practical
Odyssey, MAT 142 at ASU,
Johnson/Mowry
• Videos and Homework
Moodle – http://mathcms.asu.edu
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Homework
http://mathcms.asu.edu
Homework Assignments:
All homework assignments are submitted in
WeBWorK through Moodle. This can be
accessed directly through the website
http://mathcms.asu.edu
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Videos and Homework
• Moodle -
http://mathcms.asu.edu
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Videos and Homework
• Moodle -
http://mathcms.asu.edu
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Videos and Homework
• Moodle -
http://mathcms.asu.edu
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Videos and Homework
• Moodle -
http://mathcms.asu.edu
Basic Course Information
Videos and Homework
• Moodle -
http://mathcms.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:
Sets and Counting Module:
4 homework assignments,
2 quizzes, and
1 test 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,
2 quizzes, and
1 test covering
History of Probability,
Basic Terms of Probability,
Basic Rules of Probability,
Expected Value, and
Conditional Probability
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Statistics Module:
3 homework assignments,
2 quizzes, and
1 test covering
Population, Sample, and Data,
Measures of Central Tendency, and
Measures of Dispersion
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Dimensional Analysis and Exponential
Models Module:
3 homework assignments,
2 quizzes, and
1 test covering
Dimensional Analysis,
Exponential Functions and their Inverses,
and Exponential Growth and Decay.
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Finance Module:
4 homework assignments,
2 quizzes, and
1 test covering
Simple Interest,
Compound Interest,
Annuities, and
Amortized Loans
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module Contents:
Geometry Module:
3 homework assignments,
2 quizzes, and
1 test 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 (Quizzes)
Quizzes: In order to take a quiz, you
must have a score of 70% or
better on the homework
assignments covered by the
quiz. This minimum score
must be achieved no later
than 24 hours before the
beginning of the class during
which you plan to take the
quiz.
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Course Set-up (Quizzes)
Quizzes: You must have a score of
70% or better by 8:35 am on
the Sunday before you plan
to take the quiz.
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Course Set-up (Tests)
Tests: When all homework for a
module is completed with an
average of 70% or better and
all quizzes for a module are
taken, you may arrange with the
instructor to take the exam for
the module.
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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 (Tests)
Tests: You must complete the test
for one module before you can
take any quiz for the next
module.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines:
It will take a minimum of 7 class meetings
(including today) to complete this course.
If you have not completed the first two
quizzes and arranged to take test 1 by
Monday, November 1, you WILL NOT be
able to complete all modules of the course.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines:
Academic status reports will be based on
your progress on the suggested schedule
for your class.
This suggested schedule is included at the
end of the syllabus.
You are free to go at a faster pace
than the suggested pace.