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instructors
Jim Ellis
office: Carver 374
office hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:00, Wednesday 11:00-1:00, Thursday 1:00-3:00
email: jsellis@iastate.eduLydia Chan
office: Carver 386
office hours: Monday 2:00-4:00, Wednesday 3:00-4:00
email: skchan@iastate.eduoverview
This course will be at your own pace. Recitation instructors will answer any questions that you have on the course material, but you will be expected to learn the material on your own. This means reading the book, doing practice problems and coming to recitation with questions prepared.
recitations
You may attend any recitation that is convenient for you, not just the one for which you are scheduled. You also may attend more than one if you wish.
On your schedule you will see one of the recitations listed above. You will also see a time slot for Carver 449. This is a computer lab in Carver. You will attend orientation at that time during the first week; you don't have to go back on subsequent weeks.
computer exams
All testing in this course will be done via computer in one of the Carver labs, either 449 or 250. The testing software is called MapleTA. There are two types of objects available in MapleTA: pretests and exams. The exams determine your grade and must be taken in Carver 449 or 250; you must sign in and show your ISU card. The pretests are there for practice. You may take them as many times as you need to and they may be taken from any computer with internet access. The details of this will be explained during the lab orientation the first week of classes.
You may not use anything on the exams except pen/pencil, scratch paper, and a calculator (except on unit exam 2). If you bring your own scratch paper, you may not use paper that has any mathematics on it. In particular, when the formula sheet is provided, you may not bring a printed version of it to the lab; you must use the version online. You may not use email, instant messenger, telephones, search engines, etc, while taking an exam. You may have two windows open: one for WebCT, the other for MapleTA.
You may take each exam four times, but only once per day. Only the highest score is counted. You do not have to take the exams at any particular time - you may take them any time the computer labs are open. Here is the exam schedule:
exam opens closes points available online testing practice Aug 25, 8:00 a.m. Sept 12, 11:55 p.m. 21 unit 1 exam Sept 3, 8:00 a.m. Sept 14, 11:55 p.m. 26 unit 2 exam Sept 15, 8:00 a.m. Sept 23, 11:55 p.m. 25 unit 3 exam Sept 24, 8:00 a.m. Oct 5, 11:55 p.m. 20 unit 4 exam Oct 6, 8:00 a.m. Oct 14, 11:55 pm. 20 unit 5 exam Oct 15, 8:00 a.m. Oct 26, 11:55 p.m. 20 unit 6 exam Oct 27, 8:00 a.m. Nov 02, 11:55 p.m. 20 trigonometry final exam Nov 3, 8:00 a.m. Nov 7, 11:55 p.m. 100 unit 7 exam Nov 10, 8:00 a.m. Nov 18, 11:55 p.m. 20 unit 8 exam Nov 19, 8:00 a.m. Dec 7, 11:55 p.m. 20 unit 9 exam Dec 8, 8:00 a.m. Dec 14, 11.55 p.m. 20 analytic geometry final exam Dec 15, 8:00 a.m. Dec 19, 10:00 p.m. 75 *** all test times are subject to computer lab hours. plan ahead to be sure that you will be able to take the test! ***
how to study in this course
Here is what you should do:
read the chapter in the book corresponding to the practice problems each week
attempt to answer several questions in the practice set on MapleTA
carefully write down any questions you have, and take those questions to a recitation
practice problems
grading scale
There are 366 points (231 for 141 students) available. The cutoffs for letter grades are as follows:
A 90% A- 85% B+ 82% B 78% B- 75% C+ 72% C 68% C- 65% D+ 50% D 47% D- 43%
disability accomodations
If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Resources (DR) office, located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076, 515-294-6624.
helpful links
MapleTA Syntax
recitation schedule
computer lab schedules
MapleTA
trigonometry formula sheet
analytic geometry formula sheet
updated: 07/23/08