Math 118 Intermediate Algebra                Fall 2007
 
INSTRUCTOR:  Clark Loveridge.  My office is located at BR-60 and the phone number is (215)751-8689.  You may also contact me by e-mail at cloveridge@ccp.edu.  This syllabus and some course materials will be posted at my website at http://faculty.ccp.edu/FACULTY/cloveridge
 
You may stop by my office BR-60 for tutoring at the following times:
11:30am to 1:30pm  Mondays & Wednesdays,
10:00am to 10:45am Tuesdays & Thursdays,
4:30pm to 5:00pm Tuesdays
 
TEXT AND SUPPLIES:  The text is Intermediate Algebra: Custom Edition for CCP by Elayn Martin-Gay.  It is available in the bookstore, room WB-4.  You will also need lined 8.5"x11" paper, graph paper, and writing instruments.  Calculators are optional.  However no calculators which display formulas or graphs are permitted on exams.
 
TOPICS COVERED:  properties of numbers, signed numbers, equations, inequalities, slope, forms of linear equations, graphs, systems of linear equations, exponents, radicals, polynomials, and applications.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday  September 25 Exam 1
Tuesday  October     16 Exam 2
Tuesday  November   6 Exam 3
Thursday November 29 Exam 4
Date and time of the final exam will be announced.
 
LEARNING LAB:  If you wish to meet with a student tutor, go to the Math Leaning Lab B2-36 to make an appointment.  You may receive up to 1 extra credit point per week for your tutoring sessions in the Learning Lab if you bring back a statement signed by the tutor.
 
If your final grade for the course is an A and if you would like to earn some extra money tutoring Math 118 or other course(s) see Gail Chaskes in the Math Learning Lab B2-36.  The more courses you can tutor the better.  Generally you need to know the course at the A level in order to tutor a particular course.

GRADING:  Each assignment, quiz, and exam will be assigned a point value.  Quizzes may be unannounced.  The final exam will be worth either 200 points or 1200 points whichever is to your advantage.  If, for example, there are 426 points not counting the final exam, then the final exam will be worth either 200 points out of 626 points for the course or 1200 points out of 1626 points for the course, whichever is to your advantage.  At the end of the semester I will total your points and convert the total to a percent and grade as follows:
 
      A 90 - 100%     B 80 - 89%     C 70 - 79%     D 60 - 69%     F 0 - 59%

MAKE-UPS:  Daily assignments, quizzes, and extra credit assignments cannot be made up but I will drop your 12 lowest points.  Exams cannot be made up if for any reason you are not in class but I will drop your lowest exam grade excluding the final exam.
 
EARLY WORK: You may submit extra credit assignments but not daily assignments or quizzes in advance for days when you expect to be absent from class but I will drop your 12 lowest points.  Exams cannot be taken early if you know in advance that you will be unable to attend class on a day when an exam is scheduled but I will drop your lowest exam grade excluding the final exam.

ATTENDANCE AND PROMPTNESS:  Attendance will be taken daily as required by the college.  Three latenesses count as one absence.  If you are absent more than once through October 1 or more than twice through October 29, I will report to the college that your attendance is unsatisfactory.  If you are absent more than twice through November 26 you should discuss your situation with me.  Otherwise you may be dropped from the course.

If you are on financial aid and must miss class more than once through October 1 or more than twice through October 29 you should discuss your situation with me.  Otherwise your financial aid may be discontinued.

INCLEMENT WEATHER:  In the event of inclement weather there are several ways of determining whether CCP is open.  You may listen for CCP's school closing number 238 or 2238 on KYW radio at 1060 on the AM dial or check KYW's school closing web page at http://www2.kyw1060.com/schools/ or for a price you may call KYW's school closing phone number at 1-900-737-1060.  Usually if SEPTA is running close to normal then CCP will remain open.

GIFTS:  To avoid any apperance of impropriety no gifts of any kind will be accepted.