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.cc.pa.us In case you misplace this syllabus it will
be posted at my website at http://faculty.ccp.edu/FACULTY/cloveridge

You may stop by my office for tutoring at the following times:
3:30pm to 4:15pm Monday, Wednesday
6:25pm to 7:10pm Monday, Wednesday
4:00pm to 4:45pm Tuesday, Thursday
7:10pm to 7:55pm Tuesday, Thursday

TEXT AND SUPPLIES: The text is Math 118 Intermediate Algebra
4th edition by Streeter, Hutchison, Bergman, and Hoelzle.
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:
Thursday January 23 Exam 1
Thursday February 6 Exam 2
Tuesday February 25 Exam 3
Tuesday March 18 Exam 4
Tuesday April 1 Exam 5
Tuesday April 15 Exam 6
Tuesday April 29 Final Exam 7:30pm to 9:30pm

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 250 points or 1500 points whichever is to your advantage.
If, for example, there are 620 points not counting the final
exam, then the final exam will be worth either 250 points out of
870 points for the course or 1500 points out of 2160 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 February 6 or more than twice through
February 27 I will report to the college that your attendance is
unsatisfactory. If you are absent more than twice through April 4
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 February 6 or more than twice through February 27 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.