MATH 1332: Liberal Arts Mathematics
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Your final grade in MATH 1332 is determined by the following point breakdown: Grade Component Points Percentage Research Project 200 25% Midterm Exam 200 25% Final Exam 300 37.5% Quizzes (5) 100 12.5% Total Points 800 100% A discussion and further breakdown of each area follows.  Late Work Policy It is of the utmost importance that you keep up with the weekly assignments. Students who fall behind in completing the assignments usually find themselves in trouble in the later weeks of the semester. All quizzes that are not completed by their due date will be given a grade of zero. Finally, ALL work must be submitted by 11:59 pm  on May 6, 2008. Any work submitted after that will not be graded. Final Grade Determination Letter Grade Points A (90%-100%) 720 or higher B (80-89%) 640 - 719 C (70%-79%) 560 - 639 D (60%-69%) 480 -559 F (0%-59%) Below 480   Weekly Assignments Each week students will generally be given a reading assignment and a hands-on assignment. The reading assignment will relate to the course objectives and the hands-on assignment will allow the student to practice the concepts covered by the course material. Quizzes There are eight assigned Quiz Experiences as shown in the course calendar. The five highest quiz scores will be used to determine your quiz grade. Any quizzes not taken by the due date will be given a score of zero. Each quiz may be taken as many as two times with the highest score counting as the quiz score. Midterm Exam The midterm exam is scheduled for the weekend of March 7-9. The midterm is an in-person exam and will be given on campus. In order to take the midterm, a picture ID must be shown to the proctor. You may bring one 8 1/2" by 11" page of notes and a calculator to the midterm. The midterm will cover the material from Chapter 2, Chapter 8, and Chapter 10. Final Exam The final exam is scheduled for the weekend of May 2-4. The final exam is a comprehensive, in-person exam and will be given on campus. In order to take the midterm, a picture ID must be shown to the proctor. You may bring one 8 1/2" by 11" page of notes and a calculator to the midterm. Research Project You’ll choose an area of mathematics to research and prepare a presentation of that topic for the rest of the class. (You’ll be submitting a rough draft which I will return with comments, ungraded, to help in preparing the final Presentation.)   Project       10 Points Project Topic – February 9   20 Points Outline of Paper – February 23   35 Points   Draft 1 of Paper – April 5   35 Points   Sketch of Presentation – April 12   50 Points Final Draft of Paper – April 26   50 Points Project Presentation – April 26