DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Student Syllabus Fall 2002
MGF1106 Mathematics For Liberal Arts
Section 01; MTWR 8:00 - 8:50 a.m. Bellamy 002; F 8:00 - 8:50 a.m. 104 HTL (recitation)

WELCOME to Mathematics For Liberal Arts. This course is especially intended for students who will major in areas which do not require further mathematics. We hope that your interest in mathematics will be stimulated in new ways at the same time you are perfecting basic logical and mathematical skills. All of the topics covered by this course will be of help on the CLAST.

With this special section of MGF1106 you are being given the opportunity of two extra class days per week to understand the course material. I hope that you will have very few absences, if any, as the course has been paced over this five-day per week time frame. Take advantage of all of the web materials so that you will be successful this semester.
ELIGIBILITY The suggested prerequisite is two years of high school algebra. Business, science, mathematics and computer science majors should not take this course because it does not serve as a prerequisite for the required courses in those areas. You MAY take MGF1106 after MAC1105.
CREDIT You may not receive credit for MGF1106 if you have already earned a C- or better in this course or an equivalent course.
INSTRUCTOR Ms. L. Dameron
Office: TBA
E-mail: dameronl@tcc.fl.edu
Phone: 201-8098
FAX: 850 644-4053
Office Hours: TBA or by arrangement
TEXT
Hacking Mathematics, your free, web-based text for Liberal Arts Mathematics, available at http://www.math.fsu.edu/~wooland/hm/hm.html

EXAMS There will be a total of three exams: two unit exams and one final exam.
EXAM CONTENT
Unit I Exam:Hacking Mathematics Unit 1 Modules 1 - 5
Unit II Exam: Hacking Mathematics Unit 2 Modules 1 - 10
Final Exam: Hacking Mathematics Unit 3 Modules 1 - 6, Unit 1 Modules 4 - 5, Unit 2 Modules 1 - 2, Unit 2 Modules 8 - 9

EXAM DATES
Unit I Exam: Friday, September 20 in RECITATION.
Unit II Exam: Friday, November 1 in RECITATION.
Final Exam: Friday, December 6 in RECITATION.
IMPORTANT: Note that your final exam is NOT given during final exams week; it is given in recitation during the last week of classes.
MAKE-UP EXAMS A make-up test for the Unit 1 exam will be given in recitation on Friday, September 27.
A make-up test for the Unit 2 exam will be given in recitation on Friday, November 8.

These make-up tests are especially intended to benefit students who miss the Unit I or Unit II test, respectively, due to illness or some other excusable personal misfortune. However, they are open to all students who wish to try to improve upon a low score on Test 1 or Test 2. Special permission is not needed to take either make-up test.

NOTE: you are NOT GUARANTEED a make-up test. You are NOT GUARANTEED two attempts at a test. It is essential that you make every possible effort to take each unit exam on its regularly scheduled day, and to try your best to earn a high score. Do not skip an exam or take it casually: if some misfortune prevents you from being able to take a make-up test you will not be given another make-up opportunity. There is no "make-up test for the make-up test."
There is no make-up test for the Final Exam.
You must take all tests with the recitation class in which you are officially enrolled.

QUIZZES Quizzes are one component of your grade (see GRADING, below). Expect to be given a quiz each week in your Friday recitation meeting (except on days when you will take an exam instead), starting with the second week of classes. You must take quizzes in the recitation class in which you are officially enrolled. Quizzes will usually involve problems of the type assigned for homework. These quiz scores will be averaged together in grading. You may also have quizzes during the MTWR lecture classes. There are no make-ups for missed quizzes; one low quiz score will be dropped to account for unavoidable absence. It doesn't matter whether you miss a quiz for a good reason (such as hospitalization, or a University-sponsored activity) or for a bad reason. There are no make-ups or other provisions to forgive missed quizzes, except, as stated above, one low quiz score will be dropped. Students who faithfully attend the daily lectures will also be given occasional opportunities to bolster their quiz averages.
INTERNET ID and PASSWORDS This is a CAI (computer-assisted instruction) course. All of your exams and quizzes will be taken over the Internet, either from a computer in your Thursday recitation room or from some other site (in the case of unproctored quizzes). In order to be able to take an Internet quiz or exam you will need to remember your user ID and password. It is your responsibility to remember your user ID and password; if you arrive for a test or quiz without knowing your user ID and password, you will not be able to take that test or quiz and your score will be zero.
CALCULATORS The student must have a scientific calculator or graphing calculator for quizzes, homework and exams. During quizzes and exams calculators must be out of cases. Students MAY NOT share calculators during quizzes and exams. The use of graphing calculators is encouraged.
HELP CENTER Free tutoring is available at The Math Help Center, located in MCH110.
ATTENDANCE AND DAILY WORK A student absent from class bears the full responsibility for all subject matter and procedural information discussed in class. Whether or not the instructor checks roll, the student's responsibility is not diminished. Expect each class to meet as scheduled unless notified otherwise by a Mathematics Instructor in person at the beginning of the class period. There are daily assignments (listed in the course supplement). Homework assignments are essential to your preparation but will not be collected or graded. Quizzes will usually involve problems of the type assigned for homework.
GRADING Your total score for the course will be determined by whichever the following formulas yields the highest result:

Formula I: Quizzes 10%, Exam I 30%, Exam II 30%, Final Exam 30%
Formula II: Quizzes 25%, Exam I 25%, Exam II 25%, Final Exam 25%
Grades will be assigned on this scale:

A = above 91.49 A- = 89.50 - 91.49 B+ = 87.50 - 89.49 B = 81.50 - 87.49
B- = 79.50 - 81.49 C+ = 76.50 - 79.49 C = 69.50 - 76.49 C- = 65.50 - 69.49
D = 59.50 - 65.49 D- = 55.50 - 59.49 F = below 55.50

COURTESY AND THE STUDENT CONDUCT CODE The Department will not permit students to arrive late or leave early from classes without an explanation afterward (in the case of a late arrival) or permission before (in the case of a good reason to leave early). Students MAY NOT simply get up and walk out. Self-restraint, courtesy, and consideration for fellow students and the Lecturer are imperative. A student violating this courtesy may be reported to the University Judicial Officer for violation of the Student Conduct Code, and the student's grade lowered. Please turn off all pagers and cellular phones during class.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the giving or receiving of unauthorized assistance or collaboration within or outside the classroom, the possession or use of restricted examination materials, plagiarism, or attempts at any of the above. During quizzes or exams, students may not possess or refer to written information (unless specifically authorized by the instructor) or receive oral information. If such information is available to a student during a quiz or exam, a grade of 0 (which cannot be removed) will be assigned for the work in question. On graded work done outside the class, plagiarism includes referring to the work of another student. Academic dishonesty also includes stealing, buying, selling, or referring to a copy of a Departmental examination before or after it has been administered. By turning in a quiz or examination, the student in effect pledges that unauthorized assistance has been neither given nor received. All violations of these policies will be reported to the University Judicial Officer and other appropriate University officials.
WORLD WIDE WEB The website for MGF1106 is http://www.math.fsu.edu/~wooland This website contains information of use to all students in MGF1106, including practice tests, practice exercises, this syllabus, and updates of other information of significance to students in MGF1106. All students in MGF1106 are expected to have and use Internet access. As an FSU student you can obtain a (free) garnet Internet account. To open a garnet account call 644-8502.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should: 1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC); 2) bring a letter to the instructor from SDRC indicating you need academic accommodations. This should be done within the first week of class. This and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request.
IMPORTANT NOTE The information on this syllabus is specific to MGF1106 Section 01;
if you transfer to another section, you must obtain the syllabus for your new section.