Math 1010 – 001 Summer 2011 Instructor: Katrina Johnson Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 11:45 – 12:30, Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:30 – 11:30, or by appointment Office: JWB 105 E-­‐mail address: kjohnson@math.utah.edu Website: http://www.math.utah.edu/~kjohnson/math1010/ Class Time & Place: Monday – Thursday, 8:45 – 9:45am, JTB 140 Text: Larson & Hostetler, Intermediate Algebra, 5th edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Calculators: Feel free to use a calculator on your homework, but remember there will be NO calculators allowed on quizzes or exams! Anyone with a calculator or cell phone out during an exam or quiz earns a zero on that exam or quiz. Prerequisites: An ACT score of 18-­‐22, an SAT score of 430-­‐530, a passing grade of C or better in Math 990, or placement by the appropriate score on the math Placement Exam. All test scores expire after two years for placement purposes. Objectives: • become used to the idea of having variables represent parameters and unknowns • become competent at simple algebraic manipulations • understand the concept of an algebraic identity • learn how to apply the basic techniques of solving linear and quadratic equations • get used to using mathematics to solve word problems Grading: The grades will be calculated as follows: Homework Quizzes 20% Midterm 1 25% Midterm 2 25% Final 30% Total 100% Final: Friday, August 5, 2011 from 7:30 – 9:30am in JTB 140 Midterms: Thursday, June 9, 2011 Thursday, July 7, 2011 Important! There are NO alternate exams. Exam dates are fixed and will not change, make sure that you are in class to take each exam. Grading scale: A (93-­‐100), A-­ (90-­‐92), B+ (87-­‐89), B (83-­‐86), B-­ (80-­‐82), C+ (77-­‐79), C (73-­‐76), C-­ (70-­‐72), D+ (67-­‐69), D (63-­‐66), D-­ (60-­‐62), E (0-­‐59) Homework & Homework Quizzes:  Homework will be assigned for each section covered in class.  The first day of class each week we will have a short homework quiz. You will be able to use your completed homework from the previous week during the homework quiz. NO books or calculators will be allowed. You MUST show your work, NO credit will be given on any quiz for answers without supporting work. NO make-­‐up quizzes will be given. I will drop 3 quiz scores. 
Policies:  Make sure that the written work you turn in is organized and legible. I will only grade work that I can read.  When you come to class plan to be in class (turn your phone to “silent” mode, keep your computer in your bag, save visiting with your neighbor/friend till after class, …). If you are in class I will expect respectful behavior. I will take action to terminate disruptive behavior.  If your have questions about any midterm or quiz grade, you must bring it to me within two weeks of the midterm or quiz. After that, you will have to live with whatever grade you got.  I may send information to the class via the campus information system. You will be responsible for this information. It is in your best interest to make sure your email address it up-­‐to-­‐date.  If you have crisis-­‐level extenuating circumstances, which require flexibility, it is 100% your responsibility to communicate with me as soon as possible. The longer you wait to communicate with me, the less I can and am willing to do to help.  Please make sure you do your best throughout the semester. Come talk to me if you need further study strategies. No extra credit will be given. Do not ask me to make special arrangements for you to improve your grade at the end of the semester. If you ask me toward the end of the semester if I’ll make special arrangements for you to improve your grade by some means, I will automatically deduct one percentage point from your overall grade, just for asking the question!! Resources – Tutoring Lab: Opens Wednesday, May 28, 2011 T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Student Center (between JWB and LCB), Room 155 Hours: M – Th 8a.m. – 8p.m., F 8a.m. – 6p.m. (Closed weekends and holidays) Computer Lab: T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Student Center, Room 155C Hours: M – Th 8a.m. – 8p.m., F 8a.m. – 6p.m. (Closed weekends and holidays) Private Tutoring: University Tutoring Services, 330 SSB or there is a list of tutors at the Math Department office in JWB 233 Students with Disabilities: The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Build, 581-­‐5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations.