Math 1300
Course Policies and General Information
Spring 2007
Instructor
Office
Mailbox
email
Website
Office hours
Leigh Hollyer
617 PGH
651 PGH
dog@uh.edu
www.math.uh.edu/~dog
Mondays
9am – 11am in CASA
Fridays
9am – 11am in CASA
by appointment
starting Jan. 22 and ending April 27
Lecture time and place
TuTh, 8:30 – 10am, 104 SEC
Text
is online and free. Go to
www.online.math.uh.edu/Math1300
you may buy a printed version at the UC Copy Center, if
you wish.
Announcements will be made at the beginning of lecture, by email, or on my website.
You are responsible for any announcements of changes regardless of the
medium I use. I reserve the right to make changes to the syllabus and to
announce such information as needed. Please keep your email address
updated at the CourseWare site as this is my favorite way to get in touch
with you.
Calculators
are not allowed. Don’t get dependent by using them on your homework.
Cheating
won’t be tolerated. See page 8 of the Student Handbook for details.
Course Policies Quiz. This is a required quiz on WebCT. You must register with
WebCT and earn a perfect score to be allowed to take any of the
weekly quizzes. This quiz will be up by the end of the first week of
school and ends at the end of the third week.
CourseWare website: www.casa.uh.edu is where you register for tests, check your
grades, and have a discussion board for help from other students. Please
set up your CourseWare login and password on the first day of classes.
Daily poppers will begin on Tuesday, January 30. Short multiple choice questions will
be asked throughout the lecture. You will answer them on the purple
Scantron you will bring to class (nb: I won’t be supplying ANY
Scantrons!). You will turn in the Scantron at the end of lecture. They’ll
be graded and shredded, not returned. Grades will be posted twice a
month in your CourseWare grade book. Daily poppers are 10% of your
grade. There are no make-ups for missed poppers.
Dropping
You are responsible for making sure you have been successfully dropped
from the course. Do not depend on me to drop you for any reason nor
should you assume that paperwork will be done for you automatically.
Pay attention to drop deadlines and check VIP for your course status. If
you want to be dropped, let me know; don’t assume I’m going to do it for
you even if you deserve it.
Email:
The class email list is kept by the CourseWare website people. Make sure
your listing is current and that you’ve adjusted your spam
filter to allow me to
email you. You are responsible for anything I send.
Extra Credit
Immediately prior to each test there will be a practice test available online.
You may take it as many times as you want; 10% of your high score will
be added to your test grade. Please make sure to note the date and time
that the test will be removed from online – get your extra credit done well
before then. Extra credit will be added in at the END of the semester in
MY grade book; the only grades posted in your CourseWare grade book
will be your actual test scores.
Final
The final is compulsory and comprehensive. It is 110 minutes long. The
final counts 10% of your grade. You must score a 50% on the final to be
eligible to pass the course. The final will be taken in our classroom on
purple Scantrons. Don’t forget to bring one.
The final is Thursday, May 10 from 8am – 9:50am.
Grading
The overall grading scheme is:
Attendance poppers
Homework
Tests in CASA
Weekly quizzes
Final
10%
10%
40%
30%
10%
The course is graded S/U. You must have BOTH a 50% on the final and a
70% cumulative average to earn a grade of S. If you do not earn a grade
of S your grade will be a U. “U” cannot be removed from your transcript
by repeating the course; each time you take the course, it is graded.
If you score below 50% on the final (raw score), then your grade is
automatically a U.
Help
for the course is available at MathLab (222 Garrison) from
9am to 4pm M – Th and 9am to 2pm Friday.
Tutoring is also available at LSS (3rd floor of the Social Work building).
Audiovisual tapes of the material can be checked out from the publications
department of the Library.
Online help is available at www.online.math.uh.edu. There is a
discussion board available for peer tutoring on the CourseWare site.
Homework
One or two homework assignments will be due daily starting Tuesday,
Sept. 5. Do each assignment on a separate red Scantron form.
Fill out the top of the form fully and properly. Don’t write outside the
boxes. None, one or two problems will be graded. Homework
will not be
returned. Grades will be posted to your CourseWare gradebook twice a month.
Work neatly, do the problems IN ORDER, box your answers, stay inside
the lines. Homework must be turned in on the proper day in
our classroom
-- not early, not late; it is due BEFORE I start lecturing. Make two piles if two
assignments are due and make sure
you get yours in the correct pile.
Homework that does not conform to these standards will not be graded.
Important dates for Spring 2007
First class day
Last day to drop, enrollment cap
Test 1 in class, purple Scantron
Test 1 make-up petition deadline
Last day to drop w/o grade
Test 2 in CASA
Test 2 make-up petition deadline
Test 3 in CASA
Test 3 make-up petition deadline
Last day to drop at all*
Test 4 in CASA
Test 4 make-up petition deadline
Final** 8am – 9:50, purple Scantron
Tuesday, Jan. 16
Monday, Jan. 29
Thursday, Feb. 15
Wed., Feb. 21
Tuesday, March 13
March 9, 10
Friday, March 28
April 6, 7
Friday, March 13
Tuesday, April 3
April 27, 28
Monday, May 1
Thursday, May 10
*You are not guaranteed a “W”. If you are failing, your grade may be a U.
**the final is 110 minutes long and is in our classroom not in CASA
Make-ups
There are no make-ups for weekly quizzes, homework, or daily poppers.
Making up a test is by petition; see me for the Make-up Test Petition form
quickly enough that you can have it returned to me within 5 working days
of the end of the testing period. Good documentation is required for a
makeup to be permitted; note that a note from your Mom is NOT good
documentation. Good documentation includes a copy of your reservation
time on CASA; print this out when you make your reservation for your
records.
Make-ups will be both longer and harder than the original test.
You only get one make-up test per semester.
Prerequisites none
Rescheduling It is technically possible to reschedule a test appointment during the
testing period depending on space availability. Please try this option if
you miss your test reservation or are late and cannot be seated.
Reservations are required for Tests 1 - 4. The reservations site is www.casa.uh.edu.
Changing a reservation is technically possible but depends totally on space
availability…if no spaces for a change are available you may not change
your reservation.
If you forget to make a reservation, one will be made for you
automatically without regard to your preferences. You may change the
reservation to something convenient on a space available basis.
Showing up late for a reservation means you won’t be seated. You will be
offered the opportunity to reschedule but do realize that what’s left may
not be convenient for you. Don’t be late and don’t pick the last possible
day and time for the tests. Inconvenient times are not a sufficient reason
for a make-up test.
Scantrons
Poppers will be taken on the purple Scantron form. Make sure you bring
one to every class starting the third week of class. I will not be supplying
any.
Homework will be turned in on the red Scantron form. One assignment
per form.
Scantron forms are available in semester packets at the Copy Center in the
UC or in The Book Store
Tests 1 - 4
There will be four exams given during semester; each is 50 minutes long.
Each test will be given in CASA (room 221A Garrison). You must make
a reservation for each test in CASA; the reservations can be made online
using a link from the WebCT homepage or directly. You must make your
reservation before the testing period begins; the scheduling system turns
off at midnight before a testing period begins. Each test in CASA counts
10% of your grade.
The test schedule is in the table above, called “Important Dates”.
The Testing Center is also known as CASA. It is in 221A Garrison. You will be
required to show a Cougar 1 card to check in (a drivers license will NOT
be ok). You will not be permitted to take personal belongings (including
purses and fanny packs) to the testing cubicle; you will be required to
check them. Neither the department nor the University is liable for
misplaced, lost, or stolen personal belongings. Do NOT arrive late; be
there at least 10 minutes early. Late arrivals will not be seated; missing
your test because you got there late is NOT a reason for giving you a
make-up test. There is no standby seating. Please don’t hang around
hoping to get let in.
WebCT help 713-743-1411. Do not email me about WebCT problems, contact them!
This is a 24/7 helpline.
Weekly quizzes Starting the third week of school there will be online quizzes to take on
the WebCT Vista site. New quizzes will be posted weekly and will
remain up for about a week. You may take the quizzes as many times as
you like during this time; your high scores for the uptime will be the grade
recorded for the quiz. This site is different from CourseWare and requires
a login and password (you may use the same password if that makes your
life easier). Go to www.uh.edu/WebCt to register.
Around mid-semester, I’ll be checking your grades on your quizzes. I’ll
pick the time for this and it won’t be announced in class. If you have 3 or
more scores lower than 70%, I’ll drop you from the class. Please don’t
use this as a way to avoid the drop paperwork, if you want to be dropped,
see me and I’ll sign you out with a W.
Do not wait until the last afternoon to begin working on a quiz! Web CT
has a finite number of “logins” that can be accommodated per hour and
being unable to log on is not an excuse, neither are viruses or hardware
failures. There are no excused misses for a quiz because you have about a
week to take it and you can take it from any computer that has internet
access. You may print out the quizzes at home, bring the copy, and get
help on baffling questions in MathLab. Your quiz average counts 30% of
your grade.
Vnet recordings
I will be recording our lectures. You may watch a recording as
often as you like. They’re available at www.vnet.uh.edu
See my website for help getting into Vnet to look at the recordings.