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UNIV 1108 Syllabus – Spring 2016 (Tentative)
Dr. Xuechao Li (Suechow Lee), Office location: 203 Milledge Hall
Email: xcli@uga.edu
Office Hours
MWF: 2:00—3:30PM or by Appointments.
RefenceText: (1) Functions and Change by Crauder,Evens and Noell (Edition 5e)
(2) (Reference) Mathematical modeling by Mary Ellen Davis and C. Henry Edwards
(2ndEdition). And some handout material will be hand out during the class
Graphing calculators are required for course. The techniques used in the course
will be shown using a Texas Instruments TI-83 calculator. The TI-83, 83 Plus, 84 Plus
Silver.
Functions & Change (5e) Online information:
1. http://www.webassign.net
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class click here.
3. Enter the class key: It may be available on Wednesday
Instructor
Xuechao Li
Section
UNIV 1108, section 25368
Class Key
uga 5584 3695
4. Follow the guild to build your login ID and your password.
The course syllabus is a general plan for the course: deviations announcement to the class
by the instructor may be necessary.
Goal of this course
The goal of this course is to improve the ability of students to apply quantitative skills
and reasoning to the analysis of real-world data and give students an opportunity to learn
something significant about how math is used, and why math is important. In doing so,
the student will develop the foundations for the quantitative demands of other general
education courses in natural and social sciences and foundations
to be successful in Math 1101, Introduction to Mathematical Modeling, at The University
of Georgia.
Rules and Requirements:
Attendance: You will do all homework outside of class online using the
homework on the webassign.net site. We will meet MWF, about 5-10
minus of this class time will be used to go over some questions you have
about the material presented in previous class as well as the homework
assignment.
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Homework: The homework assignments located on the webassign site
are divided by chapter. Each chapter’s assignments are due by the date of
the exam for that chapter. Homework will account for 10% of your grade
for the course.
Homework is an important component to being successful in this course. In order to
cover all of the information that we need to each day, it is required that you email me
homework questions that you have by 9:00 pm the night before we meet for each
class. I will then answer your questions at the beginning of each class period.
Because there are a lot material needed to be covered in a short period of time, there
may be times when I ask that you meet with me during my office hours so that we
may discuss your questions.
Note that you have up to 25 trials to submit your answers to each
question.
Quizzes: There are about six-eight quizzes online which will earn 10% of your grade.
Note that each question on each quiz you have only 3 trials to submit your answer.
Chapter Tests: No-Make-Ups. There will be 4 tests that you will take during this
semester. You will have an option to drop your lowest test score for one of our 4 in class
tests. Your chapter tests are worth a total 50% of your course grade. The final exam
may be used to substitute ONE missing chapter test in the event of an excused
emergency absence. An excused emergency absence will only be granted when you
have notified me of the illness/emergency prior to the class meeting on the test day, and
with a document excuse presented to me later. The exact dates of the tests will be
announced in class.
GRADING & CLASS POLICIES (Attendance Policy):
Good attendance is a must. You cannot succeed to the best of your ability if you are not
in class for each lecture. Do not lure yourself into the false security of thinking you only
need someone’s notes and you can figure out the homework yourself.
Typically 4 absences of any sort result in an automatic WF in the course.
Class Lectures: We will start each class lecture with questions concerning the previous
assignment. Please ask questions: this is the only way we learn.
Final Exam
Final examination will be a comprehensive, about 35-50-questions. Note that the final
examination may not take place in this classroom or at the time indicated in the
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University’s Schedule of Classes. The date and time will be announced later in the
semester. Final worth 30% of your grade.
The final test exam may be used to substitute ONE missed in class test in the event of
an excused emergency absence. An excused emergency absence will only be granted
when you have notified me of the illness/emergency prior to the class meeting on test
day.
Grading
Grading is on a standard 10-point grading scale.
Note: You are RESPONSIBLE to keep track of your own grades.
Example of how to calculate your grade: Suppose you have scores on your four
chapters tests which are 93,65,80, and 92 respectively. Then your chapters tests
earning for you is:
93  80  92
 0.5  44%
300
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Suppose your quizzes are: 80, 90, 60, 70 which gives you that
80  90  60  70
 0.1  0.075  7.5%
400
Suppose that your final is 68 over 100 which gives that
68
 0.3  0.204  20.4%
100
Suppose your homework is 10%.
Your course grade will be
44%  7.5%  20.4%  10%  81.9% which is B.
A: >=9%, B: >=80%, C: >=70%, D:>= 60%, F: < 59%
For drop back from Math 1101 students: Your first two tests at Math 1101 will be auto
dropped. So all of your two chapter tests in my class (UNIV 1108) will be kept and
counted toward to your grade.
Attendance Policy You are expected and required to attend every class meeting.
However, illnesses and accidents happen. Thus, you have three absences from the class.
More than three and you may be withdrawn from the course with a grade of WF. The
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exception is illness; you should contact instructor and have medical excuses from the
Heath Center. You may have any number of such excused absences.
Tardiness is disruptive to the class. While the occasional tardiness is excusable due to the
difficulties in finding parking or crowded buses, regular tardiness will be penalized by
being counted as unexcused absences. A warning will be issued before penalties are
enacted.
University of Georgia Honesty Policy
The Honesty Policy at the University of Georgia is described in detail in the publication
A Culture of Honesty and is available through the Office of the Vice President for
Instruction or online at www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm.
1. “No student shall knowingly perform, attempt to perform or assist another in
performing any act of academic dishonesty.”
2. Acts of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to: plagiarism,
unauthorized assistance, lying, tampering, bribery, or theft.
It is your responsibility as a student at The University of Georgia to be aware of what
constitutes academic dishonesty and to avoid any hint of it in your work at the University.
Tentative dates for tests.
01/29/2016: Test 1 (Chapter P & Chapter 1)
02//26/2016: Test 2 (Chapter 2)
03/25/2016: Test 3 (Chapter 3)
04/22/2016: Test 4 (Chapter 4 )
Final exam (Comprehensive)
Final exam: date , time and Location: will be announced later this semester.