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MAT 142

Basic Course Information

• Instructor

• Office

• Office Hours

•Beth Jones

•PSA 725

Tuesday 10 am – 10:45 am

Wednesday 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Thursday 10 am – 11 amand by appointment

There will be no office hours November 11. 

(Office hours subject to change.)

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• Email

• Web Page

bethjones@asu.edu

http://www.public.asu.edu/~kamman

Web Information

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• Deadlines

Deadlines

•Course Withdrawal Deadline – November 3

•Complete Withdrawal Deadline – December 7

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• CalculatorYou may use any scientific or graphing calculator you like as long as it can calculate factorials, permutations, combinations, means and standard deviations and has trigonometric functions. 

no calculators with computer algebra systems

Calculator

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• Grade Scale

• Grade BreakdownMidterm Exams – 50%

Final Exam (exam 6) – 10%

Homework and quizzes – 40%

There will be no +/- grading

A 90 to 100%

B 80 to 89.9%

C 70 to 79.9%

D 60 to 69.9%

E below 60%

Grading

Basic Course Information• Exam Dates

• Tests are taken in Math Testing Center (PSA 21)

Test 1 – Wednesday, September 8

Test 2 – either Wednesday, September 29 or Thursday, September 30

Test 3 – Wednesday, October 13

Test 4 – Wednesday, October 27

Test 5 – either Wednesday, November 17 or Thursday, November 18

Testing

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• Final Date and TimeThursday, December 9 from 7:30 am to 9:20 am

Testing

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• Attendance PolicyFor Fall and Spring semesters:   For classes that meet two days a week, the maximum number of allowed absences is four (4).        Students who exceed the number of allowed absences will receive a grade of EN.

Attendance

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• Readings

• Videos and Homework

OPTIONAL: Mathematics, A Practical Odyssey, MAT 142 at ASU, Johnson/Mowry

http://www.asu.edu/courses/mat142ej/mat142readings.html

Moodle – http://mathcms.asu.edu

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• Moodle -http://mathcms.asu.edu

Videos and Homework

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• Moodle -http://mathcms.asu.edu

Videos and Homework

Basic Course Information

• Moodle -http://mathcms.asu.edu

Videos and Homework

Basic Course Information

• Moodle -http://mathcms.asu.edu

Videos and Homework

Basic Course Information

• Moodle -http://mathcms.asu.edu

Videos and Homework

Basic Course InformationTime

Studying and Preparation Time:  The course requires you to spend time preparing and completing assignments. A three-credit course requires a minimum of 135 hours of student work.

Basic Course InformationCourse Set-up

This course is sectioned into six modules.  Each module consists of video lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, and a test.

Videos are assigned to be watched before class. In class, you will work on the homework, complete quizzes, and work on projects in groups.