Basic Mathematics MTH 090
Ms. Whitehead
SYLLABUS
TEXTBOOK:
Basic College Mathematics: A Real World Approach, 2nd Edition;
Bello
COURSE
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this course is to review arithmetical
principles and computations. This course will help the student’s
mathematical proficiency for selected curriculum entrance.
Office:
S112.
E-mail
address: kwhitehead@eocc.edu
I would prefer you contact me by e-mail. I have run into problems in the
past where students leave me a phone number to call them back and I can’t
hear all of the number or I can’t get them and I leave a message
and they call me back and leave another one. I will check my e-mail regularly.
Telephone:
ext. 2315. (voice mail available)
GRADING
SCALE
A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 F: Below 60
Note:
Please remember that most colleges or universities will not accept a grade
of D or below for transfer credit.
Please realize that this course is delivered online and will
require considerable discipline from you. You will have to be very dedicated
and will need to stay on schedule and will need to spend lots of time
with the book and course materials. For the successful completion of this
course you must have internet access. The school has computers for your
use in the SAS lab, in the library, and in various labs around campus.
If you have internet access at home you will be able to work at any time
available to you. Please check your e-mail every day or every other day.
This is the method I will use when getting in contact with you, sending
out important messages, and testing reminders. In the case of bad weather
and the college is closed or the computer system is down I will notify
you as soon as I know but you may not be able to access the course while
the computers are down.
TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURES
Your grade will be based on your total work in this course. For
each section that has been assigned to you, there will be a textbook section
listed and a homework assignment for you to complete. These problems are
for your practice and I will not be taking them up for a grade. You will
need to work through them to be successful in the course. There will be
eight tests given throughout the semester which are each worth 100 points
and a comprehensive final exam worth 100 points. If you have maintained
an A average throughout the entire course you will be excused from the
comprehensive final. Please note that you will be given three days to
take each test and the date by which the test must be completed will be
listed on the course outline. These dates are very specific and will be
adhered to throughout the course.
Tests must be done in pencil (they are very hard to grade if
they have been scribbled on)! If you do not use a pencil, then 10 points
will be deducted from your grade. You may NOT
use calculators on any of the tests. There should not be any reason for
you to miss a test as you will have three days to complete the test. Therefore,
NO make-up tests will be given in this course.
All tests must be taken in a monitored environment on a school campus.
Please note that the testing center on the EOCC Enterprise Campus will
only allow you to take a pencil to your seat. You must also show a photo
ID to receive your test. The testing center on the Enterprise campus is
in the SAS lab. The hours for testing are from 1:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and from 8:00 – 12:00 on Friday. If these
testing times are not suitable for your schedule please notify me immediately
and other arrangements will be made.
If you are planning to test on the Fort Rucker, Ozark, or Mobile campuses,
please contact someone on the campus and inquire about their testing hours
and procedures. Some of the test proctors prefer you to make an appointment
to take your test. Please let me know in advance which site you intend
to be tested so I will make sure your test is there waiting for you. If
you will be changing testing sites for any reason you will need to contact
me immediately so I will have your test in the correct place for you.
If you are not able to come to one of the four campuses of EOCC you will
have to make arrangements for a test proctor and there are certain requirements
for proctors. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this.
Please note that you will need to begin your test approximately 1 ½
or 2 hours before each testing site closes to ensure that you have enough
time to complete your test.
CHEATING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! THE CONSEQUENCES OF
SUCH ACTIONS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) A GRADE OF ZERO AND REFERRAL
TO THE DEAN OF INSTRUCTION (WHO MAY IMPOSE FURTHER PENALTIES)!
You may obtain your final course grade through Enstar or from the EOCC
website.
ATTENDANCE
For financial aid purposes, attendance must be monitored. You must perform
an initial login to the course to be counted as attending the course initially.
After that attendance is also required for this class in the form of logging
into your course a minimum of 5 times per week. If you have already completed
your work early in the week you should still log in to check the announcements
and also your e-mail. I may have something very important that you should
know, so please check these daily.
WITHDRAWAL
POLICY
A student who wishes to withdraw from a course after the College’s
official drop and add period and prior to the official start of final
exams may do so by completing a course withdrawal form in the Office of
the Registrar. Students who withdraw before the beginning of the twelfth
(12th) week of the fall semester will receive a grade of “W”
for any course withdrawn. Please realize that you must pick up a form
from the Registrar’s office and return it to that office to complete
the withdrawal process.
After the withdrawal date, I will assign a grade of “WP” to
you if you are doing satisfactory work at the time of withdrawal or “WF”
for unsatisfactory work at the time of withdrawal. Students must return
the signed withdrawal for to the Office of the Registrar to complete the
withdrawal process.
MISCELLANEOUS
You will be using the internet to a large extent in this course. Please
note that EOCC does not endorse any advertisements that you may find on
a public web site. The United States Constitution rights of free speech
apply to all members of our community regardless of the medium used. Our
college, EOCC, disclaims all liability for data, information, or opinions
expressed in chat rooms, discussion forums, or web pages not officially
sponsored by the college. Careful attention was made to choose web pages
that are of high quality, but you could find yourself somewhere you did
not intend through a series of links or through web addresses that have
changed without any prior notice. You can always close your browser and
start again if this happens to you.
I will make sure that all e-mail received before 10:00 each morning will
be answered before I leave for the day. If you have not received a response
from me within 24 hours you should try to contact me again. Dealing with
technology, sometimes there are problems which I can not foresee so if
by chance I do not answer your e-mails, please call and leave a voice
mail for me. I will return phone calls as soon as possible but if I don’t
get you I will leave a message and will then e-mail you a response, so
check your e-mail too.
The syllabus is a tentative description of the MTH 090 online course.
The instructor reserves the right to alter the course from the syllabus
description at any time during the semester if the instructor deems such
a course alteration will be necessary to your learning.
Any student who requires special accommodations under the Americans with
Disabilities Act should contact the College Coordinator for ADA in the
office of the Registrar.
The TEACH Act Copyright Notice states that materials on this course Web
site are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes
associated with this course and may not be retained or further disseminated.
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