SYLLABUS
Spring 2019
Contemporary Mathematics (Math 103)
Professor Shields
Office: 4 Greenway Room 302
Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3, Thursday 2-3 or by appointment
Office Phone: 953-5919
E-mail: shieldss@cofc.edu
Website: https://shieldss.people.cofc.edu/
Textbook Excursions
in Modern Mathematics, 8th edition, Peter
Tannenbaum, Pearson Prentice Hall
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Grades will be determined on the following
basis:
3
tests
5 quizzes (quiz average weighed as one test)
final exam (weighed as one test
grade)
92%
guarantees A
82% guarantees B
72% guarantees C
62% guarantees D
Quiz dates:
Thursday January 17
Tuesday January 29
Thursday
February 21
Tuesday March
5
Tuesday
April 2
Exam dates:
Thursday February 7
Thursday
March 14
Tuesday April 16
Warning: All of the test dates are subject to change; if you
miss class, it's your responsibility to find out if any of
these tests have been rescheduled for another day.
Make up tests: All students are expected to be present at the
time of tests and quizzes. No missed quiz or exam can be
made up (even if it is missed for a legitimate excuse);
it will be replaced by your grade on the final exam.
A documented excuse for your absence from the Absence Memo
Office at 67 George Street will be required.
Special permission must be obtained from the Office of
Student Affairs to substitute the final for more than one
missed quiz or exam.
Homework: Exercises will be assigned after each
section. The problems will not be collected but it is
clearly to your advantage to complete them as soon as possible
after the appropriate sections are covered in class.
Attendance: Students are responsible for all material presented
in class, so it is in your best interest to attend.
Help during office hours is available only to those who
either attended the class in which the material was
presented or whose absence is excused by the Associate
Dean of Students Office at 67 George Street.
Students
with disabilities: The College will make reasonable
accommodations for persons with documented disabilities.
Students should apply for services at the Center for Disability
Services/SNAP located on the first floor of the Lightsey Center,
Suite 104. Students approved for accommodations are
responsible fro notifying me one week before accommodation is
needed.
Academic Integrity Statement: The Honor Code at the College of
Charleston specifically forbids cheating, attempted cheating,
and plagiarism. Cases of suspected academic dishonesty
will be reported directly to the Dean of Students. A
student found responsible for academic dishonesty will receive
a XF in the course, indicating failure of the course due to
academic dishonesty. This grade will appear on the
student’s transcript for two years after which the student may
petition for the X to be expunged. The student may also
be placed on disciplinary probation, suspended (temporary
removal) or expelled (permanent removal) from the College by
the Honor Board.
It is important for students
to remember that unauthorized collaborations—working together
without permission—is a form of cheating. Unless a
professor specifies that students can work together on an
assignment and/or test, no collaboration is permitted.
Other forms of cheating include possessing or using an
unauthorized study aid (such as a PDA), copying from another’s
exam, fabricating data, and giving unauthorized assistance.