Info Page for Math 214

Syllabus for Math 214

Summer 2nd PM 2005 Term

Office Phone	423-425-4575 (Leave a message on the answering machine and I will try to reach you at least two times before giving up.
Email Address	Terry-Walters@utc.edu. To enhance student services, the University will use your UTC email address (typically firstname-lastname@utc.edu) for communications. (Go to http://www.utc.edu, click on Current Students, then Student Email Directory (under Campus Life) and type in your name for your exact address. Or you can go to http://onenet.utc.edu and click on Forgot Password to get your email address and Onenet password.) Please check your UTC email on a regular basis. If you have problems with accessing your email account, contact the Help Desk at (423) 425-2678.
Prerequisites	UTC Math Placement Level of at least 30 or a grade of at least C in any General Education Math course. Neither developmental courses, such as Math 105 or Math 106, nor statistics courses, such as Math 210, satisfy this prerequisite. If requested, you must present transcripts or RAP sheets to verify prerequisites.
Syllabus	The text for our course is, Applied Mathematics for Teachers ,3rd Edition, by Sonnabend. We cover most of chapters 1-7, and some of chapters 8, 10, and 12 as time permits.
Homework	Most of our homework will consists of problems that are in our textbook, but we will have some web exercises. There is no way to learn mathematics without a lot of thought and work on your part. Reading and understanding the text are very important but you can only learn mathematics by doing it. I strongly recommend that you work on homework, both text and on-line, with other members of the class. If you do not understand how to work any problem successfully, ask your classmates, a tutor, your instructor, or others for help. Do not procrastinate! Not keeping up with the course, i.e., not doing homework and reading and understanding the text, is the # 1 reason for not doing well in this course!
Possible Equipment	We might need equipment such as a compass, protractor, scissors, ruler with metric and US units, etc. We will determine our needs as we go through the term.
Calculators	In this course there will be exams and homework for which calculators will be forbidden. In some situations you will be permitted to use a calculator. Most of the TI-8x series of calculators are suitable. If you already own a different graphing calculator you will not be required to buy another one. You may, however, not use a calculator with symbolic capabilities (such as the TI-89, TI-92, or HP48).
Disabilities	If you are a student with a disability and think that you might need special assistance or a special accommodation in this class or any other class, call the Office for Students with Disabilities/College Access Program at 425-4006 or come by the office, 110 Frist Hall. Examples of disabilities are blindness/low vision, communication disorders, deafness/hearing impairments, emotional/psychological disabilities, learning disabilities, and other health impairments. If you find that personal problems, career indecision, study and time management difficulties, etc, are adversely affecting your successful progress at UTC, please contact the Counseling and Career Planning Center at 425-4438.
Attendance	"You are expected to be here for every class. Coming late and leaving early should be rare occurrences since it is impolite and distracting to the entire class. However, it is better to be tardy than not to come at all. If you are tardy, please enter as quietly as possible and sit near the entrance. If you have to leave early for any reason, please let me know ahead of time and sit near the exit."
Current Catalog Description	This foundations course is designed primarily for elementary, middle school, and special education majors for the purpose of developing a thorough understanding of and ability to use basic mathematics, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and measurement. Topics include inductive and deductive reasoning, problem solving techniques, number properties and number theory, algorithms, mental arithmetic and estimation, proportional and algebraic reasoning, descriptive and deductive geometry, and measurement, including measurements specific to educational statistics. Mastery of elementary and middle school mathematics must be demonstrated. (4 hours)
Common Courtesy	Ringing cell-phones and beeping pagers are rude and disruptive and are prohibited from this class! Your nth violation earns you a penalty of (2 ^{n -1} -1)% off your next test grade.
UTC Honor Code	Your instructor has had to turn in a number of students to the honor court for cheating. This is usually devastating to the student. You are expected to read this policy at http://www.utc.edu/Units/student/handbook/academics.pdf . If you have computer problems that prevent you from reading this policy then read the policy in a computer lab at UTC.