Syllabus Addendum

Math 155 – Contemporary Mathematics

Instructor:  Jason Wetzel

Contact Info:  Voicemail:  822-3074

                         Email:  wetzelj@midlandstech.edu

                         Office:  RO 203

                         Office Hours (tentative):  SEE WEBSITE BELOW       

My Website:   http://www.midlandstech.edu/math/wetzel/

Expectations:

·         Come to class each day ON TIME and  prepared with your book, paper, pencil, and calculator (if needed)

·         Keep up with your homework and have questions ready to ask at the beginning of each class

·         Maintain a positive learning environment in the classroom (nobody has the right to interfere with the learning of people around you)

·         Take notes and follow along in class

·         Turn cell phones off.  No headphones/earphones are allowed.

·         If I see or hear a cell phone while you are taking a test, you will get a ZERO.

Homework / Quizzes:  For each section we cover in the book, there will be a corresponding homework assignment.   Homework will never be checked.  It will not count toward your grade.  Homework assignments are problems I suggest you do in order to be prepared for the test.  I will answer any questions from homework the first 10 minutes of class.  Pop quizzes will be given occasionally and will count toward the following unit test.   

Grading:  There will be five unit tests and a final exam each worth 100 points.  Your final course grade will be the average of these six grades for a total of 600 possible points.

Make-ups:  There will be NO make-ups!  If you are absent for a unit test, your final exam grade will also count for the missed test grade.  If you take all five unit tests, your final exam grade will replace your lowest unit test if your final exam grade is higher.

Extra Credit:  An electronic course evaluation will become available to you through MTC Online.  It is important for MTC to get your feedback from this course.  At the end of the semester, the class with the highest response rate will earn 3 bonus points on the final exam.