Syllabus Addendum

Math 101 Hybrid – Beginning Algebra

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 on MyMathLab-CourseCompass.   Homework will become available online the day before each class and will have a deadline the day of the next chapter test.  One or Two pop quizzes will be given on MyMathLab-CourseCompass each chapter.  There will be up to three attempts allowed for each quiz.   

            MyMathLab-CampusCruiser:     http://www.coursecompass.com/

Grading:  There will be 800 possible points for the course.

                        100  homework

                        100  pop quizzes

                        500  five unit tests (100 pts. each)

                        100  final exam

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.