MATH 1113 Syllabus (Call Numbers 11-744, 11-775), Fall 2003

Second Period (9:30--10:45am), TR, Room 322 Boyd GSRC
Third Period (11:00am--12:15pm), TR, Room 304 Boyd GSRC

Instructor

Dr. Lingyun Ma, Department of Mathematics
Office hours: 9:05--9:55am WF, 2:00--3:00pm TR or by appointment

Office: 215A Barrow Hall

Office Phone number: 542--7375

Email address: lyma@math.uga.edu

Web Site: www.math.uga.edu/~lyma/

Course Materials

PRECALCULUS, UGA Edition, by David Cohen, available at the University Bookstore.
Lab Fee Card is required to take tests. You can purchase it at UGA bookstore for $16.
For more information about the course, please check New Math 1113 Homepage. Its web address is http://www.math.uga.edu/~john/new1113
For tutorial sites on the campus and their operational hours, please check EITS Lab Sites Homepage. Its web address is http://www.eits.uga.edu/sites

Testing Labs:

Room 324, Boyd GSRC
Lab Supervisor: Sam Bennett, 325A Boyd GSRC, 542-0647

Attendance Policy

Students are allowed no more than 5 absences including both excused and unexcused absences. On the sixth absence a student may be withdrawn from the course with a grade of W or WF (definitely WF after midpoint). Do not regard these 5 allowed absences as "personal free days". These are only to be used in cases of illnesses or family emergencies. In some cases, verification may be required.

Grading Policy and Testing Dates:

Orientation	5%
TEST I	Wednesday, Sept. 10	10% NO Calculator
TEST II	Tuesday, Sept. 23	10%
TEST III	Monday, Oct. 13	10%
Midpoint	Tuesday, Oct. 14
TEST IV	Wednesday, Oct. 29	10%
TEST V	Tuesday, Nov. 18	10%
Reservations for Final	Nov. 17--Nov. 21
TEST VI	Friday, Dec. 5	10% NO Calculator
Final Exam.	Dec. 10--Dec. 16	20% (3 hours)
In-class quizzes		15%

There will be 6 quizzes given in class on the days that were marked by * in the following tentative schedule. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. The remaining quiz average will be counted as 15% of the course grade.

If your final exam score is higher than your lowest long test score, then the lowest long test score will be replaced with the final exam score.

Grading Scale

F < 60 < =D < 70 <= C < 80 <= B < 90 <= A

Tentative Schedule and Assignments ---- Fall 2003, Dr. Ma

Week	Mon.	Tuesday	Wed.	Thursday	Fri.
1. Aug. 18--22		Introduction Review		Def.& Graph of F. 4.1, 4.2
2. Aug. 25--29		Shifts &Reflections 4.2, 4.3		Shifts &Reflections 4.2, 4.3
3. Sept. 1--5	Labor Day	*Combining of F. 4.4		Review
4. Sept. 8--12		Inverse F. 4.5	TEST I	Linear F. 5.1, 2.3
5. Sept. 15--19		*Quad. F. 5.2, 3.1		Review, Geometry Formula
6. Sept. 22--26		Setting up F. 2.1, 5.4 TEST II		Setting up F. 5.4
7. Sept.29-Oct.3		Max-Min Prob. 5.5		Max-Min Prob. 5.5
8. Oct.6--10		*Polynomials 5.6		Review
9. Oct.13--17	TEST III	Exponential F. 6.1, 6.2 Midpoint		Log. F. 6.3, 6.4
10. Oct. 20--24		* Log & Exp Eqn. Compound Interest 6.5, 6.6		Growth & Decay 6.7, Review
11. Oct.27--31		Trig F. 7.1, 7.2	TEST IV	Fall Break	:)
12. Nov. 3--7		Right Triangle Applications 7.3		Other Angles & Radians 7.4, 8.1
13. Nov.10--14		*App. of Radians 8.2, 8.3		Review, Graphs of Trig. 8.4
14. Nov.17--21		Graphs of Trig. 8.5, 8.7 Add. Formulas 9.1,9.2 TEST V		Trig. Eqn. 9.4
15. Nov. 24--28		*Inverse Trig. F. 9.5	:)	Thanksgiving Holidays	:)
16. Dec. 1--5		Review		Review	TEST VI
17. Dec. 8--12		Reading Day	Finals	Finals	Finals
18. Dec. 15-16	Finals	Finals

Last Revised: Aug. 18, 2003