MTH 108   Topics in Mathematics


     Spring Semester  2001             TR  12:30 - 1:45          Wales  226
   
     Text:         For All Practical Purposes - Fifth Edition
     Author:     “COMAP”

     Instructor:    Norman  J.  Finizio                                   Office:    219 Tyler Hall
     Office Hours:  TR  11 AM - 12:15 PM    (also by appointment)
     Phone:    874 - 7636   (or the Math. Dept. Office:  874 - 2709 or 874 - 7635)
     email:    finizio@uriacc.uri.edu

     Course Syllabus  (brief outline):   team scheduling  (THIS MATERIAL IS NOT
     IN THE TEXT),  Chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, 10  (and maybe  Chapters 11 and 12)

     Grading Policy:    Grades will be assigned according to the following  scale:
     A    (93.6 - 100),   A-  (89.6 - 93.3),   B+  (86.6 - 89.3),   B    (83.6 - 86.3),
     B-  (79.6 - 83.3),  C+  (76.6 - 79.3),   C    (73.6 - 76.3),   C -  (69.6 - 73.3),
     D+ (64.6 - 69.3),  D    (59.6 - 64.3),   F    (0 - 59.3)

     Basis for Grades:   Hour exams and final exam.    (Homework will be assigned
     regularly but WILL NOT be part of the grade)

     Exams:   There will  be three hour exams. These hour exams will be given on the 
     following dates (note that the exams are all on TUESDAYS):  February 13,
     March 27,  April 24.  Graded exams will be returned, in class, on the next 
     class day.  Students absent on the day that graded exams are returned can obtain 
     the exam at 219 Tyler. GRADED EXAMS CANNOT BE PICKED UP BY 
     ROOM-MATES, FRIENDS, ETC.   The final exam will be optional  (see below)
     and will  be given at the time specified by the Registrar’s Office.  If taken, the    
     final exam constitutes 35% of the grade and the hour exam average constitutes
     65% of the grade.   ALL EXAMS WILL BE OF THE MULTIPLE CHOICE
     TYPE.

     Optional Final Exam:   Any student WHO HAS TAKEN ALL THREE EXAMS
     AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIMES  can opt not to take the final 
     exam and their grade will be based solely on their hour exam average (see 
     Grading Policy above).  STUDENTS SELECTING THIS OPTION WILL BE
     REQUIRED TO SIGN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THEY WILL
     NOT BE TAKING THE FINAL EXAM.  Any student that takes a make-up 
     exam or does not take one (or more) of the hour exams is NOT eligible to
     exercise this option.