Prof. Xuemin Tu (Office: 511 Snow, Phone: 864-7309, Email: xtu@math.ku.edu)
Course Web Page: http://www.people.ku.edu/~x939t548/Math115/Math115.html

2. Prerequisite: MATH 101 or MATH 104, or two years of high school algebra and a score of 26 or higher on ACT mathematics, or a qualifying score on the mathematics placement test.

Textbook: Applied Calculus by S. T. Tan (9th Edition) with WebAssign access (Required). We will cover most of Chapters 2 through 6.

Calculator: TI-84 plus Graphing Calculator or equivalent. (Highly recommended)

WebAssign:

3. Important dates:

Last Day to take the online gateway exam:	Friday, March 11, 2016
In-lab gateway exam (159 Snow):	Any weekday between Monday, February 15, 2016 and Friday, March 11, 2016 ;	Or a week between Monday, March 21, 2016 and Friday, April 8, 2016
Common midterm exam:	Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 5:50PM - 7:50PM
Common final exam:	Thursday, May 12, 2016, 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Last day to withdraw from all classes:	Monday, April 18, 2016
Dates for in-class exams:	See your section's syllabus.

4. Grading: Your grade in the course will be determined by the points you have earned. A maximum of 1000 points is possible.

Attendance	60 points
Gateway Exam	50 points
Common Midterm Exam	200 points
Common Final Exam	250 points
Homework	240 points (100 points for Paper Homework, 140 points for WebAssign Homework)
In-class exams, quizes, etc	200 points (see your section's syllabus)
Total	1000 points

5. Schedule for Help Room -- Room 308 Snow Hall: (Available from 1/21/2016)

Detailed Schedule

Monday	9:00AM -- 5:00PM
Tuesday	9:00AM -- 5:00PM
Wednesday	9:00AM -- 5:00PM
Thursday	9:00AM -- 4:00PM
Friday	9:00AM -- 3:00PM

6. Attendance:

Attendance for the whole period of each class meeting is required. Attendance will generally be taken by circulating a class roll during class. You should sign next to your name on the class roll. If you are not in class at the time the roll is circulated, you will be counted absent. Signing for other student(s) is an academic misconduct.

Students who enroll in Tuesday-Thursday classes can have two (2) unexcused absences. For each additional unexcused absence, twenty (20) points will be deducted from your attendance points, up to a maximum of sixty (60) points.

Students who enroll in Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes can have three (3) unexcused absences. For each additional unexcused absence, fifteen (15) points will be deducted from your attendance points, up to a maximum of sixty (60) points.

Unexcused absences should only be used to handle emergencies (such as car breakdown). Excused absences are limited to absences related to long term (more than one week) medical conditions, long term (more than one week) family emergencies, or approved university activities. Requests for excused absences should be submitted as soon as possible to your instructor or University's Academic Achievement and Access Center with proper supporting documents.

7. Common Exams:

The common exams will be multiple-choice. They are worth 450 of possible 1000 points. They are not given during the class time. Their schedules are given above in the list of important dates. The common midterm covers Chapters 2 and 3 (excluding section 3.7) and the final is comprehensive and covers Chapters 2 through 6.

Room assignments will be available about a week before the exams, announced in classes, and posted outside the math office (405 Snow). Graphing calculators (TI-83 plus is recommended) will be helpful for some problems. You will mark your answers on bubble sheets. You are considered responsible to bring a #2 pencil and a calculator to the common exams. Pencils will not be provided for you, and interchanging calculators will not be allowed during the exams.

Sample versions of the exams will be made available a week or so before the exams are given.

Policy for make-up common exams: Students who miss the common exams should gather evidences and bring them to the coordinator immediately after the exams are given to get the permission for taking make-up exams. Make-up exams are only available in case of dire emergencies or unexpected, serious scheduling conflicts. Airline tickets will not be considered as a valid excuse for a make-up exam. The place and schedule for makeup exams will be announced later. Sorry, there are no early makeups for common exams.

8. In-class exams, projects, and quizzes:

Your instructor will award you 200 points for in-class exams, quizzes, projects, and etc.. See your section's syllabus.

9. Gateway Exam:

You should read the Gateway Exam Webpage about the Math 115 Gateway Exam. It provides deadlines, lab hours, the list of all 100 problems, old exams, and other information you need to pass the exam.

You have the access to the online exam starting on day 1 of the semester till Friday, March 11, 2016. Generally speaking, you will need knowledge of differentiation techniques up to Section 3.3 (Chain Rule) to pass the exam. It is recommended that you start taking the online exam in the second week of February.

Given the number of Math 115 students, different groups are going to have access to the lab at different times and each group will have a week to visit the lab (to take the in-lab gateway exam), with a deadline at the end of that week. Testing periods can fill up quickly -- they are handed out on a first come, first served basis. That is another reason to start taking the Online Exam early. It also means you should sign-up the in-lab exam as soon as you can.

10. Check your KU email account regularly.

Messages from the University, Schools, and Departments, including the gateway administrator, may only be sent to your KU email account.

11. Others.

The KU office of Disability Resources coordinates accommodations and services for all students who are eligible. If you have a disability for which you wish to request accommodations and have not contacted Disabilities Resources, please do so as soon as possible. Their office is located in 22 Strong Hall; their phone number is 785-864-2620. Information about their services can be found here. Please also contact the course coordinator privately in regard to your needs in this course.

If you have a conflict between the course schedule and mandated religious observances, contact the course coordinator as soon as possible.

Intellectual Property: Course materials prepared by the instructors, together with the content of all lectures, are the property of the instructor. Video and audio recording of lectures without the consent of the instructor is prohibited. Permission to make such recordings may be granted by the instructor on a case by case basis, on the condition that these recordings are used only as a study aid by the individual making the recording. Unless explicit permission is obtained from the instructor, recordings of lectures may not be modified and must not be transferred or transmitted to any other person, whether or not that individual is enrolled in the course. Uploading of course materials to other web sites is not permitted.