Instructor: Stephen Toner

Web Page: http://www.stevetoner.com Summer Calendar:

e-mail: toners@vvc.edu (Include your name in subject line) June 20 Classes Begin

July 4 Independence Day Holiday

VVC voicemail: 245-4271 ext. 2770 July 26 Last day to drop with a “W” grade

Office: LA, office “U” August 11 Last Day of Class

Required Textbook: Basic Mathematics, 9/e, by Bittinger. This textbook can be purchased new bundled with MyMathLab (an online tutorial) at no extra charge. If you purchase a used textbook, MyMathLab can be purchased online at www.mymathlab.com for approximately $40. MyMathLab is strongly recommended for supplemental use by my students.

Course Description: This course covers the basic operations applied to whole numbers, fractions (including mixed numbers) and decimals. Prime factorization, least common multiple, ratio and proportion, similar triangles, averages; graphs and tables, square roots, the Pythagorean theorem, measurement, operations on signed-numbers and solutions of simple linear equations are also covered.

Attendance Policy: Class attendance is not a measure of performance or proficiency. Whether a student is just physically present in the class is not a valid basis for grading. Reference Title 5 Section 55002 of the California Code of Regulations: (A) Grading Policy. The course provides for measurement of student performance in terms of stated course objectives and culminates in a formal, permanently recorded grade based upon uniform standards in accordance with section 55758 of this Division. The grade is based on demonstrated proficiency in the subject matter and the ability to demonstrate that proficiency, at least in part, by means of written expression that may include essays, or, in courses where the curriculum committee deems them to be appropriate, by problem solving exercises or skills demonstrations by students.

You are required to attend class every day. After 3 hours of absence, you may be dropped from this class. It is your responsibility to keep your enrollment status current. You risk an “F” if you stop attending without officially withdrawing. Do not bring friends or children to class. Please turn off any cell phones or pagers during class time (or switch them to silent mode). No cell phones will be allowed on your desk during exams.

Homework Policy: Practice is essential. Problems will be assigned each day and collected the next. No late assignments will be accepted. No calculators may be used on any exam.

Grading Policies: Grades will be based on homework, all chapter tests and the final exam. All homework assignments will count together as one exam score, with the lowest daily homework score dropped. No calculators, notes, or “cheat sheets” will be allowed on any exam. Any exam not taken will be regarded as a zero. The lowest chapter exam score (or homework “exam” score, but not the final exam) will be deleted prior to computing the term grade. The final exam is both required and comprehensive. Students are expected to complete all exams during class on the dates and times scheduled and absolutely no make-up or re-take exams will be given.

Grading Scale: A=90% or above; B=80%-89.9%; C=70%-79.9%; D=65%-69.9%; F=below 65%

Class Schedule

		Sections to be Covered In Class			Sections to be Covered In Class
M	6/20	1.1-1.6	M	7/18	6.1-6.4
T	6/21	1.7-1.9	T	7/19	6.5-6.6
W	6/22	Test Chapter 1	W	7/20	review
Th	6/23	2.1-2.4	Th	7/21	Test Chapter 6
M	6/27	2.5-2.7	M	7/25	7.1-7.4
T	6/28	Test Chapter 2	T	7/26	8.1-8.5
W	6/29	3.1- 3.4	W	7/27	8.6-8.7, 9.1-9.2
Th	6/30	3.5-3.7	Th	7/28	9.3-9.6
M	7/4	Holiday – 4^th of July – no class	M	8/1	review
T	7/5	Test Chapter 3	T	8/2	Test Chapters 7, 8, 9
W	7/6	4.1-4.4	W	8/3	10.1-10.5
Th	7/7	4.5-4.7	Th	8/4	11.1-11.3
M	7/11	Test Chapter 4	M	8/8	review
T	7/12	5.1-5.3	T	8/9	Test Chapter 10
W	7/13	5.4-5.5	W	8/10	review
Th	7/14	Test Chapter 5	Th	8/11	Final Exam

If there is an electricity emergency, snow day, or some other closure of the VVC campus on a test day, assume that the test will be given at the following class meeting. If the campus is closed on the day before an exam, the exam date will remain (but certain problems will be omitted from the exam, as appropriate). In other words, I don’t like to change exam dates since many of you rearrange your work schedules in order to study.