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Course syllabus (pdf)

Frequency: Fall/Spring Terms

Catalog description: Mat 100 is a preparatory course for calculus courses. Topics include: Functions and their inverses, operations with functions and graphing techniques, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities and trigonometric equations, systems of equations, inequalities and solving techniques.

Course Objectives: A successful student will:

• become comfortable with the language of functions;
• gain an understanding of polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions and ability to describe their graphs;
• be able to solve linear and quadratic equations and equations with exponential and logarithmic functions; and
• gain problem solving skills analyzing the quantitative aspects of real- world problems and creating mathematical models.

Course Coordinator: Erhan Gürel      (office: TZ-32, phone: x3425, email: egurel_at_metu.edu.tr)

ODTÜ-Class: [MAT 100 All Sections]
Course grades and general course announcements will be posted on ODTÜ-Class. It also contains links to WeBWorK and further course resources.

Textbook: Barnett, Ziegler, Syleen and Sobecki. Precalculus 7^th ed. Mc Graw Hill, 2010.

Exams and Grading: Course grades are determined by (online) homework completed in recitations, a midterm exam, two short exams, and a final exam.

• Homeworks: 20 % (WeBWorK)
• Midterm: 40 %
• Final Exam: 50 %
• Short Exams: 10 %

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• TOTAL: 120 %

Letter grades will follow the scheme below.

• 90% & Up: AA
• 85% - 89%: BA
• 80% - 84%: BB
• 75% - 79%: CB
• 70% - 74%: CC

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• 65% - 69%: DC
• 60% - 64%: DD
• 40% - 59%: FD
• 00% - 39%: FF

Attendance Policy: Attending this class is COMPULSORY. Regular attendance is very important and is a factor in helping students to succeed in the course. If a student has over 30% unexcused absence, the student’s final course grade will be an NA. Only documented or verifiable and officially acceptable excuses will be taken into account.

Homework: Course homework will be assigned and graded using the online WeBWork system.

Math Help Room: Office hours will be held in the mathematics help room (T-103). Students are encouraged to visit the help room both at the office hours of their own instructors, and others. The room can also be used for studying and for working in groups. Students are also encouraged to seek out instructors in their offices.

Make-up Policy: In order to be eligible to enter the make-up examination for a missed examination, a student must have a documented or verifiable and officially acceptable excuse. It is not possible to make up multiple missed exams. The make-up examination for all exams will be after the final exam, and will include all topics.

NA Grade policy: A student who does not attend

• a minimum of 70% of the lectures, or
• either of the midterm and final exams will be automatically given an NA grade for the course.

Cheating Policy: Cheating on any exam will result in any of the following:

1. immediate score of 0 on that exam,
2. immediate grade of FF in the course,
3. forwarding the case to the university disciplinary committee.

Lectures

S1 - E. Gurel	Tue 8:40-10:20 Thu 10:40-11:30	S-121
S2 - S. Terzi	Tue 8:40-10:30 Thu 9:40-10:30	SZ-24
S3 - E. Gurel	Tue 10:40-11:20 Wed 8:40-10:30	SZ-25
S4 - S. Terzi	Tue 10:40-11:30 Wed 8:40-10:30	S-103
S5 - E. Gurel	Wed 10:40-11:20 Thu 8:40-10:30	S-103

Important Dates

• March 7: Classes Start
• March 14-18: Add-Drop period
• May 2-4: HOLIDAY (Mon-Wed)
• May 9-15: Withdrawal period
• May 19: HOLIDAY (Thurs)
• June 17: Classes End
• June 20-July 2: Finals Period