Failure to notify and inform the instructor will result in a grade of ZERO for the student on the missed test. Personal illness or real true emergencies are the only mitigating circumstances wherein the instructor will consider allowing a make-up test. Make-up tests, if permit will be at the instructor s convenience and limited to those students who have adhered to the above stated policy. Attendance will be recorded at every class meeting. A student s presence is self-serving, inasmuch as it will be extremely difficult for most class members to obtain an acceptable grade without regular attendance.
Habitual tardiness is very discourteous to classmates and the instructor.
The material content of this course requires realistic study time and application on the part of each student enrolled if the student is to be successful. The student expecting to receive an acceptable grade must also expect to expend the necessary energy essential for that individual to master the course information, material and the use of the calculator called for by many of the exercises. Mathematics is definitely NOT a spectator sport. The following schedule is a projected approximation of the time frame and topics to be covered in the course. It should NOT be considered absolute and inflexible.