Instructor: Mr. James Morey

Office: Room #518

Office Phone: 219/473-4294

E-mail: moreyjl@concentric.net

Home Phone: 219/937-3226

Office Hours: To arrange an appointment at your convenience, please call me at home.

Course Time: Wednesday 12:00-3:00pm

The student will study fundamental operations and properties of whole numbers, integer numbers, rational numbers, and real numbers, including decimals, ratios, percent, proportions, and exponents. Not applicable toward a degree.

Prerequisites: None

• Bissinger and Keedy, Basic Mathematics, 8^th Ed. 1999
• Student’s Solutions Manual (optional)
• Basic Calculator

If an instructor or other Calumet College of St. Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses student grievances.

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After the last day for class changes has passed (see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with the

Registrar. Written request for withdrawal must be received by the Registrar by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund schedule when withdrawing from courses.

The request is forwarded to the faculty member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the request is honored, the student will receive notification of official withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is disallowed. Note: Degree Completion Program (DCP) students should consult the DCP Student Handbook for information on DCP withdrawals.

An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a

course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see

Refund Schedule).

Regular classroom attendance is expected. (In fact, experience with previous math classes has shown that it is almost always the case that poor classroom attendance leads to a poor or failing grade in the course. Take heed!) If you are absent, the assignment due at the missed class may be accepted only at the next class meeting, along with that day’s assignment.

Homework assignments will be due at each class meeting, except for the first and last class meetings. All homework will be corrected and returned at the next class meeting. A quiz will be given on the material covered in each homework assignment on the day that the assignment is due.

Students in this course will:

• learn to improve their ability to use mathematics to solve problems commonly encountered in everyday life.
• learn to use the basic tools required in subsequent mathematics courses, including pre-algebra and introductory algebra.

Final Exam 25% of grade .

The 3 lowest grades will be dropped on the 12 homework assignments, and on the 12 quizzes.

Students will be asked to work problems that are written on the blackboard and to state the steps they used to get the solution. Occasionally students may be asked to come to the blackboard and work problems.

Subsequent topics and assignments will be provided on separate handouts.