Spring 2009
Adjunct Professor Mark Wiener, J.D.
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Telephone: |
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Math
Dept. office - 973-328-5707 (worst place to leave messages) |
Website: www.mathmark.com Supplementary course
material, assignments and announcements |
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Off-campus
office - 973-625-1275 |
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Cellphone (emergencies
only) 973-219-7542 |
Email: mathmark@hotmail.com
(the best way to contact Prof. Wiener) |
Catalog description: An intensive course designed to prepare
students for mathematics courses such as Calculus with
Applications to Business and Economics, and Precalculus. It covers selected algebra topics including
exponents, rational expressions, polynomials, radicals, relations and
functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations.
Pre-requisite:
Text: Lial,
Hornsby, Schneider, College Algebra,
10th ed.— (Pearson Addison Wesley, 2009).
Supplementary materials: Beverly Fusfield, Student’s Solutions Manual; Digital
Video Tutor (CD-ROM); access to MyMathLab. Tutoring is available in the
Supplemental tutoring (including videotapes) is
available through the
Each weekly class will consist of 2-3/4 hours of instruction with a
10-minute break. Attendance is strongly
recommended, will be taken at the beginning (and if necessary at the
resumption) of the class, and will affect your grade. Please don’t be
late.
Grading policy: Your final grade (A, B, C, D, F) depends on more than just passing or failing the final
exam. Do not think you can ignore
homework, attendance and quizzes and pass the course
on the final exam alone. On the other
hand, if you do not pass the final exam, it is unlikely that you will
pass the course.
Four Tests (approximately 45
minutes apiece) will count for 50% of your final grade. (Makeup
quizzes may be arranged only when exceptional reasons prevent you from
taking the quiz as scheduled. You must
provide a written explanation of the reason and all quizzes must
be made up prior to the next class session.) Homework, attendance, class participation – total 15%. Final Exam 35%.
Honesty policy: Cheating on a quiz or the final exam
may be punishable in the discretion of the instructor by confiscation of the
quiz or the final exam and the entry of a grade of zero (0), or, in extreme
cases, by referral to the Dean of Students for appropriate discipline in
accordance with the Student Code of Conduct up to and including expulsion.
Students are expected to
adhere to the policies of the