MATH 25
Pre-Calculus

Instructor:       Dave Bachman
Office:              Avery 220
Office hours:   M,W 10-11:30
Office phone:  (909) 607-7961
Email:              bachman@pitzer.edu
Web:                http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/~dbachman/m25/syllabus.html (this page)

Text: There is no text for the class. We will be "discovering" the material as we go. You will be encouraged to consult any outside textbook only after we have covered the relevant material (such as when studying for exams)

Worksheets: Most of class time will be spent working on difficult problems, designed to lead you to discover the material on your own. You will be expected to work together on these. Solutions to these problems will be turned in individually, on the day when the next worksheet is distrbuted.

Homework: At the end of each worksheet there will be more "routine" exercises to be done individually. You are required to do all homework problems. These problems will be collected on the day the next worksheets are distrubuted. 

Calculators: NO GRAPHING CALCULATORS. Answers given in decimal form will be ignored.  However, a cheap scietific calculator may be occasionally handy.

Attendance: Although no official role will be taken you will need to be in lecture to follow the class, and take the exams.

Exams: In addition to the final there will be two mid-term exams. These will be on Friday, October 2nd, and Friday, November 6th.

Grades: Exams will be individually curved, if appropriate. Class grades will be computed by giving equal weight to each mid-term exam and slightly higher weight to the final. Homework grades will be used to adjust final class grades as appropriate.

Holidays: In observance of Yom Kippur, there will be no class on Monday, September 28th.