Finite Mathematics, M118

Section: 2807
Class Day and Times:
Class Location: Jordan Hall 124
Text: Finite Mathematics by Maki, Thompson, McKinley, 6th Edition
Instructor: Iulia Demeter , idemeter@indiana.edu
Office and Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30pm-1:45pm via zoom

Important dates: Last day for automatic withdrawals is Sunday, March 15.

Exam 1: Thursday, February 6, from 1:00-2:15pm in JH124

Midterm exam (common): Saturday, March 7, from 9-10:30 am, room TBA

Quizzes (6 equally weighted including the final quiz below)

Final Quiz: Wednesday, May 6, from 2:00pm

Make-ups are almost NEVER allowed. I will not drop any of the four exams. If you think you have to miss an exam due to conditions not under your control, you must notify me in advance (at least 2 weeks before the exam) to discuss your option(s). In case of sickness, you have to contact me within 24 hours and show me complete doctor’s documentation.  If you have a schedule conflict, you must discuss it with me as soon as possible and bring documentation, as appropriate to the situation. No one will be allowed to take any exams earlier, regardless of the circumstances. 

Announcements and class information: Official course announcements will be made through Canvas. You are required to set your Canvas notifications so that your receive these announcements. Failure to do so will not be considered a legitimate excuse for missing assignments or any other thing that might be announced via Canvas. Go to Account -> Notifications and set Announcements to be received immediately. 

Calculators: No calculators are allowed on the exams for this course. The use of them during the exams is considered as academic dishonesty.

Calculators and notes are allowed for quizzes.

Homework: The graded homework in this course will be done through the online homework system WebWork. Students who do not have access to a personal computer should plan to work their WebWork assignments from a Student Technology Center (STC) on campus. For locations, see: https://stc.iu.edu/framework/Apps/Public/SiteRes/LabInfo.cfm

Usually, you will have 2 assignments each week due 2 times a week: an assignment opened on Tuesday will be due on Friday at 9am, and an assignment opened on Thursday will be due the following Wednesday at 9am. WeBWorK should be checked daily to see if new assignments have been posted.

10% of the WeBWorK will be dropped at semester’s end in recognition of the fact that on occasion good students will miss some of the assignments due to reasons beyond their control (nobody will get a score over 100%). Consequently, WeBWorK due dates will not be extended on a student-per-student basis. 

For WeBWorK related questions, please use the ”Email instructor” button attached to each problem. Keep in mind that answering questions by email might be difficult and I do not promise you’ll always get an answer. It's better to find a human being to help you than rely on the email help. I strongly encourage you to come to the office hours and make good use of the help offered in Math Learning Center and Academic Centers.

When all parts of a WeBWorK problem have been completed, most browsers will display a “green bar” confirming that your work on that particular problem is finished and your answers have been accepted as correct. Firefox is a good browser in this respect. No matter what browser you elect to use, your work will be saved and recorded each time you hit the submit answers button. Note that some problems are presented in stages and that each next part of such problems requires that you hit “submit answers” twice in order to see those next parts appear. Always be sure that WeBWorK shows you a 100% score for each problem before you conclude that your work on that problem is finished.

Additional, suggested problems are recommended and included as ungraded homework assignments. 

Resources: You should begin your homework as soon as possible after the lecture it is assigned. If you have difficulties, you have many resources available to help you.

-MY office hours (see top of the page)

-Math Learning Center (Swain East 340): Online, see Revised_syllabus-Spring2020.pdf  

-Free tutoring available at the Academic Support Centers in the dorms (Teter, Briscoe, Forest) from 7-11 Sunday through Thursday, starting January 21. https://academicsupport.indiana.edu/

There are help videos located from the link at The Finite Show. There are practice exams available at M118 Practice Exams.

Grades: Your course grade will be computed using the following weights

 Exam 1  17%

Midterm  22%

Quizzes 46%

WeBWorK   15%