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INSTRUCTOR: M K PANAHI
OFFICE: MC 2.404
E-MAIL: mpanahi@utdallas.edu
TELEPHONE: 972-883-6732
TEXT: Developmental Mathematics 7th Edition by Bittinger &Beecher
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To develop a further understanding of the process of learning mathematics, and
to continue to build the fundamentals of algebra necessary for a foundation of future courses or utilization
in a career or other endeavors.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a first course in introductory Algebra and you may need to take another
semester of intermediate Algebra in order to be fully comfortable with all the necessary concepts involved in
THEA which covers topics such as operations on real numbers, operations on polynomials, such as
combining like terms, multiplying and factoring terms, simplifying rational expressions, solving linear and
nonlinear equations and graphing inequalities, and basic concepts of geometry. Other topics are covered in
the next
COURSE GRADING METHOD: Your course grade will be determined as follow: Five tests (70% of the
total grade) and a comprehensive final test (30%of the total grade). No make up exams, missed test is a grade
zero.
DROP PROCEDURE:
.My classes have an attendance policy. If you are required to be enrolled in this course to satisfy
the THEA requirement for remediation, you are required to attend and participate. PLEASE REMEMBER
TO SIGN THEA CONTRACT WITH ME.
ABSENCES: You are expected to attend every class meeting. Problems will be assigned on a regular
basis. Answers to most of these problems are given at the back of the textbook. Complete solutions to many
of these problems may be found in the solution manual, which may be available in the bookstore .you,
should work several problems of each type, and working more than the class assignments is strongly
encouraged. Do not use the solutions until you have exhausted all possibilities (including asking the tutors
and the instructor). You may receive help overall from tutors in the Math Lab (MC 2.412) or by viewing
a videotape in the Math Lab or Multimedia services. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
MATERIALS YOU MISSED WHEN ABSENT. Regular, punctual attendance is expected. .
TARDIES: Tardies are strongly discouraged. It is; however, better to come late than not at all, as long as
it is not a habit. If you anticipate a particular problem, please discuss it with me before or after class. More
than 5 minutes late counts as an absence and leaving class early counts as an absence.
EVALUATION:
A = 90 to 100
B = 80 to 89
C = 70 to 79
D = 60 to 69
F below 60
TEST DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN CLASS AND THE FINAL IS AS IN THE CLASS
SCHEDULE.
GENERAL POLICIES
FOOD AND BEVERAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROM.TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS DURING THE
CLASS MAKE SURE THAT PAGERS AND CELLULAR PHONES ARE TURNED OFFBEFORE THE LECTURE
BEGINS.BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS IN THE CLASS BY NOT ARRIVING LATE NOR LEAVING EARLY AND
ALSO BY REFRAINING FROMTALKING DURING LECTURE OR WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE CLASS IS
SPEAKING .IF YOU MUST LEAVE EARLY NOTIFY ME BEFORE THE LECTURE BEGINS.ACADEMIC
DISHONESTY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR
PLAGIARIZED WORK. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.STUDENTS ARE REQUIERED TO
INFORM THE LECTURER OF SUSPECTED HONOR CODE VIOLATIONS.
MATH LAB: Math lab is available to UTD students and you are encouraged to use it .The
hours of operations are M-R 10AM -8 PM AND FRI & SAT 10-2 PM OR YOU CAN CALL FOR
INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS 972-883-6707
Scholastic Dishonesty
The following is from the University of Texas at Dallas Handbook of Operating Procedures (Title V:
Student Discipline and Conduct).