Grades are a reflection of your learning progress. Every few days, you should click on the Grades button in our course navigation and review your scores and my feedback. There are no hidden points in this class. You do the work, show that you've learned and you get points. It's that simple. If something seems not right, reach out and let me know.
You will be evaluated based on the following components:
Quizzes (12): 20%
Exams (3): 75%
Activities: 5%
Final Grade:
90 -100% = A, 80-89.9% = B, 70-79.9% = C, 60-69.9% = D, 0 - 60% = F
Complete the work “by hand” showing all the steps to your solutions. I encourage you to work on the quizzes collaboratively but not to look up solutions online or use an online solver. Attempt the problems by yourself first then collaborate with each other and come to office hours for problem solving sessions. I will post the solution key in Canvas after I grade and return the quizzes. Use these quizzes as your study guides for the exams – the exam problems are most like the problems on quizzes regarding difficulty level and content. You can turn in your quizzes in class or online. If submitting online, scan your work with an app such as Adobe Scan and compile all your work in a single pdf (please don’t submit lots of different files).
I allow corrections on quizzes for full credit ...
if you submit the original quiz on the posted deadline
only on problems where you attempted a solution in your original submission
if you submit corrections within one week after I return the graded quiz
All quizzes will have posted due dates but I accept quiz submission without penalties until the morning of the exam that pertains to those quizzes.
There will be three exams in this course. Each exam will have a group portion (20% of exam grade) and an individual portion (80% of exam grade). The exams are short-answer and you need to show all work for each problem solution. Calculators will be allowed on some exams but not on others. Notes are not allowed on exams but I sometimes provide useful formulas. The exams are in-person at Miramar College. Please let me know right away (at least 2 days before the exam day) if you have conflicts with the exam dates and we can make alternative arrangements. I will make alternate arrangements for conflicts such as other classes, work, illness, travel that you already arranged and cannot be changes, jury duty, other. If you are not able to take your exam at the schedule times you will have to complete both the group part and individual part by yourself.
You can make up the individual part of one exam on Friday 8/9/2024 if you wish to improve your score by taking a different version of the exam.
In these assignments you will have a chance to explore applications of linear algebra, or extend your understanding of the methods you are learning in this class. I encourage you to work on these investigations with other students in the class but each student will submit their own completed assignment.
Homework is not graded in this class but I recommend that you complete as many practice problems as you can at the end of each section in the textbook. Most of the textbook problems have answers in the back of the book and they are useful in checking your understanding of the material.
Each of you will figure out how to structure your schedule to complete your assignments for this class. I know that you have other commitments besides my class (Really?! No, Ms. Anne, your class is my top priority and this is all I want to do this semester : )).
I set deadlines for all the assignments in Canvas as a pacing guide and I really recommend that you follow those as closely as you can. I bet you KNOW that if you start getting behind it’s a slippery slope and it becomes impossible to catch up. If you turn in an assignment after the posted deadline, it will show up as LATE in Canvas but there will be no deductions on these assignments for lateness. However, assignments will close as indicated below and you will not be able to submit them after these final deadlines.
Final deadlines for Quizzes and Activities for Chapters 1,2 & 3 are July 3 @ 1PM
Final deadlines for Quizzes and Activities for Chapters 4 & 5 are July 22 @ 1PM
Final deadlines for Quizzes and Activities for Chapters 8 & 9 are August 7 @ 1PM
Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2 & 3): July 3
Exam 2 (Chapters 4 & 9.1 - 9.4): July 22
Exam 3 (Chapters 5, 7 & 9.6 - 9.9): August 7
Make-up Exam: August 9 by appointment
No assignments will be accepted after August 9, 2024 11:59PM
Any student who may need an academic accommodation should discuss the situation with me during the first two weeks. DSPS (Disability Support Programs Services) at Miramar College offers a wide range of services for students with verified disabilities. If you have a learning, physical, or psychological disability which requires special accommodations for classroom participation and/or examinations, please let me (the instructor) know on the first day of class and notify the DSPS office on campus in room K-204, by email: miradsps@sdccd.edu or by phone, (619) 388 – 7312. Students may contact DSPS: https://www.sdmiramar.edu/campus/dsps
You are expected to be honest and ethical at all times in the pursuit of academic goals. It is entirely to your best benefit to always strive to do your work to the best of your ability and submit work that is solely yours. I have a zero tolerance policy on cheating. This mainly includes submitting work that is not your own, plagiarizing on quizzes or activities, getting help or collaborating on individual portion of exams or using unauthorized resources on exam. An example of an academic Integrity violation is copying solutions from the quiz solution keys when you submit corrections for quizzes. Students who are found to be in violation of Administrative Procedure 3100.3 Honest Academic Conduct, will receive a grade of zero on the assignment or exam in question and will receive a failing grade for the class if more than one incident occurs. You may be referred for disciplinary action in accordance with Administrative Procedure 3100.2, Student Disciplinary Procedures.
As a diverse community of learners, students must strive to work together in a setting of civility, tolerance, and respect for each other and for the instructor. Conflicting opinions among members of a class are to be respected and responded to in a professional manner. There are to be no offensive comments, language, or gestures. http://www.sdccdonline.net/students/resources/NetiquetteGuidelines.pdf
Incomplete grades will only be given to students who have completed 85% of the course work, i.e., students who have extenuating circumstance that prevents them from taking the final exam. If it is a medical issue, a doctor’s note is required.
If you are experiencing difficulty with the structure of the class or any type of conflict, please communicate with me, your instructor. We can review the syllabus together, go over your grades, or discuss other issues. If together we are unable to resolve the situation, the next step would be for you for contact the department chair for the math department, Anne Gloag, at agloag@sdccd.edu. Since I am the math department chair, you can contact the assistant department chair, Julia McMenamin at jmcmenam@sdccd.edu instead.
You should drop all classes which you are no longer attending. At my discretion I will drop a student from the class if they miss more than three class sessions. I will do this after contacting you to find out why you stopped participating and to see if there is anything I can do to help to get you back on track. Students, who remain enrolled in a class beyond the published withdrawal deadline, as stated in the class schedule, will receive an evaluative letter grade in this class.