Math 1113
Pre-Calculus
Instructor: Dr. Calvin Burgoyne
E-mail: burgoyne@math.uga.edu
Text: Precalculus by Cohen (UGA edition)
Room: 221 Boyd
Time: T/TH 12:30 – 1:45
Office Hours: M/W/F 8:15 – 9:30
T/Th 2:30 – 3:30
Web Page: http://www.math.uga.edu/ 116/1113home.htm
Please see the web page for all assignments, current announcements, and things to do the first week and so
on.
We will have several quizzes throughout the semester. No make-up quizzes will be given. On occasion we
will have homework handed in to be graded. Note that homework plus quizzes are worth 7% of your
grade. One quiz and three homework assignments will be dropped. Note that February 6 is the last day to
switch to an intensive section or to math 1110.
See the Web Page and syllabus to see the department syllabus and test dates. Also see the homework
assignments. We are in testing group 1.
Grades:
Exams 1through 5 12% each
Final Exam 25%
Web Quizzes 5%
Homework (on the web) 3%
Quizzes and assignments 7%
You will need to sign up for each exam on line
The final exam may be taken any day during the finals week. Sign up on a first come first serve basis.
Of course, you should adhere to UGA’s Academic Honesty Policy, as described on the web-site:
http://www.uga.edu/vpaa/polproc/ahpol/main.html
You are expected to attend class. If you have 4 absences you will be dropped from the course!
The grading scale is as follows:
a 92-100
a- 89-91
b+ 87-88
b 82-86
b- 79-81
c+ 77-78
c 72-76
c- 69-71
d 60-68
f < 60
For help with this course see: http://www.math.uga.edu/undergraduate/student_services.html
For disability services see: http://www.drc.uga.edu/about/welcomeletter.php
Changes to this syllabus may become necessary as the term goes on.