TUTORIALS: The Tuesday Tutorial is a very important component of the course. While the Monday - Wednesday - Friday lectures will concentrate on the exposition and development of the subject matter, the tutorials will involve weekly quizzes and the opportunity to explore detailed solutions to problems. Questions arising from class and/or homework assignments can also be addressed.

EXAMS: Calculators are not to be used on any exam. Exams usually last an hour: the extra 15 minutes are for housekeeping chores. If, for any reason, you not be taking the exam at the scheduled time in the scheduled location, let your instructor know as soon as possible.
Absence from an exam, without an official excuse from the Office of Residence Life or prior consultation with and approval of the instructor, will result in a grade of 0 for that exam.
Leaving early on vacation or arriving back late from vacation is not an acceptable excuse for missing an exam. Notice that Exam 2 occurs the Tuesday after the spring break. If you do miss an exam, consult with your instructor as soon as possible. Remember that it is better to miss part of a test than to miss all of it, so if you oversleep, come to the exam as soon as you wake up. If the exam has finished, come to the departmental office, room 255 HURL.
The Honor Code is in effect for all exams and quizzes. If you notice any instance of dishonest or questionable behavior, you should report it immediately. Remember: a cheater is stealing from you.

ATTENDANCE: Attendance of lectures is expected. There is usually a direct correlation between attendance and performance on the exams. Since there are quizzes in tutorials, failure to attend these will result in an immediate and negative affect on your grade.

HOMEWORK: Homework is an integral part of the course. It will be assigned regularly during the lectures. Many (but not necessarily all) of the exam problems will be of a type similar to the homework problems. You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to work together and help one another with homework, without breach of the honesty code, although what you turn in should be written out by you. In order to receive full credit the solutions must be provided in well organized form and in full detail. Answers alone are not sufficient. Homework will be collected in a manner determined by your instructor.

The LRC is a part of the First Year of Studies. Among the many services provided to first year students, it offers the Tutoring Program, the Collaborative Learning Program, and a series of Mathematics Workshops. The purpose of these programs is to assist the students with their proficiency in Mathematics.

Tutoring Program: Tutoring is available to students whose success in a first year course requires assistance beyond that which can be given by the teacher or staff of the courses. Tutoring sessions for small groups of students are offered in Math 126. These sessions meet once weekly for two hours and will begin Tuesday, January 20, 2004.

Collaborative Learning Program: Small groups of students (4-6) are grouped by course and section, and work on mathematics homework. In the process of talking with each other and sharing their ideas about the work, they learn more Mathematics and understand it better. Sometimes groups share their ideas with other groups that are working on the same problems. In this way, all the students gain valuable ideas from others. Facilitators, upper class students who have successfully completed the course, are available to encourage problem solving and collaboration among group members, and to help when no one in the group can answer a question. Each group meets beginning Tuesday, January 20, 2004 with the following schedule: Math 126 Monday AND Wednesday 8:00-9:30 pm Coleman Morse 228

Workshops: Workshops are help sessions which do not require regular attendance. Each session is held every week, beginning Sunday, January 25, 2004 with the following schedule: Math 126 Sunday 4:00-6:00 pm DBRT 120

Sign-up Instructions: To sign up, please see Nahid Erfan, Director of the LRC.

Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all tutoring or collaborative learning sessions. If unable to attend a session, call the LRC at 631-5294 in order to obtain an excused absence. Two absences may result in dismissal and readmission cannot be guaranteed.