Students must attend one of the following on campus
orientation dates (a little over an hour long):
Friday, August 21 @ 4pm in Sci-226
Saturday, August 22 @ 8:30am in Sci-226
Saturday, August 29 @ 10am in Sci-226
Students must attend one of the following on campus Test #1 dates and
times:
Friday, September 25 @ 4pm or 7pm in Sci-354
Saturday, September 26 @ 9am or 2pm in Sci-354
Students must attend one of the following on campus Test #2 dates and
times:
Friday, October 30 @ 4pm or 7pm in Sci-354
Saturday, October 31 @ 9am or 2pm in Sci-354
Students must attend one of the following on campus Final Exam dates and
times:
Friday, December 11 @ 4pm or 7pm in Sci-354
Saturday, December 12 @ 9am or 2pm in Sci-229
Book: Beginning Algebra, 2nd Custom Edition for Ventura College, by Lial, Hornsby and McGinnis
Buy a new book to save money! A free MyMathLab access code is included with new books. We use a website called coursecompass.com. You will enroll in a program called MyMathLab on that website. For those of you with new books, enrollment in MyMathLab is free. For those of you with used books, enrollment in MyMathLab is an additional $65. The website accepts credit cards. To access our course on MyMathLab, you’ll need this Course ID: ONEILL36276
a) Online homework in MyMathLab allows you as many tries as you need to get each problem correct. The due dates are listed online and on the calendars that follow. This homework has videos, examples, animations, “Help me solve this” and hints that accompany each problem.
b) Quizzes are offered online prior to each test. Each quiz may be taken a maximum of six times. Your best score will be the one that counts for each quiz. These will prepare you for the tests.
c) There is book work for extra practice. Book problems are almost identical to those online. These are not handed in nor graded. The answers are in the book.
d) Calculators are allowed on all exams.
e) No notes of any kind will be allowed on any exam.
f) Makeup exams are given only during the office hours listed below. There is a 10 point penalty for makeups during the first week. The penalty increases by 2 points per week after that. All tests are used in determining the semester grade.
g) Your overall score will appear online throughout the summer session. It shows current averages for homework, quizzes and tests. Only the overall score is used to determine semester grades.
Grading: ….…… Online homework in MyMathLab 20%
Online quizzes in MyMathLab 25%
On campus Tests and Final Exam 55%
Test #1 on campus is 15%
Test #2 on campus is 15%
Final on campus is 25%
Office Hours: … Monday and Wednesday: 6:10pm to 7:00
Tuesday and Thursday: 3:15pm to 4:30