Charles Kerr
- Office Hours
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Boise State University
Boise ID 83725-1555- Office MG 214 C
Phone: 208-426-1175- Departmental FAX: 208-426-1356 (please put "KERR -- MATH" on cover sheet)
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Back to top.Letter grades are based on a standard scale in which 90% of the total possible points guarantees an A , 80% a B, and 70% a C.
Homework, Quizzes, etc. 10% 3 Exams 60% Final Exam 30% Total 100% To receive a C or better in the course it will be mandatory for you to receive at least a 50% on the final exam.
After each of the hour tests, an unofficial approximate letter grade will be reported to each student taking the test.
Look over returned graded work (assignments and exams) fairly immediately. You have one week thereafter to seek correction of errors in grading or to appeal a grading decision. After one week, such questions will not be considered.Back to top.If you do need to argue a grading decision or error, please see the instructor outside of class time.
You can bring along a TI-30, or equivalent. The instructor has the power to declare calculators "too able", and thus not useable on the exam. TI-30-equivalent calculators haveBack to top.
- no text-storage capability
- no graphing capability
- no computer-algebra capabilty
- no communication capability, ie, no connection to the outside world or your neighbors.
Your instructor has office hours.Back to top.Click here for information on the drop-in tutoring centers.
If you must have a cellular telephone or paging device on during class, please sit by the door so you can make a hasty and quiet exit if you are called.Back to top.During tests, cell phones and pagers must be turned off. If circumstances demand that you be in cell-phone or pager reach during an exam, let your instructor know about it before the exam. Then hope no calls come in during the exam. You'll probably be asked to end your work on the exam at the time you take a call.