MA119 - F24C Class Policy

Website: https://119f24c.qccmath.com/

In-Person class

They are in-person class courses. You should attend in-person classes.

In case of an emergency that has been approved by QCC, we may utilize the Blackboard Virtual Classroom

Two linked courses

MA119 - F24C (College Algebra):Departmental Syllabi ,Printed Syllabi
MA10ALP - F5 (Elementary Algebra):Departmental Syllabi, Printed Syllabi
Main instructor: Beata Carvajal
Substitute instructor: Kwang Hyun Kim for the first 3 weeks [email protected]

Use your QCC email to communicate, not gmail or yahoo mail. Please, write your course (MA119-F24C) on the title of your email.

Class meets

MA119 - F24C

Mon 12:10 PM - 1:50 PM (S-320)
Wed 12:10 PM - 1:50 PM (M-C41)

MA10ALP - F5

Fri 12:10 PM - 1:50 PM (S-211)

Office hour

Mon 1:00PM - 2:00PM at S320A
Mon 5:30PM - 6:00PM at S220
Tue 2:00PM - 3:00PM at S320A
Wed 5:30PM - 6:00PM at S220
Thur 2:00PM - 3:00PM at S320A
Thur 3:00PM - 4:00PM at S320A

If you have a question

General questions without personal information: Use myopenmath Forum: General QnA.
A particular problem in myopenmath: Use Message instructor in myopenmath or office hours.
Private question including personal grading, attendance: Use office hours or email me

Textbook

College Algebra through Problem Solving (2021 Edition)

Link: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/qb_oers/178/

Supplementary textbook:

A Concise Workbook for College Algebra 2nd Edition

QCC email. Cunyfirst and Blackboard

CUNY login username ends with @login.cuny.edu

Cunyfirst
Blackboard

QCC email

QCC email ends with @student.qcc.cuny.edu. So you just need to replace @login.cuny.edu with @student.qcc.cuny.edu.

Link: https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/office365/index.html

Example

If your CUNY login username is [email protected], then your QCC email is [email protected].

Mobile setup

CUNY Login and QCC email share same password.

Myopenmath

Link: https://bbhosted.cuny.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_83590429_1&course_id=_2366502_1&mode=reset

We use myopenmath for daily class activities and daily online homework assignments. It also contains the lecture notes. Please, check the due date.

Or choose from blackboard sidebar menu.

sidebar

Click the link
Click Launch

How to type your answer properly

Please, read the following page, https://www.myopenmath.com/info/enteringanswers.php.

Message instructor

For each problem on myopenmath, there is a message instructor link on myopenmath.

Message_instructor

When you ask, attach a picture of your computation with your description of something you do not understand.

I will try to respond within 24 hours.

Latepass

You can extend the due date of some homework up to 24 hours if you use late pass before due date.

After due date, you cannot extend anymore.

Online Attendance Policy (Read Carefully.)

An Unexcused absence result in 1 attendance penalty. One late mark (10 min after a class begins) counts as 0.5 attendance penalty. If you are present for 50 % of the class or less, then you will be marked as absent. To excuse your absences, a proper document with early notice is necessary.

If your attendance penalty is over 9, you may receive Failing grade including F, WN and WU.

WU grade policy(QCC): If a student attended at least once, and then completely stop attending any time prior to final exam week without officially withdrawing. (Do not miss the last exam and the final exam.)

Grading for MA119 - F24C

No make up exam, final. No late submission for class activities, homework, project

I will follow QCC Grading Policy (https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/registrar/gradingPolicy.html)

a. In-Person Class Quizzes(52%): QUIZ1(2/29, 13%), QUIZ2(3/21, 13%), QUIZ3(4/18, 13%), QUIZ4(5/9, 13%)

b. Classroom Activities(8%): Class activities

c. Online Homework(10%): Weekly Myopenmath assignments including online quizzes

d. In-Person Final(5/16 at M-C41, 30%): Departmental Exam

I will replace only one of valid (no cheating) lowest scores of exams with the final score if the final score is higher.

Departmental 55 Rule for C or higher grade

To get C or higher grade, you need to satisfy both of two conditions.

The class average is 74 or higher. https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/registrar/gradingPolicy.html
The final score is 55 or higher.

For example, if your class average is 78 and the final score is 50, then you will get C- instead of C+.

Grading for MA10ALP - F5

Students who pass the MA119 component of the course, will automatically pass the MA10- ALP component of the course.

If students did not pass the MA119 component, in order to pass Elementary Algebra, students must have a minimum overall average of 70% in MA10-ALP.

a. In-Person Class Quizzes(65%): QUIZ1(2/23, 16%), QUIZ2(3/15, 16%), QUIZ3(4/12, 16%), QUIZ4(5/3, 17%)

b. In-Person Final(5/17 at S-211, 35%)

In-Person Exam and Final

Bring your QCC ID to take Exam and Final!

Exam

There is no make-up exam policy unless you have an official document to be excused.
All exams are in-person exams.
Please, check each exam date.

The exam schedule is subject to change.

Final

There is no make-up final policy.
Final is an in-person exam.
date: 5/16
start: 12:10 PM
end: 1:50 PM
percent: 30%

Academic Integrity Policy (Very important!)

I will follow CUNY Academic Integrity Policy (https://www2.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/legal-affairs/policies-procedures/academic-integrity-policy/).

If a student cheats on a quiz, project or test, the student will receive ZERO point for the quiz, project or test.

For the quiz and test, students should turn off their electronic devices (including smart watch) except an accepted calculator and put them in their bag to avoid ZERO point for the quiz, or test.

Examples of cheating

Using a smartphone or computer with a math software during exam.
Using notes or writings on a palm/calculator during a closed book examination.
Changing a graded exam and returning it for more credit.
Coping other’s project. (Do not forward another student’s project to me.)
Giving assistance to acts of academic misconduct/ dishonesty.
Using a cellphone or smart watch during a test

Calculator Policy of MA119

Refer to https://119.qccmath.com/calculator.html.

Last_modified: Apr 18, 2024