Learning Activities

• Graded Homework Assignments provide students with problem statements for practice. Jenny, Daniel, and Long will provide feedback about students' solutions before the Exam.

Work independently to solve 9 Homework Assignments. Strengthen your conceptual knowledge and problem-solving skills by troubleshooting each other’s solutions. When you and your classmates agree on the correct solution, submit one assignment per group of 3 or 4 students, on paper or by uploading your solution to Canvas. Alternatively, submit assignments individually or with a partner.

• Graded Quizzes provide students with problem statements for practice and will be scored automatically in Canvas so that students can correct their errors before the Exam.

Work independently to solve 5 Quizzes in Canvas. Optional: strengthen your conceptual knowledge and problem-solving skills by collaborating with your classmates until you agree on the correct answers. When you and your classmates agree on the correct answers, submit your answers individually in the Quiz.

• Ask for clarification when needed:
  • email your questions to Jenny or our teaching assistants Daniel and Long (you may attach a screenshot or photo of your work), or
  • request an in-person meeting (email Jenny and include a list of times when you are available to meet)

Schedule of Topics and Assessments

Course Policies

Feedback

Exam scores will be posted in the Grades section of our Canvas course.

Missed and late coursework

It is important to keep up with the pace of this course. Late work will not be accepted except with documentation of extenuating circumstances.

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory.

Incomplete grades

A grade of I (Incomplete) may be offered in extenuating circumstances and must be arranged with the instructor.

Expectations

Students are encouraged to use electronic devices to the extent that they supplement (not distract from) their learning.

Refer to ISU’s Thielen Student Health Center’s webpage Links to an external site. regarding illness and ISU's Class Excuse Policy. If illness prevents you from being able to take an Exam, contact me as soon as you are able; include a copy of your class schedule from Access+ so that we can arrange a time and date for a make-up exam.

Student obligations:

• Meet prerequisites or disenroll from the course.
• Bring to every class:
  • your favorite scientific/graphing calculator (the same one you will use for exams)
  • paper (unlined paper or engineering paper preferred) or device for taking notes and solving problems
• Attend class.
• Complete Exams independently, according to our course policies.
• Adhere to the Iowa State University Code of Conduct Links to an external site..
• Ask for clarification when needed.

Instructor and teaching assistant obligations:

• Post resources to Canvas.
• Post Exam scores to Canvas in a timely manner (it generally takes about a week to return scored exams).
• Respond to questions and feedback (in-person or via email or Canvas Discussions) promptly.

Inclusiveness:

• Students are responsible for living the tenets established in ISU’s Principles of Community: Respect, Purpose, Cooperation, Richness of Diversity, Freedom from discrimination, and the Honest and respectful expression of ideas. Visit ISU’s Principles of Community website Links to an external site..
• I honor each student by using their preferred name and pronoun, so if these differ from the ones on the class roster, please advise me accordingly early in the semester so that I may make appropriate changes to my records.
• Iowa State University is committed to proactively facilitating each student’s well-being. We welcome and encourage students to contact the following on-campus services for their physical, intellectual, occupational, spiritual, environmental, financial, social, and/or emotional needs:
  • Student Wellness call 515-294-1099 or via website (http://studentwellness.iastate.edu);
  • Thielen Student Health Center call 515-294-5801 (24/7 Medical Advice) or via website (http://www.cyclonehealth.org);
  • Student Counseling Services call 515-294-5056 or via website (https://counseling.iastate.edu);
  • Recreation Services call 515-294-4980 or via website (http://recservices.iastate.edu);
  • Students dealing with heightened feelings of sadness or hopelessness, thoughts of harm or suicide, or increased anxiety may contact the ISU Crisis Text Line (Text ISU to 741-741) or contact ISU Police Department at 515-294-4428.
• To learn effectively, you must have basic security: a roof over your head along with a reliable place to sleep and enough food to eat (view the Food Security at ISU Student Wellness webpage). If you’re having trouble with any of those things, please talk with me or the Dean of Students Office (email studentassistance@iastate.edu, phone 515-294-1020). Together we can work to meet those needs.
• Iowa State University is committed to creating an educational, work, living, and campus environment that is free from all forms of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and unlawful discrimination and harassment based on protected class. As a responsible employee, I am responsible for reporting all incidents of prohibited sexual harassment, including sexual assault, stalking, and dating and domestic violence, to the university’s Title IX coordinator. Students can choose to discuss their experiences confidentially with the following resources: ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support) Links to an external site. at 515-292-0500; ISU Student Counseling Services Links to an external site. at 515-294-5056; and Thielen Student Health Center Links to an external site. at 515-294-5801.
• A green dot is any choice, behavior, word, or attitude that promotes everyone’s safety and communicates utter intolerance for power-based personal violence in our Iowa State University community. A green dot is anything you do to make our community safer. What is your Green Dot? Visit the Green Dot – Student Wellness website (http://www.studentwellness.iastate.edu/greendot).
• You are expected to treat your instructor and all other participants in the course with courtesy and respect. Your comments to others should be factual, constructive, and free from harassing statements. You are encouraged to disagree with other students, but such disagreements need to be based on facts and documentation (rather than prejudices and personalities). It is the instructor’s goal to promote an atmosphere of mutual respect in the classroom. Please contact the instructor if you have suggestions for improving the classroom environment. It is preferable if students discuss issues directly with the instructor, however, students may also leave a note in the instructor’s mailbox.
• All university publications and communication, whether oral or written, shall use inclusive language and illustrations. Inclusive language refers to language that makes every attempt to include comprehensively all groups in the community. Whenever possible, the selection of academic materials will also reflect efforts to uphold this university policy. Visit the Policy Library’s Inclusive Language website.
• I am committed to creating a course that is inclusive in its design. If you encounter barriers, please let me know immediately so that we can determine if there is a design adjustment that can be made or if an accommodation might be needed to overcome the limitations of the design. I am always happy to consider creative solutions as long as they do not compromise the intent of the assessment or learning activity. You may wish to contact the Student Accessibility Services Links to an external site. (515-294-7220) to begin this conversation or to establish accommodations for this or other courses. I welcome feedback that will assist me in improving the usability and experience for all students.