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Text:
Applied Finite Mathematics with Technology, by E. Tomastik
Harcourt Brace Custom Publishing.
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Prerequisite:
A passing grade on the Q-test or in Math 101.
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Note on Calendar:
There are no classes on Monday, September 2 (Labor Day), October 14 (Fall Break) and
from Wednesday, November 27 through Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving. Tuesday,
December 10 is the last day of classes. Friday, August 30 follows a Monday schedule
and Tuesday, November 26 follows a Friday schedule. Mid-semester grades will be ready
on Thursday, October 26 and the withdrawal deadline is Thursday, October 31.
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Grading:
There will be three midsemester exams and a comprehensive final.
- Each Exam: 20%
- Homework, Quizzes, Worksheets: 15%
- The Final Exam: 25%
The exams are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, Thursday,
October 10 and Tuesday, November 19 during class. The final exam will be on
Monday, December 16 at 10:30 am. These will be mostly (but not entirely)
multiple choice exams. There will be no makeups for missed
exams; an unexcused absence will be given a grade of 0, and an excused absence
(and there are very few reasons for excusing a missed exam) may be replaced by
the corresponding section of the final exam. Calculators are more than welcome
on the exam; indeed, they are necessary for some of the work.
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Mathematics Department Calculator Policy:
Calculators that can perform symbolic operations or store symbolic formulas
(such as the HP 28 or 48, or TI-92 or 89) are not allowed, even if all programs
are erased before the exam begins. If you bring a calculator to the exam, make sure
it does not do alphanumeric manipulation. The instructor may randomly ask for
calculators and check programs stored in memory. No alphanumeric formulas stored
as programs are allowable. Discovery of such material will result in confiscation of the
exam paper of the person using that calculator, and assignment of a grade of 0
for the exam.
For this course, I recommend you use the TI-82, TI-83, TI-85 or TI-86.
Personally, the TI-83 or TI-83 plus will be best. These will serve you well
later in Math 106Q and your future finance courses.
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Topics:
We will cover most of chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The
first exam will cover the material in chapters 1 and 2. The second will cover
chapters 3 and 5. The third exam will cover chapters 6 and 7. The Final Exam
will be comprehensive.
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Course Policy on Academic Integrity:
A fundamental tenet of all
educational institutions is academic honesty; academic work depends upon
respect for and acknowledgment of the work and ideas of others. Misrepresenting
someone else's work as one's own is a serious offense in any academic setting
and it will not be condoned.
Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving
assistance in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work
to be submitted for academic evaluation (e.g. papers, projects, examinations
and assessments - whether online or in class); presenting, as one's own, the
ideas, words or calculations of another for academic evaluation; doing
unauthorized academic work for which another person will receive credit or be
evaluated; using unauthorized aids in preparing work for evaluation (e.g.
unauthorized formula sheets, unauthorized calculators, unauthorized programs or
formulas loaded into your calculator, etc.); and presenting the same or
substantially the same papers or projects in two or more courses without the
explicit permission of the instructors involved.
A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of
academic misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall
be subject to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code.
Sanctions shall include, but are not limited to, a letter sent to the Dean
of Students of the University; a grade of 0 on the assignment, quiz or exam; a
grade of F for the course.
(Syllabus written by Prof. David L. Gross)
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