MATH 110 Section 909: Finite Mathematics

This course covers logic, sets, counting techniques, elementary probability and statistics, simple and compound interest, and present and future values of an annuity.

GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR 100-200 LEVEL COURSES:

• Students will develop effective written communication skills.
• Students will be able to discriminate between reliable and less reliable information in their decision-making.

LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS COURSE:

• Students will be able to apply the laws of logic to argument analysis and switching networks.
• Students will be able to calculate probability problems (simple and conditional).
• Students will be able to calculate expected values and variances.
• Students will be able to work with the binomial and normal distributions.
• Students will be able to evaluate simple and compound interest, as well as, present and future values of an annuity.

A Syllabus quiz; 20 sets of Homework; 10 quizzes; 4 tests and a final (comprehensive)

This course is under the “A, B, C, NC” policy; +/- grades will be given. The course grade is determined by points earned as follows:      

   4 Tests                400 points                                                                     COURSE GRADE SCALE

   Final Exam         300 points            

  10 Quizzes          150 points                                                  A+    980  – 1000,   A   920 – 979,     A-  900 – 919

  20 Homework     140 points                                      B+    880 – 899,     B    820 – 879,     B-  800 – 819

  Syllabus Quiz       10 points                                       C+    780 – 799,    C    720 – 779,     C-  700 – 719

      Total             1000 points                                                                  NC – Below 700     

           

The final exam is comprehensive. 

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