MATH 110 Section 008: Finite Mathematics

This course is intended to give an overview of topics in finite mathematics with applications.  

• Students will be able to discriminate between reliable and less reliable information in their decision-making.
• Students will be able to recognize and explain the scientific method, and evaluate scientific information.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

• Calculate simple and compound interest.
• Calculate future and present value of annuities.
• Apply laws of logic to argument analysis.
• Calculate simple and conditional probability.
• Analyze binomial and normal distributions.
• Calculate expected values and variances.

• Mathematics of Finance
• Logic
• Set Theory
• Counting Techniques
• Elementary Probability and Satatistics

TEST RULES:  Tests must be taken in the MTLC.

1. There are four 75-minute tests and a 150-minute comprehensive final exam. Test dates are listed on the front page of the syllabus.

2. You may take your tests early:  “Early” means before the close of online registration for that exam.  No registration is needed and no penalties will apply for early tests.  However, no tests will be given at all on Sundays. You may not begin a test if the MTLC is scheduled to close before the end of your full allotted time: usually you must begin by 8pm (7pm for a final exam), or on Fridays by 3pm (2pm for a final exam).

3. You must reserve a time in order to take an exam on a test deadline day.  Test weeks are a logistical challenge; you must tell MTLC when you will come, and you must do what you say. The front page of the syllabus lists beginning and ending dates/times for online registration for each exam.  To register online, go to the MTLC website (www.mtlc.ua.edu), select link Test Registration, log in as instructed, select link Register, then choose an available date and time.  You may freely cancel or change your test time while online registration is active.  Be sure to verify your registration: log back in to the test registration site or check your confirmation email message.

4. After online registration closes (at 5pm on Friday before the deadline week), you must come in person to the MTLC to register or to change your test time.  You must sign up manually with the instructor on duty; no phone calls or email arrangements can be accepted.  In this case, points will be deducted from your test grade as follows:

10 points if you did not register online

5 points if you change your test time after online registration closes but before your scheduled test time

10 points if you miss your test time and reschedule, or if no open seats remain when you come to register

These penalties are CUMULATIVE.  You may fill out a petition request form to have the penalty waived if you have a valid excuse.

5. If you miss a test and your course’s testing period has NOT ended, come to the MTLC to reschedule.  If the testing period is over, see REPLACEMENT POLICY above.

6. Arrive on time for your test.  Tardiness will cost you working time on the test.  Bring your ID and pencils with you.  Swipe your ACT card at the MTLC entrance and then follow signs to the back hallway.  Staff will check your ID and give you a personalized test paper (which is your initial scratch paper), then direct you to your seat.

7. Absolutely NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES may be active in the testing area.  All cell phones, texting devices, iPods, MP3 players, etc must be turned off and put away before you pick up your test paper.  Use of any electronic device during a test will be treated as academic misconduct. 

8. Place all belongings on the floor.  Once you enter the testing area, all review material must be put away. As soon as you are seated and logged in, you may begin your exam.  The MTLC will give you additional scratch paper as needed; no other paper is allowed. When you are finished, staff will score your test and collect all papers.

9. ONLY THE CALCULATOR ON THE COMPUTER MAY BE USED ON TESTS.  The only webpage that may be opened during a test is the testing page.  Opening any other website during testing will be treated as academic misconduct.

10. An MTLC staff member must be present when your test is submitted for a grade: if it does not store correctly it is at risk for getting LOST.

11. You will be allowed to review your test before you leave the lab.  You may not write down any information pertaining to test questions to take with you when you leave the MTLC after an exam.  You may not share any test information with anyone who hasn’t taken the test.  Violators will be charged with academic misconduct.

12. During test weeks, the MTLC will be available for studying, reviewing, and/or working assignments during normal hours on Sunday, only between 8:15pm-10pm Monday-Wednesday, not at all on Thursday, and during normal hours on Friday.    

No one may leave the testing area during a test without permission.  This includes getting water and using the restroom.”

Quizzes and Homework have expiration dates and times, which may only be extended if a petition request is approved.

Test 1 Material : Test 1 is on Wednesday 9/21
Date	Section	Title	Completion Deadline
Or : 8/24		Orientation Syllabus Quiz – must be taken in the MTLC		Online Registration for Test 1 begins at 8am 9/9 and ends at 5pm 9/16
			Friday 9/2 by 4 :45 pm
F 8/26	5.1	Simple and Compound Interest	Tuesday 8/30, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
M 8/29	5.2	Future Value of an Annuity	Tuesday 8/30, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
W 8/31	5.3	Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization	Friday 9/2, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
W 9/7	6.1	Statements and Quantifiers	Friday 9/9, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
	6.2	Truth Tables & Equivalent Statements (continue M)	Tuesday 9/13, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
M 9/12
		Test Rules Quiz	Friday 9/16 by 4:45 pm
W 9/14	6.3	The Conditional and Circuits	Friday 9/16,
M 9/19		Review for Test 1	Test 1 Wed 9/21 in MTLC– NO CLASS

Test 2 Material : Test 2 is on Wednesday 10/12
Date	Section	Title	Completion Deadline
M 9/26	6.4	More on the Conditional	Tuesday 9/27, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm	Online Registration for Test 2 begins at 8am 9/30 and ends at 5pm 10/7
	7.1	Sets (start M, finish W)	Friday 9/30, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
W 9/28
	7.2	Applications of Venn Diagrams	Friday 9/30, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
M 10/3	7.3	Introduction to Probability	Tuesday 10/4, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
W 10/5	7.4	Basic Concepts of Probability	Friday 10/7, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
M 10/10		Review for Test 2	Test 2 Wed 10/12 in MTLC– NO CLASS

Test 3 Material : Test 3 is on Wednesday 11/2
Date	Section	Title	Completion Deadline
M 10/17	7.5	Conditional Probability; Independent Events	Tuesday 10/18, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm	Online Registration for Test 3 begins at 8am 10/21 and ends at 5pm 10/28
	8.1	The Multiplication Principle; Permutations, Computer calculator (start M, finish W)	Friday 10/21, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
W 10/19
	8.2	Combinations (start W, finish M)	Tuesday 10/25, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
M 10/24
	8.3	Probability Applications of Counting Principles (start M, finish W)	Sunday 10/30, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
W 10/26
M 10/31		Review for Test 3	Test 3 Wed 11/2 in MTLC– NO CLASS

Test 4 Material : Test 4 is on Wednesday 11/30
Date	Section	Title	Completion Deadline
M 11/7	8.4	Binomial Probability (start M, finish W)	Friday 11/11, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm	Online Registration for Test 4 begins at 8am 11/18 and ends at 5pm 11/25
W 11/9
	8.5	Probability Distributions; Expected Value (start W, finish M)	Tuesday 11/15, hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
M 11/14
W 11/16	9.1	Frequency Distributions; Measures of Central Tendency	Friday 11/18, hw by 3pm, quiz by 4:45pm
	9.2	Measures of Variations, Statistics box of calculator
M 11/21	9.3	The Normal Distribution	Tuesday 11/22 hw by 8pm, quiz by 10pm
M 11/28		Review for test 4	Test 4 Wed 11/30 in MTLC– NO CLASS

Comprehensive Final Exam is Sunday 12/11 to Thursday 12/15
Date	Section	Title	Completion Deadline	FE Reg. 8am 12/2 to 5pm 12/9
M&W 12/5&7	All	Review for final	Last day for help in MTLC is Sun. 12/11

This course is under the “A, B, C, NC” policy, +/- grades are given.  Students must earn a minimum of 700 points (C-) to successfully pass this course.  The course grade is based on points earned as follows:

4 Tests                         400 points (100 points each)                    

Final Exam                   300 points (100 points times three)                                           

Quizzes                         168 points (42 points each test period)  

Homework                      88 points (22 points each test period)  

Class Attendance          23 points (1 points for each class)        

Effort/Lab (out of class) 21 points (1 point for each deadline)                                         

Total                           1000 points  (Survey = 2 bonus pts)     

COURSE GRADE SCALE

A+   980–1001,   A   920–979,   A-  900–919

B+   880–899,      B  820–879,   B-  800–819

C+   780–799,     C  720–779,   C-  700–719

NC   Below 700

*Student must earn a minimum of 700 points to pass.

MAKE-UP POLICY:  If homework or quizzes are missed due to a serious, verifiable circumstance, then make-up work may be allowed. Any student requesting to make up work must fill out a petition request form in 345 Gordon Palmer with an excuse and supporting documents attached. If a test is missed, the student must petition to request that the zero test grade be replaced with the final exam grade.  Students who must miss work or tests due to official University business must make arrangements for makeup work beforehand.  Excuses must be taken to the math department (345 Gordon Palmer) as soon as possible.

REPLACEMENT POLICY:  Everyone will automatically have the lowest test grade replaced with the final exam grade.  However, zeros due to an unexcused absence or academic misconduct will not be automatically replaced.  Students who miss a test but have an excuse must turn in a petition request form, with excuse and supporting documents attached, at the math department office (345 Gordon Palmer) as soon as possible.  The missed test will be replaced only if the petition request panel approves the excuse.

Every student is required to come to the scheduled class Wednesday 8/24 AND Friday 8/26 (not MWclass).

CLASS ATTENDANCE: Beginning the week of 8/28, class meetings will be held only on Mondays and Wednesdays during the scheduled class time.  Each student is required to attend and actively participate in each class meeting every week. Each class meeting is worth 1 point, for a total of 23 class attendance points for the semester.  No class meetings on test days.

EFFORT POINTS/LAB ATTENDANCE:  Time spent working on math shows a strong correlation with success in the course.  In addition to class attendance, each student is expected to spend sufficient time outside of class to successfully complete each assignment.  Students are not required to be in the MTLC (Math Lab) during the scheduled class times on Fridays, but may use the MTLC any time it is open to work on math assignments.  The MTLC is typically open more than 70 hours each week and has plenty of computers as well as a staff of instructors and tutors to help individuals as needed.  To encourage and to help ensure success, an effort point will be associated with each assignment deadline.  To earn the effort point, a student must make 75% or more on each assignment (homeworks, quizzes, and tests) due at a particular deadline.  If a student makes less than 75% on ANY assignment due at a particular deadline, then the student may still earn the effort point by spending at least 60 minutes between that deadline and the NEXT deadline working on math assignments in the MTLC.  Lab attendance is counted from deadline to deadline.   There is 1 effort point for each deadline, for a total of 21 points possible for the semester.

MTLC RULES

1. The MTLC is a math classroom. Please be quiet during your visit to the MTLC.
2. Be sure to swipe your ACT card when you enter the MTLC and swipe it when you leave, even for a short break. Do not swipe an ACT card other than your own. Violators will be charged with academic misconduct and reported to the Dean’s office.
3. Cell phones, food, drinks (including water), tobacco products, and companions are NOT allowed in the MTLC. A cell phone violation will cause your cell phone to be detained until you leave the MTLC.   Cell phones should be out of sight and turned off.
4. Other than mathematics, no activities such as talking, surfing the Internet, playing computer games, typing a paper, sleeping, etc. are allowed in the MTLC.  Any violation will cause your attendance credit to be 0 for that day and you will be asked to leave the MTLC.
5. The use of a computer in the MTLC is on a first-come first-serve basis; no reservation can be made for normal course work. (Reservations are required for tests.  See Test Rules below.)
6. No attendance credit will be given to students who do not have their ACT cards.
7. Take notes.  Record each homework score and quiz score once you finish it on the record sheet that is provided for you.

Please do not hesitate to ask questions in the MTLC.  Staff members in the MTLC are there to help you.

Note: The last day to drop this course is Wed., November 2, 2011.  No withdrawals can be made after this date.

TEST INFO:         DEADLINES                                                                       REGISTRATION WEEK

               Test 1:  Wednesday, September 21                                8am Friday 9/9 – 5pm Friday 9/16

               Test 2:  Wednesday, October 12                                      8am Friday 9/30 – 5pm Friday 10/7

               Test 3:  Wednesday, November 2                                    8am Friday 10/21 – 5pm Friday 10/28

               Test 4:  Wednesday, November 30                                  8am Friday 11/18 – 5pm Friday 11/25

      Final Exam: Monday – Thursday, December 12-15               8am Friday 12/2 – 5pm Friday 12/9

Test times available:  To be announced.     

Final Exam times:  8 am, 11:30 am, 3:30 pm, 7 pm (all times may not be available each day)

Please read Test Rules on this syllabus for detailed information.

 

MTLC INFO:  LOCATION:  B1 Tutwiler                 

                       PHONE:  348-2592               

                       WEBSITE: www.mtlc.ua.edu

HOURS:        Sunday:  4pm – 10pm                                               

                       Monday – Thursday:  8am – 10pm                                              

                       Friday:  8am – 4:45pm                                                                    

CLOSINGS:  Labor Day Holiday:  Sun. 9/4 and Mon. 9/5

                       Fall Break:  10pm Wed. 10/26 – 4pm Sun. 10/30

                       Thanksgiving Holiday:  5pm Tue. 11/22 – 4pm Sun. 11/27

NOTE: Last day for help in the MTLC is Sunday 12/11.  Lab will be open during final exam week for testing only.  Lab hours are counted Sunday – Friday.  You must swipe your ACT card in and out to receive credit for lab attendance.  No exceptions.

EARLY COURSE COMPLETION:  You are encouraged to work ahead of the syllabus deadlines, and to take tests and the final exam early.  Once you have taken the final, you do not need to continue coming to class or coming to the MTLC to work.  All the remaining attendance requirements are automatically counted for full credit.

WORKING FROM HOME:  The Math 110 course work can be done on your personal computer. Internet access is required in order to reach the website where the notes, homework, and exercises are found.  The website is http://ua.mylabsplus.com.  If this page ever fails to load, try typing the website rather than choosing it from the dropdown menu.  Certain plugins must be downloaded for successful operation from home.  To get these, you will login to the website with your own personal login and password as given by the MTLC.  Next, click on your course section.  Select the MyMathLab Browser Check link and follow the instructions on the screen. Students doing graded work from home risk grades not being properly saved.  If scores are not successfully sent from home and the deadline passes, you will NOT be able to make up the work.  In case of any problems, come to the MTLC immediately to complete work.  Tests must be taken in the MTLC.

MATH SOFTWARE LOG IN INFORMATION:  Go to ua.mylabsplus.com.  (The MTLC sets up the log in information for each student.  If you cannot log in with this following information, then please come to the MTLC immediately for assistance.)

                Your username:   Crimson email address      example:  jksmith@crimson.ua.edu

                Your password:   CWID                                        example:  12345678

NOTE:  You will find your current course under the Alabama Fall 2011 Term.

All students in attendance at the University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically related matter and any knowing or intentional help or attempt to help, or conspiracy to help, another student.

The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.

If you are registered with the Office of Disability Services, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible to discuss any course accommodations that may be necessary. If you have a disability, but have not contacted the Office of Disability Services, please call 348-4285 or visit 133-B Martha Parham Hall East to register for services. Students who may need course adaptations because of a disability are welcome to make an appointment to see me during office hours. Students with disabilities must be registered with the Office of Disability Services, 133-B Martha Parham Hall East, before receiving academic adjustments.

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