MATH 1010
Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
Course Description: Designed to give liberal
arts students the skills required to understand and interpret quantitative
information that they encounter in the news and in their studies, and to make quantitatively-based
decisions in their lives. Topics include a survey of logic and analysis of
arguments, identifying fallacies in reasoning, working with numbers and units,
linear and exponential relations and essentials of probability and statistics. The
emphasis is on applications with case studies in economics, finance,
environmental sciences, health, music and science.
|
|
Tuesday |
Thursday |
|
Aug 18/20 |
INTRODUCTION
1C |
1C/2A |
|
Aug 25/27 |
2A/2B |
2B/2C
Quiz 1 |
|
Sept 1/3 |
2C;
Handout |
3A
Quiz 2 |
|
Sept 8/10 |
||
|
Sept 15/17 |
TEST #1 (Chapters 1-3) |
|
|
Sept 22/24 |
4B/Intro
to Group
Project/Planning |
4C
Quiz 4 |
|
Sept 29/Oct 1 |
4D;
Loan
Worksheet/Group Project Time |
8A
Quiz 5 |
|
Oct 6/8 |
8B/Group
Project Time |
5A
Quiz 6 |
|
Oct 13/15 |
Group
Project Time/Review |
TEST #2 (Chapters 4 & 8) |
|
Oct 20/22 |
5C/5D
Quiz 7 |
|
|
Oct 27/29 |
6B
Quiz 8 |
|
|
Nov 3/5 |
7B
Quiz 9 |
|
|
Nov 10/12 |
7E
Quiz 10 |
|
|
Nov 17/19 |
Review |
TEST #3 (Chapters 5-7) |
|
Nov 24/26 |
Thanksgiving Break No
Classes |
|
|
Dec 1/3 |
Review
Quiz 11 |
|
|
Dec 5 (Saturday) |
FINAL
EXAM 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
|