SYLLABUS – MATH 123

Semester: Spring, 2008
Course Time: MWF 1.00 – 1:50
Lecturer: Dr. David Baughman
Office: 631 SEO
Office Hours: MWF: 12 –12:50am.
Office phone: (312) 413 – 3742
E-Mail: baughman@math.uic.edu
Web page URL:  http://www2.math.uic.edu/~baughman

Textbook: Customized textbook with chapters selected from Blumen. Mathematics in Our World ; Blumen,  Elementary Statistics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007)   [Note: the customized version of the text used last year, Spring 2007,  should not be used since each text has been updated]

E-mail:  Each student has a university assigned email address.  Correspondence via this email by the instructor is given on an as needed basis;  hence, it is important that you monitor your University assigned email daily.  E-mails will not be sent to addresses other than the address recorded by the  Registration Office  at the time of  registration.  When corresponding with the instructor, via email, you must list the course number, MATH 123 in the “Subject” entry for the email.  I will not respond to emails unless this information is provided. Also, I will not respond to email questions related to information given explicitly in the course syllabus and outline; for example, dates of examinations, content material for which a student is responsible for  specific quizzes or examinations, method of determining final semester grades, etc. 

E-mail cannot be used to discuss assigned textbook exercises.  For these questions, students should consult their teaching assistant, the Lecturer during given office hours, and/or the Mathematics Learning Center on the 4th floor of Building SEO.  The Mathematics Learning Center is open from 9am until 4pm weekdays and is housed on the fourth floor of  SEO ( Science and Engineering Office Building). 

Calculator: A TI-83Plus or TI-84Plus calculator is required. Either of these calculators have the required   functions necessary for the topics in Math 123.  

Grading:  Semester grades will be determined on the basis of the following point totals:

Three One-hour exams (300 pts)                      

Quizzes  @ 15 points each (120 pts)                                                                

Final Exam  (200 pts)                                                            Total Points: 620

Semester Grade:  Semester grade categories are determined by the accumulated point values from hour exams, quizzes, and the final exam.  The point total for the semester is 620.  Each student’s point total is determined by the sum of the above three components. 

Semester Grade Scale (Based on Accumulated Total Points):

620 – 558 = A    90%

557 – 496 =  B    80%

495 – 434 = C    70%

433 – 372 = D    60%

Quizzes:

There will be 10 quizzes each with a total of fifteen points.  Quizzes are given every Tuesday during the discussion section except for the first and last week of instruction and the three weeks in which hour examinations are scheduled.  The lowest 2 quiz scores will be dropped. Hence, total points for quizzes will be 120.  There will be no make-up quizzes regardless of reason for absence.  Quiz content is always based on material from the preceding week’s lectures.  Consult the course outline below for exact material to be covered on each quiz. 

Problem Assignments: The problem assignments listed in the syllabus will not be collected. However,  they reflect the salient features of the text, and TA’s  base the  content of their discussion sessions on the assigned problems as well as other problems from the lecture material. 

Tests: Dates for the hour examinations are listed below. There are no make-up tests.  If you are absent on a test day you must email the instructor on or before the day of the exam and indicate the reason for the absence. Verification of the reason for this absence will be necessary (doctor’s note, etc).  With proper documentation, one and only one missed examination may be replaced by one-half the final exam score. This option is not automatic and is contingent on receiving proper documentation from an attending physician or other relevant source. 

Conflicts Due to Athletic Events Or Extra-Curricular Events Sanctioned by the University:

Exceptions to the above  policy concerning missed examinations and/or quizzes include any scheduled athletic event or scheduled activity sanctioned by the University that requires students to be away from campus on the days of scheduled tests and quizzes.  In such circumstances, official documentation of the sanctioned event must be supplied to the instructor prior to the date of the missed event.

Final Examination:  The date of the final examination for this course is published in the timetable.  The Mathematics Department policy is that the examination must be taken on the assigned date. Consult the Timetable to determine resolution of conflicts with the Final Examination Schedule. The Final Examination Schedule is published at the beginning of the semester in order to give students sufficient time to plan and/or alter activities so that they comply with the University schedule and policies.  Mathematics Department policy states that a student will not receive a passing grade for a course without completing the final examination.

Withdrawals and Incompletes:  Students should consult their college of enrollment about withdrawals from any course.  Additionally, Mathematics Department policy states that an incomplete grade will only be given for exceptional circumstances including but not limited to  extended illness or extreme family circumstances.  Further, Mathematics Department policy indicates that incompletes can only be granted if the student has a grade of “C” or higher at the time the incomplete is requested.

Lecture and Discussion: Students are expected to attend all lecture and discussion sessions. Additional material supplementings the text may be presented in lectures.  For testing purposes, students are responsible for this material as well as text material.

Math 123 Tentative Daily Outline (Subject to change; changes will be given via email)

 

Date

Text Material

Assigned Exercises

1/14

M11.6

17 – 33 odd

1/16

M11.7

11 – 29 odd, 33

1/18

M11.8

3,5,8,10,17,20

1/21

Holiday

 

1/23

S-Appendix B-2(p.138)

B-1, B-5, B-9, B-12 (p.141)

1/25

M8.1

1 – 27 odd

1/28

M8.2

11 – 19 odd

1/30

M8.3

M8.4

1,5,9,13,17,19,21

17,19,21

2/1

M8.5

9 – 31 odd, 42,43,44

2/4

S5.1

S5.2

N/A

9 – 29 odd

2/6

S5.3

1 – 13 odd, 20,21,23

2/8

S5.4

1, 5 – 27 odd,

2/11

S5.5

1, 5, 7,12, 19

2/13

Review

 

2/15

Test #1

 

2/18

Review Normal Dist.

 TBA

2/20

S7.1

S7.2

N/A

9, 10, 11, 12,14, 19, 20, 21

2/22

S7.3 & Student t dist.

4, 7 – 17odd

2/25

S7.4

1 – 17odd

2/27

S7.5 & distribution

 

1 – 11odd

2/29

M13.1 Voting

1,3,5,7,8,

3/3

M13.2

1,3,5,7,11,14,16,20

3/5

M13.3

5 – 17 odd

3/7

*TB  (Taxicab Geometry)

TBA

3/10

*TBA (Taxicab Geometry)

TBA

3/12

S8.1

S8.2

N/A

1 – 13 odd

3/14

S8.3

5 – 21 odd

3/17

S8.4

3, 5, 9, 13, 17,19,20

3/19

Review

 

3/21

Test #2

 

3/24 Break

 

 

3/26  Break

 

 

3/28 Break

 

 

3/31

S8.5

8,9,10,11,15,16,19

4/2

S8.6

4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13

4/4

S8.8 Summary

Review:1,3,7,9,11,16,19 (p. 297)

4/7

S9.1

S9.2

N/A

5 – 15 odd

4/9

S9.4

1, 7, 11

4/11

S9.4

3, 5, 6, 10

4/14

S9.5

3, 7, 11, 15, 19

4/16

Review

 

4/18

Test #3

 

4/21

S9.6

3, 7, 11, 15, 19

4/23

S10.4

S10.5

13, 17, 21, 25, 29

1 – 17 odd

4/25

S11.1

S11.2

N/A

5,6,7,12,14,16

4/28

S11.3

8, 12,15,16,19,23

4/30

Review

 

5/2

Review

 

5/5 – 5/9

FINAL EXAM

See Printed Time Table

 

*TBA – Taxicab Geometry will utilize the following Internet site:

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/usersfiles/zemed/upload/(FILE)1146744589.pdf

 

http://www.montanamath.org/TMME/v2n1/TMMEv2n1a5.pdf#search='Taxi%20Cab%20Geometry'