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Syllabus for Math 192 Z

Business Math, Spring 1999, Moravian College.

Professor: Tom Linton, 404 Comenius Hall, campus phone (610) 861-1418, email: lintont@central.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2-3 PM, Tuesday 11:30-12:30, Thursday 1-2 PM, or by appointment.
Class Meets: 6:30 to 8:10 PM on Monday and Wednesday. Monday classes meet in Comenius 309. Wednesday classes alternate Memorial 202, Comenius 309, M 202, C 309, etc.
Text: Applied Calculus, by Hughes-Hallett et al. This text is written with a special emphasis on "readability". Unlike many mathematics texts, you won't find "worked out" examples similar to the homework problems in this text, but examples which  best illustrate the important concepts of each section. Make a special effort to read and work through the sections of the text before the material is covered in class.
Technology: A graphing calculator is required and the TI-83 is highly recommended. Students with different graphing calculators bear the responsibility of making it emulate a TI-83. The software program Maple will be used moderately and some assignments will require spreadsheets. No prior knowledge of calculator use nor Maple is assumed. Calculators are allowed on exams, except the Gateways.

Overview:

This is an experimental section of a semester long mathematics course for students majoring in business or other social sciences. Calculus is the study of change; how variations in one quantity relate to changes in another. These relationships are abundant in the daily lives of most individuals today and have several applications in business and social science. As such, understanding certain concepts of calculus and certain background material, will help you better understand the interactions of the world around you. We will cover most of the material in chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 of the text.

Grades:

Exams 2 midterm exams (Feb 10 and April 19), 100 points each, one or more Gateway exams (see below) and a cumulative 150 point final exam.
Projects 2 or 3 extensive group projects worth 75 points each.
Quizzes Approximately one every other week, worth a total near 100 points.
Homework and
Class Activities		 Collected-Evaluated regularly and worth about 200 points.
The Gateway exams will cover symbolic manipulation skills. You can attempt them several times and will score 50, 45, 40 or zero points (all scores below 40 count as zero). It will consist of several relatively straightforward drill exercises, which you should be able to do perfectly "by hand".

Late Assignments:

Late homework, labs, and class activities will be penalized by 10% each lecture they are late. I am fairly flexible about giving exams at alternate times, BUT you should definitely warn me before the exam is missed, and plan on taking it early rather than late. Quizzes missed due to absences can NOT be made up. You are responsible for all of the material covered in class each day, even if you are not present. Plagiarism, or copying answers from other people or books without citing the source is a serious offense and will result in no credit for the work.  It is OK to discuss your answers with other groups on group assignments, but  the work you turn in must be your own and all help from others must be indicated.

Schedule:

Topics and assignments will appear here in a timely fashion as the course progresses. You should regularly check the course Web page, which can be accessed from Tom's home page.
WEEK DATES SECTION(S) ASSIGNMENTS
   1 1-11 and 13 1.1, 1.2 
Maple Intro in lab		 1.1 #3,4,7,9,13 
1.2 #1,3,6,7,10,12,15
   2 1-18 and 20 1.3 no class 1-18 1.3 #1,4,7,8,9,16,20 Quiz 1
   3 1-25 and 27 1.4 to 1.6 
Maple lab on exponential functions		 1.4 #1,2,6,9,11,13,22,23,28,31 
1.5 #3,5,8,13,15,20,25,31,35,39 
1.6 #1,4,7,8,10,13,15,19
   4 2-1 and 3 1.7 and Supply-Demand lab. 1.7 #2,3,4,10,11
   5 2-8 and 10 1.8 and exam 1 review p 93-101 # 
1,8,9,10,12,16,20,22,23,24,25,28 
32,33,36,37,40,42,51.		 1.8 #1,12,17,18,20,26,31,34,37,44 
1.9 # 1,4,6,16,20
   6 2-15 and 17 exam 1, 1.1 to 1.8 
Sections 1.9 and 1.10		 1.10 #2,6,19,23,26 
1.11 #4,7,10,11
   7 2-22 and 24 Sections 2.1 and 2.2 
Maple lab on derivatives.		 2.1 #3,7,8,9,13 
2.2 #1,2,3,8,9,11,18
   8 3-1 and 3 Sections 2.3 to 2.4 2.3 #4,10,12,17,25,32 
Graphical derivative activity.
   9 3-8 and 10 Spring Break! Yipee!
 10 3-15 and 17 Section 2.5 2.4 #1,3,6,8,12,13,14,20 
2.5 #1,2,4,6,11,13,16,17
 11 3-22 and 24 Section 2.6 and 4.1 2.6 #1,3,6,8,9 
4.1 #1 to 21 odd plus 25,34,38
 12 3-29 and 31 Sections 4.2 and 4.3 4.2 # 1 to 21 odd plus 23,24,27,29 
Maple chain rule activity. 
4.3 # 1 to 33 odd.
 13 4-5 (no class) 
and 4-7		 Sections 4.3 and 4.4 4.4 numbers 1 to 31 odd.
 14 4-12 and 14 Exam 2 (Mon) Maple lab (Wed) 5.1 #1,5,8,9,10,14
Maple max-min activity.
 15 4-19 and 21 Go over exam, 5.2 and 5.3 5.2 #3,8,9,14,15,18,26
 16 4-26 and 28 Sections 5.1 to 5.3 and review. 5.3 #2,7,11,14,15,21,22,24
 17 5-5 Final Exam 6:30 - 9:30 PM Comenius 309

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