800:023 01/03     8:00 a.m./9:30 a.m. TTh          WRT 010       Fall Semester 2008    
                      Mathematics in Decision Making
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Text: Miller, Heeren, and Hornsby. 2008. Mathematical Ideas, eleventh edition. Addison Wesley. Boston. [You may use the tenth edition if you wish.]

There will also be supplemental textual material which will be available on the web.
You will need a calculator which can handle exponents; you will be allowed to use a calculator on all quizzes and tests.

Instructor: Campbell, R. B. Wright 328. x-32447 e-mail: campbell@math.uni.edu
Office hours: Unless there is excessive demand, office hours will not be restricted to specified times. You may either catch me after class, call me on the phone, or leave an e-mail message to find a time that is mutually convenient. I should be in my office at 11:00 a.m. on TTh.
N.B.: There will also be scheduled times when a graduate student or advanced undergraduate is available in Wright 338 to help you with the material in this course. Help will also be available in the Math Lab (Center for Academic Achievement -- ITT (East Gym) 8). Both WRT 338 and ITT 8 will probably not open until one week into the semester, and their hours will be set at that time.

There will be three tests worth 100 points each and a final worth 125 points. There will also be a 3 point quiz on most days; the best 17 will be added to your point total. There will be no make-up quizzes. Tentative test dates are:
Descriptive statistics chapter 13 18 September 100
Counting and Probability chapters 11, 12 16 October 100
Music and Dance? (subject to change) [not in text] 13 November 100
Finance and comprehensive chapter 14 16/17 December 125
Quizzes most days 51
Total 476
(The coverage and dates are tentative. I reserve the right to omit sections of the text, and some material not in the text will be covered.)

Cheating of any kind on examinations or quizzes is a serious matter as discussed in Policies and Procedures 3.01 Academic Ethics/Discipline. Sanctions may range from no credit for the test or quiz to suspension from the University.

Recommended homework problems are provided, but will not be collected. [Problems from the tenth edition ]

Attendance is not a component of your point total, but the lectures provide an important complement to the text, sometimes presenting a different focus on the material. A dearth of quizzes will negatively impact your grade.

On Tuesday, 02 September, I shall pass around a seating plan where you will indicate where you will sit for the remainder of the semester. I hope that this will facilitate my learning of your names and your learning of each other. Although I (as a representative of the faculty) and the library are two important reasons for coming to UNI to learn instead of reading books at home, your peers are also a valuable resource.

Although this text has undergone several revisions, it is not perfect. I shall try to draw to your attention any inaccuracies I notice. You are invited to draw errata to my attention. You are also invited to correct any mistakes I make in lecture.

This handout has been prepared using PC-Write. You should learn to use a word processor before you graduate. (It has been revised using the TPU texteditor on ICEMAN/COBRA/VIPER, textedit on a Sun, Kedit under Debian Linux, and gedit under Ubuntu Linux.)

The use of mathematics pervades our lives to an extent which cannot be covered in a single course. This course will develop some concepts which are foundations for mathematics you may encounter, highlight some surprising results, and also present some specific applications you are apt to use. It is assumed that you are already proficient in arithmetic and elementary algebra; these will not be retaught, but may be used.

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