SYLLABUS
MATHEMATICS 1100-002
Quantitative Analysis (3 Credits)
General Information
• Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 09:00 AM - 11:15 AM at LCB 225.
• Instructor: Omprokash Das, das@math.utah.edu.
• Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00 PM - 4 PM or by appointment at my
office JWB 332.
• Class Webpage: http : //www.math.utah.edu/ ∼ das/T eaching/1100sum/math1100sum.html
Course Structure
• Textbook: Mathematical Applications for the management, Life, and
Social Sciences (custom edition for the U of U), Volume 2.
• Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1050 OR MATH 1090 OR Math
ACT score of at least 28 OR Math SAT score of at least 630 Fulfills
Quantitative Reasoning (Math Stat/Logic).
• Course: In this course we will learn Differentiation, Maximization and
Minimization of Functions, Marginal Analysis and the Optimization of
Constrained Functions, Integration and their Applications. We will basically cover the following chapters and sections of our text book:
Chapters
9
10
11
12
13
14
Sections
9.1 − 9.9
10.1 − 10.5
11.1 − 11.5
12.1 − 12.4
13.1 − 13.4, 13.7
14.1 − 14.2
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• Homework and Quizzes:
– Weekly homework will be assigned on every Friday.
– There will be Quizzes every week on Wednesday and Friday.
Each quiz will be of 25 minutes duration and will cover the materials
from previous one or two lectures, e.g., Wednesday’s quiz will cover
all the topics we have discussed on Monday’s lecture of the same week
and Friday’s lecture from the last week and for Friday’s quiz it will
on Wednesday’s lecture of the same week. Quizzes will be given at
the beginning of the lectures.
– Homework will not be collected, however I strongly recommend you
to work on all problems in every homework, because each problem
on every quiz will be very similar to those assigned in the homework.
– No make up Quiz will be given.
• Midterms: There will be two Midterms (50 minutes each).
• Final Exam: There will be a comprehensive final exam of 2 hours at the
end of the semester.
• There will be No make up Exam.
• Calculators: A basic Scientific Calculator will be sufficient for doing
Homework. No calculator is allowed for Quizzes and Exams.
• Laptops and Cell Phones: Use of Laptops, Cell Phones, e.t.c., are
strictly prohibited during the lecture. In case of emergency please take
your ‘conversation’ out of the class.
Grading
Quizzes
– Grading policy: Your grade will be based on: Midterms (2)
Final exam
• Grading Scale:
A
AB+
B
BC+
93 − 100%
90 − 92%
87 − 89%
83 − 86%
80 − 82%
77-79%
2
C
CD+
D
DE
73 − 76%
70 − 72%
67 − 69%
63 − 66%
60 − 62%
0-59%
20 %
50 % (25 % each)
30 %
Exams
• Location: All the exams will take place in the regular class room LCB
225 (including final exam).
• Exam Dates:
– First Midterm: Monday, 11th July 2011, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM.
– Second Midterm: Friday, 29th July 2011, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM.
– Final Exam (Comprehensive): Friday, 5th August 2011, 7:30 AM 9:30 AM.
• Important Note: I reserve the right to change any policy during the
semester. Any updated information will be emailed to your E-mail ID
registered with Campus Information System(CIS). Once an email is sent,
it is student’s responsibility to check and understand it. I will not be
responsibly if someone doesnt receive the email. Many important information will be emailed to your CIS mail throughout the semester, so please
check your mail regularly!
• Tutoring: The Rushing Math Center offers free drop-in tutoring, a computer lab, and study areas for undergraduates, it is adjacent to the LCB
and JWB.
ADA Statement
The Americans with Disability Act requires that reasonable accommodations
be provided for students with physical, cognitive, systemic learning and psychiatric disabilities. The student needs to have such a disability approved by the
Disability Service Office (162 UNION, 581-5020) in order to have the accommodations provided. The instructor need to be informed about such a disability
and approved accommodations at the beginning of the semester.
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