Math 1030-5
Spring 2007 Syllabus
Instructor: Russ Richins, richins@math.utah.edu, 585-6845.
Class Web Page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~richins/teaching/math1030.html. The homework assignments, the dates of the tests, the due dates for the projects and any other pertinent information will be posted
here.
Office: JWB 321. Office hours will be Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm. If you can’t make it
during these times, please feel free to make an appointment with me. Also, I will be available in the mathematics
tutoring center (located in the basement between the JWB and LCB buildings) during one hour each week. The
exact time will be announced when it is known.
Text: U sing and U nderstanding M athematics, A Quantative Reasoning Approach, third edition, by Jeffrey
Bennett and William Briggs.
Prerequisite: Math 1010. Taking Math 1030 will not fufill a prerequisite or requirement of Math 1050 or Math
1090.
Grading: Your grade will be based on the following:
weekly homework
group project
tests
final exam
20%
20%
30%
30%
The homework will consist of 5-10 problems from the book, which will be graded out of 5 points each and returned
to you. Homework will be assigned on Monday and collected the next Monday at the end of class. The due dates
for each homework will be announced at the beginning of each lecture and posted on the website. I will consider
an assignment on time if it is in my hands or under my office door before I get there on the day after the due
date. Late work will be accepted, but will be penalized at a rate of 1 point per day.
The group project is described in detail in the attached document. You will be allowed to organize yourselves into
groups of 2-4 students, and each group will choose a topic from those listed. I will be available for consultation
on your project throught the semester, but it will not be due until the last week of classes. During this week (I
hope) we will split our time between 5 minute group reports on projects and review for the final. The results
from the project should be typed up and handed in for grading after the oral reprort is finished.
There will be two tests during the semester. Before each test I will give you an outline of what sorts of questions
to expect. Your task will be to find the sections in the book that cover those subjects and make sure you can do
that type of problem. The dates of the tests will be
Exam I
Exam II
February 16
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March 30
Please take note of these dates now so that you can be present. If you absolutely can not be there for a test, let
me know, and we can make arrangements for you to take the test within the 36 hours previous to the test. If
there are extreme circumstances, a make-up can be allowed after the fact, but it will be in an oral format, and
will most likely be more difficult than the original test.
The final exam will be administered by the department (i.e. everyone who takes Math 1030 this semester will
take the same test). I will announce the date and time of the final when I know it, and I will see that it is posted
on the website as well. The final will be comprehensive.
On all tests, calculators will not be allowed. On tests and especially assignments, you will be graded on your
work, and not necessarily on the answer given. Be sure to show as much work as possible!
Schedule: We will cover chapters 1-4 and 8-10 of the text at a pace of about one section per day.
Students with Disabilities: The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services, and
activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in this class, reasonable prior notice
needs to be given to the instructor and to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building, 581-5020
(V/TDD) to make arrangements for accommodations.