MATH 110-009 (BOWEN) SYLLABUS (MON/WED, 4-4:50 PM) – Spring 2014
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Larry Bowen COURSE TITLE: Finite Mathematics
EMAIL:lbowen@ua.edu PHONE: (205) 348-3920
CREDIT: 3 Semester Hours
PREREQUISITE: By placement.
TEXTBOOK AND ACCESS CODE: Mathematics All Around 5th Ed by Pirnot, published by Pearson. An access code is required
to complete all assignments and tests for this course. The access code allows the student to access the publisher’s website for the
course, where all assignments and tests must be completed and where the entire textbook may be viewed online. Access codes can be
purchased with or without a hard copy of the textbook at a bookstore or online from the publisher.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is intended to give an overview of topics in finite mathematics with applications. It covers
mathematics of finance, logic, set theory, elementary probability and statistics. This course does not provide sufficient background for
students who will need to take precalculus algebra (for example, MATH 112 or calculus (for example, MATH 121 or 125).
GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR 100-200 LEVEL COURSES:
 Students will be able to discriminate between reliable and less reliable information in their decision-making.
 Students will be able to recognize and explain the scientific method, and evaluate scientific information.
 Course presents the essential characteristics and basic processes of inquiry and analysis in the discipline.
 Course encourages development of critical thinking skills & requires students to analyze, synthesize and evaluate knowledge.
 Course considers its subjects in relation to other disciplines and to the human condition.
 Course is not limited to majors in any discipline.
 Course does not focus on professional skills.
LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS COURSE: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
 Calculate simple and compound interest.
 Calculate simple and conditional probability.
 Calculate future and present value of annuities.
 Calculate expected values and variances.
 Apply laws of logic to argument analysis.
COURSE GRADES: This course is under the “A, B, C, NC” policy, +/- grades are given. Students must earn a minimum of 700
points (C-) to successfully pass this course. The course grade is based on points earned as follows:
4 Tests
70%
COURSE GRADE SCALE
Quizzes
10%
A+ 98% – 100% A 92% – 97.9%
A- 90% – 91.9%
Homework
8%
B+ 88% – 89.9% B 82% – 87.9% B- 80% – 81.9%
Study Plan
10%
C+ 78% – 79.9% C 72% – 77.9% C- 70% – 71.9%
Class/Lab Attendance
2%
NC Below 70%
Total
100%
Students must earn a minimum of 70% (C-) to successfully pass this course.
Note: Wednesday, March 19th is the last day to drop this class with a W. No withdrawals will be allowed after this date.
TEST DEADLINES:
REGISTRATION PERIOD:
Test 1:
Tuesday
February 4
Test 2:
Tuesday
February 25
For Tests 1 – 4:
Test 3:
Tuesday
March 18
8am Friday 1/17 - 5pm Friday 1/24
Test 4:
Tuesday
April 15
For final:
Final Exam Week: Sunday - Friday
April 27-May 2
8am Monday 4/14 - 5pm Friday 4/25
Test times available: Times to be announced in class and through email.
Final Exam times available: 8 am, 11:30 am, 3:30 pm, 7 pm (all times may not be available each day)
Please read Test Rules on this syllabus for detailed information.
MTLC INFO:
LOCATION: B1 Tutwiler
HOURS: Sunday: 6pm – 9pm
Mon. – Thur.: 8am – 10pm
Friday: 8am – 4:45pm
PHONE: 348-2592
WEBSITE: www.mtlc.ua.edu
CLOSINGS: MLK Holiday: Sun. 1/19 & Mon. 1/20
Spring Break: 5 pm on 3/21 through 10 pm on 3/30
NOTE: Last day for help in MTLC is Friday 4/25 at 4:45 pm
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Lab
Class
W 1/8
M 1/13
W 1/15
W 1/22
M 1/27
W 1/29
M 2/3
No Lab
Class
Lab
Lab #1
Lab #2
Lab #3
Test 1 Material: Test 1 is Tuesday 2/4 (Registration period for test: 8 am Fri 1/17 – 5 pm Fri 1/24)
Section Title
Assignment Completion Deadline
Orientation
Syllabus Quiz Due Friday 1/24 by 10:00 pm
Online
8.1
Percents, Taxes, and Inflation
Due 1/14 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Registration for
8.2
Interest
Due 1/17 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Test 1 begins at
8am 1/17 and
8.4
Annuities
Due 1/23 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
ends at 5 pm on
8.5
Amortization
1/24
Amortization (continued)
Due 1/30 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Review for Test 1
Test 1 Tuesday 2/4 in MTLC
Test 2 Material: Test 2 is Tuesday 2/25
Title
Assignment Completion Deadline
The Language of Sets
Due 2/7 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Comparing Sets
Due 2/7 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Set Operations
Due 2/11 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Survey Problems
Statements and Connectives
Due 2/14 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Truth Tables
Due 2/18 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Conditional and Biconditional
Due 2/21 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Review for Test 2
Test 2 Tuesday 2/25 in MTLC
W 2/12
M 2/17
W 2/19
M 2/24
Section
2.1
No Lab
2.2
2.3
2.4
Lab #4
3.1
3.2
Lab #5
3.3
No Lab
Class
W 2/26
M 3/3
W 3/5
M 3/10
W 3/12
M 3/17
Test 3 Material: Test 3 is Tuesday 3/18
Lab
Section Title
Assignment Completion Deadline
No Lab
12.1 Introduction to Counting Method Due 2/28 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
12.2 Counting Principle
Due 3/4 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Lab #6
12.3 Permutation and Combinations
Due 3/7 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
13.1 Basic Probability
Due 3/11 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Lab #7
13.2 Compliments and Unions
Due 3/14 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
No Lab
Review for Test 3
Test 3 Tuesday 3/18 in MTLC
W 2/5
M 2/10
Class
W 3/19
M 3/31
W 4/2
M 4/7
W 4/9
Test 4 Material: Test 4 is Tuesday 4/15
Lab
Section Title
Assignment Completion Deadline
No Lab
13.3 Conditional Probability
Due 3/21 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
13.4 Expected Value
Due 4/1 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Lab #8
14.1 Organizing Data
Due 4/4 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
14.2 Measure of Central Tendency
Due 4/8 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
Lab #9
14.3 Measure of Dispersion
Due 4/11 Homework @ 9pm, Quiz @ 10pm
14.4 Normal Distribution
M 4/14
No Lab
Class
W 4/16
M 4/2l
Lab
W 4/23
No Lab
Review for Test 4
You will test at
the same time as
for Test 1
You will test at
the same time as
for Test 1
You will test at
the same time as
for Test 1
Test 4 Tuesday 4/15 in MTLC
OPTIONAL: Comprehensive Final Exam April 27 – May 2
Deadline
Study Plan due by 5 pm Friday 5/2
Online Registration for Final Exam begins at 8am Monday 4/14
Review for Final Exam
and ends at 5pm Friday 4/25
Last day for help in MTLC is Friday 4/25 at 4:45 pm
Section Title
ALL
MATH SOFTWARE LOG IN INFORMATION (You will find your current course under the Alabama Spring 2014 Term.):
Option 1: Log into myBama, go to your Blackboard Learn courses, click on Math 110.
Option 2: Go to www.ua.mylabsplus.com. Username: your MyBama login (ex: jksmith) / Password: your CWID (ex: 12345678)
EXTRA HELP: The Center for Academic Success (CAS), Osband Hall, 348-8854, www.cas.ua.edu: Assistance will
include weekly walk-in help sessions. Contact the CAS (or visit their website) for more information.
EMAIL REQUIREMENT: All official correspondence will be made through your crimson email account. If you have any trouble
with your crimson account, contact the OIT service desk located in Gordon Palmer. My email address is lbowen@ua.edu.
CALCULATOR: For tests, you will be allowed to use the CASIO FX-260-School (available at the University bookstores). Using
another calculator is considered academic misconduct.
ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION:
CLASS ATTENDANCE-Class meetings will be held every Monday and Wednesday during the scheduled class time. Each student
is required to attend and actively participate in each class meeting every week. The use of personal laptop computers and texting
during class time is prohibited.
LAB ATTENDANCE-Beginning the week of 1/12, in addition to class attendance, each student is required to spend at least 60
minutes working on math assignments in the MTLC each week. Time spent working on math shows a strong correlation with
success in the course. Students are not required to be in the MTLC (Math Lab) during their particularly scheduled lab time, but may
use the MTLC any time it is open to work on math assignments. The MTLC is typically open 68 hours each week and has plenty of
computers as well as a staff of instructors and tutors to help individuals as needed. Each Lab attendance week begins at 6 pm Sunday
(when the lab opens) & ends when the lab closes at 4:45pm on Friday. Credit for lab attendance is given by ACT card swipes only.
QUIZZES and HOMEWORK: There will be a quiz and a graded homework assignment given on each section covered. Each must
be completed before its deadline. The homework grades will be averaged and the quiz grades will be averaged. Your 3 lowest
homework scores and 3 lowest quiz scores will be automatically dropped at the end of the semester. Homework can be worked and
reworked until all answers are correct or until the assignment deadline. You have unlimited attempts on each homework, but only 2
attempts for each quiz. Only your highest quiz score for an assignment will be used for grade calculation. You will not be able to
receive help during your quizzes or tests, but you may request help while completing homework assignments and after-the-fact
when you are reviewing a quiz or test that you have already completed. Tests must be taken in the MTLC.
STUDY PLAN: The study plan is due by the end of the semester. It indicates topics not mastered on quizzes for the semester.
Please use it as a way to study for each test and your final exam. The study plan counts as 10% of your final grade.
MAKE-UP POLICY: Missed assignments will be scored zero. No makeup tests will be given.
If homework or quizzes are missed due to any circumstance, the zero scores will be part of your three dropped home works or quizzes
at the end of the semester.
If a test is missed, the zero score will be considered your lowest and will be replaced by the final exam score.
Students who will miss any assignments due to official University business must make other arrangements beforehand.
REPLACEMENT POLICY: The Final Exam for Math 110 is NOT REQUIRED. However, Math 110 students will have the
OPTION of taking a comprehensive final exam to have the final exam score replace their lowest test score. Zeros due to an unexcused
absence or academic misconduct will not be replaced.
WORKING FROM HOME: Course work can be done on your personal computer with internet access.
• Log into MyBama go to your Blackboard Learn courses, and click on Math 110.
• The course software WILL NOT WORK with Safari; use a different internet browser.
• If you get a “timeout error” when using the software, delete your browser’s cookies and/or try a new browser.
• No deadline extensions will be given because of issues with a home computer. To be safe, work well ahead of the deadlines at
home, so that if there is any problem you will be able to go to the MTLC and complete the assignment before the deadline.
• Tests must be taken in the MTLC.
MTLC RULES
1. The MTLC is a math classroom. Please be quiet during your visit to the MTLC.
2. Cell phones, food, drinks (including water), tobacco products, and companions are NOT allowed in the Center. A cell phone
violation will cause your cell phone to be detained until you leave the MTLC. Your cell phone needs to be out of sight and
turned off.
3. Other than related to mathematics, no activities such as talking, surfing the Internet, playing computer games, typing a paper,
sleeping, etc. are allowed in the MTLC. If these activities are observed, you will be asked to leave the MTLC.
4. The use of a computer in the MTLC is on a first-come first-serve basis; no reservation can be made for normal course work.
(Reservations are required for tests. See Test Rules below.)
5. Please do not hesitate to ask questions in the MTLC. Staff members in the MTLC are there to help you.
CODE OF ACADEMIC CONDUCT: All students in attendance at the University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to
observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University expects from its students a higher standard of
conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically
related matter and any knowing or intentional help or attempt to help, or conspiracy to help, another student. The Academic
Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.
DISABILITY STATEMENT: If you are registered with the Office of Disability Services, make an appointment with me as soon as
possible to discuss any necessary course accommodations. If you have a disability, but have not contacted ODS, please call 348-4285
or visit 133-B Martha Parham Hall East to register for services. Students who may need course adaptations because of a disability are
welcome to make an appointment to see me during office hours. Students with disabilities must be registered with the Office of
Disability Services, 133-B Martha Parham Hall East, before receiving academic adjustments.
TESTS: Tests must be taken in the MTLC by the scheduled deadlines posted on the front page of this syllabus. You must register for
a time to take your tests on your scheduled test days. The dates and times for online registration are shown on the front page of this
syllabus. Instructions for registration are in Test Rules below. You may take any test early (before its deadline week).
TEST RULES: Tests must be taken in the MTLC.
1.
2.
There are four 70-minute tests and a 150-minute optional comprehensive final exam. Test dates are listed on the front page of the syllabus.
You may take your tests early: “Early” means any time before the Test Week of that exam.. No registration is needed and no penalties will apply for early tests.
However, no tests will be given on Sundays. You may not begin a test if the MTLC is scheduled to close before the end of your full allotted time: usually you
must begin by 8pm (7pm for a final exam), or on Fridays by 3pm (2pm for a final exam).
3. You must reserve a time in order to take an exam on a test deadline day. Test weeks are a logistical challenge; you must tell MTLC when you will come on
your scheduled test days, and you must keep your appointments. The front page of the syllabus lists beginning and ending dates/times for online registration. To
register online, go to the MTLC website (www.mtlc.ua.edu), select link Test Registration, log in as instructed, select link Register, then choose an available time.
You will take ALL tests at this same time on their scheduled days. A separate online registration will occur for the Final Exam. You may freely change your test
time while online registration is active. Be sure to verify your registration: log back in to the test registration site OR check for your confirmation email message.
4. If you miss your test, your zero score will be considered your lowest score and may be replaced by your final exam score. However, only one zero test
score may be replaced.
5. Arrive on time for your test. Tardiness will cost you working time on the test. Bring your ID and pencils. Swipe your ACT card at the MTLC entrance and then
follow signs to the back hallway. Staff will check your ID and give you a personalized test paper (which is your initial scratch paper), then direct you to your seat.
6. Absolutely NO HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES other than the CASIO FX-260-School may be active in the testing area. Use of any unapproved
electronic device during a test will be treated as academic misconduct.
7. When you sit down at your computer, place your cellphone face down on the table with your ID on top of it. Cellphones must be turned completely off and all
other belongings must be placed on the floor. As soon as you are seated, you may begin your exam. The MTLC will give you additional scratch paper as needed;
no other paper is allowed. When you are finished, staff will collect all papers. Warning: do NOT touch the browser’s BACK button, your test will close and you
will have to start over.
8. You will be allowed to review your test before you leave the lab but may not write down any information pertaining to test questions to take with you when you
leave after an exam. You may not share any test information with anyone who hasn’t taken the test. Violators will be charged with academic misconduct.
9. You may not leave your table during a test without permission. This includes getting water and using the restroom. Cell phones must be left at the table.
10. Special MTLC Study Hours during test weeks: Sunday 6-9pm, Monday 8am-10pm, Tuesday – Thursday 9pm-10pm ONLY, Friday 8am-4:45pm. The lab will be
closed for all studying, and open only for testing, during finals week.
EARLY COURSE COMPLETION: You are encouraged to work ahead of the syllabus deadlines, and to take tests and the final
exam early. Once you have taken the final, you do not need to continue coming to class or coming to the MTLC to work. All the
remaining attendance requirements are automatically counted for full credit.
SEVERE WEATHER PROTOCOL
In the case of a tornado warning (tornado has been sighted or detected by radar; sirens activated), all university activities are
automatically suspended, including all classes and laboratories. If you are in a building, please move immediately to the lowest level
and toward the center of the building away from windows (interior classrooms, offices, or corridors) and remain there until the tornado
warning has expired. Classes in session when the tornado warning is issued can resume immediately after the warning has expired at
the discretion of the instructor. Classes that have not yet begun will resume 30 minutes after the tornado warning has expired provided
at least half of the class period remains. UA is a residential campus with many students living on or near campus. In general classes
will remain in session until the National Weather Service issues safety warnings for the city of Tuscaloosa. Clearly, some students and
faculty commute from adjacent counties. These counties may experience weather related problems not encountered in Tuscaloosa.
Individuals should follow the advice of the National Weather Service for that area taking the necessary precautions to ensure personal
safety. Whenever the National Weather Service and the Emergency Management Agency issue a warning, people in the path of the
storm (tornado or severe thunderstorm) should take immediate life saving actions.
When West Alabama is under a severe weather advisory, conditions can change rapidly. It is imperative to get to where you
can receive information from the National Weather Service and to follow the instructions provided. Personal safety should
dictate the actions that faculty, staff and students take. The Office of Public Relations will disseminate the latest information
regarding conditions on campus in the following ways:
 Weather advisory posted on the UA homepage
 Weather advisory sent out through Connect-ED--faculty, staff and students (sign up at myBama)
 Weather advisory broadcast over WVUA at 90.7 FM
 Weather advisory broadcast over Alabama Public Radio (WUAL) at 91.5 FM
 Weather advisory broadcast over WVUA 7. WVUA 7 Storm Watch provides a free service you can subscribe to that allows
you to receive weather warnings for Tuscaloosa via e-mail, pager or cell phone. Check
http://www.wvua7.com/stormwatch.html for details.