Spring 2000
Math 1090-5
- Instructor:
Blake Thornton,
Kennecott 168
- Email:
thornton@math.utah.edu
- Web Page:
www.math.utah.edu/~thornton
- Office Hours:
TBA (I'm in my office quite a bit)
- Text:
- Ronald J. Harshbarger, James J. Reynolds
Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences.
We will cover chapters 1-6.
- Prerequisites:
Math 1010, Chapter 0 of text. Are you in the right class?
- Calculator:
- You will need a calculator with at least exponential, logarithm, and yx
functions.
Graphing and financial calculators are nice, but not necessary.
You are responsible for knowing how your calculator works.
- Tutoring:
- There is free tutoring available in
Building 129, rooms 241, 254.
Tutoring center hours:
| Monday - Thursday |
Friday |
| 8AM-7PM |
8AM-2PM |
Or you can also try the
Tutoring Center
in the student services building.
- Homework:
- Homework will not be collected, but it must be completed daily in order
to learn the material.
Homework is assigned for every section.
You should consider this as a suggested minimum number of problems to do,
you may need to do more.
As the semester goes on, I may make changes in the suggested homework problems
to better fit what we are doing.
Typically A students do all of the homework (and understand it!)
and then find more problems to do.
B students do most of the homework.
C students do some of the homework.
The rest are usually D and E students.
You decide which group you belong to.
- Tests:
- There will be 4 in class exams, lots of quizzes, and a comprehensive final.
The tests will emphasize the material covered since the last test.
We will usually have a quick review near the end of the class the meeting
before a test.
| 50% |
Test 1 |
Friday, January 28 |
| Test 2 |
Friday, February 18 |
| Test 3 |
Friday, March 10 |
| Test 4 |
Friday, April 7 |
| 20% |
Quizzes |
Most other Fridays |
| 30% |
Final (Departmental) |
Wednesday, May 3, 4-6PM |
- Grades:
- Grades are computed according to the following scale.
No test scores are dropped, two quiz scores can be dropped.
| A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D+ |
D |
D- |
E |
| 100-93 |
92-90 |
89-87 |
86-83 |
82-80 |
79-77 |
76-73 |
72-70 |
69-67 |
66-63 |
62-60 |
59-0 |
- Pet Peeves: Please do not do the following:
- Miss an exam without notifying me beforehand.
- Use a pen on an exam, especially a red one.
- Think you can be the one person who can get an A or B without doing homework.
Other Important Dates:
| Sunday, January 16 |
Last day to drop without class appearing on transcript |
| Friday, January 21 |
Last day to withdraw with no tuition penalty |
| Friday, March 3 |
Last day to withdraw |
| Tuesday, February 22 |
Substitute day (Monday classes meet) |