Summer 2000
Math 1090-2

Instructor: Blake Thornton, Kennecott 168, 585-7664

Email: thornton@math.utah.edu

Web Page: www.math.utah.edu/~thornton/

Office Hours: I should be available after class most days and also available by appointment.

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 y^x 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 Mines 210:

Monday/Wednesday	9AM - 7PM
Tuesday/Thursday	10AM - 7PM
Friday	9AM - 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 and Quizzes:

There will be 2 in class exams, several 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. We will have quizzes on most days that we don't have a test.

50%	Test 1	Friday, May 26
	Test 2	Friday, June 9
20%	Quizzes	Most Days
30%	Final	Wednesday, June 21, 9-11AM

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.