Math for the Liberal Arts II
MATH 106
3 credits
SYLLABUS
Instructor: Linda Beattie
Office: Global Resource Center Room 211
Phone: 538-6268
Email: beattie@cs.wnmu.edu
Office Hours: 11:00 - 12:15 pm TR
10:00 - 10:50 am MWF
TEXT: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, 5th Edition, by Peter
Tannenbaum and Robert Arnold
DESCRIPTION:
This is the second of two semesters of Math
for the Liberal Arts, a 2-semester course that presents concepts of
mathematics for students outside of the fields of mathematics, business,
and the sciences. Placement is according to your COMPASS math
score or successful completion of DSM 102 (Developmental Algebra).
CONTENT:
This course covers Parts 3-4 of the
text.
Part Three:
Chapter
9: Spiral Growth in Nature
Chapter
10: The Mathematics of Population Growth
Chapter
11: Symmetry
Chapter
12: Fractal Geometry
Part Four:
Chapter
13: Collecting Statistical Data
Chapter
14: Descriptive Statistics
Chapter
15: Chances, Probablilities
Chapter
16: Normal Distributions
ATTENDANCE:
The WNMU attendance policy is found
on p. 45 of the handbook. More than 3 unexcused absences may result
in your being dropped from the course or receiving a lower grade.
Just a suggestion: From my experience, attendance has a very
direct correlation with your course grade. Even with excuses, missed
classes hurt. And even with an excuse, you are responsible for all
missed work and understanding the material, and still need to hand in homework.
GRADING:
Quizzes: 20%
Homework: 30%
Tests:
50%
90-100 A 80-89 B
65-79 C 55-64 D
Note: This syllabus may be modified during the semester
if necessary.
Class Assignments:
Chapter 9
Study Problems (Practice to Learn)
#1, 5, 7, 11(a,b), 17(a), 37, 39, 41, 43
Homework Problems (to hand in)
Due: Friday, January23
#2, 6, 8, 12(a,b) (c is extra credit), 18(b), 40, 44
Quiz#1- January 28
Vocabulary
assymetric growth, explicit definition of a sequence, Fibonacci
rectangle, Fibonacci spiral, gnomon, gnomonic growth, golden ratio, golden
rectangle, golden triangle, infinite sequence, recursive definition of
a sequence, similar shapes
Chapter 10
Study Problems: #1-17 (odds), 19, 23, 29, 37, 47, 53
Homework Problems:
Due: Friday, January 30
#2, 6, 10, 16, 18(a,b,c),
Due: Monday, February 2
22, 26, 31(for this problem, I just want you to list the first 5 terms
of this sequence),
32(c) Also, what is the constant ratio (r)
40(b), 48, 50(a,b,d), 52
Vocabulary
annual yield, arithmetic sequence, carrying capacity, common difference,
common ratio, continuous growth, discrete growth, geometric sequence, growth
parameter, habitat, linear growth model, exponential growth model,
logistic growth model, periodic interest rate, transition.
Chapter 13
Due Monday, Feb 23
Homework Problems: #5-12, 21, 22, 24, 29-36
Vocabulary
blind study, census, clinical study(trial), confounding variable, control
group, controlled placebo study, controlled study, data, nonresponse bias,
parameter, placebo, population, quota sampling, random sampling, randomized
controlled study, sample, sample bias, sampling error, sampling frame,
sampling rate, sampling variability, selection bias, simple random sampling,
statistic, strata, stratified sampling, survey, target population, treatment
group
Test Chapter 13
Friday, Feb. 27
Chapter 14
Vocabulary
average (mean), categorical (qualitative) variables, continuous variable,
data, data values, discrete variable, five-number summary, frequency
table, interquartile range, locator, median, mode, numerical(quantitative)
variable, outlier, percentile, quartiles, variance
Homework #1 (Due Monday, March 15)
#11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 32, 38, 40,
67(this is a question that students love to ask before the last test)
Homework #2 (Due Friday, March 19)
#44, 45, 46, 48, 56, 58
Test Chapter 14
Wednesday, March 31
Chapter 15
Vocabulary
event, certain event, impossible event, combination, permutation, odds,
random experiment, sample space, probability space, multiplication rule, multiplication
rule for independent events
Homework #1 (Due Monday, April12): #2b, 4(a,b), 12, 20, 22,
26, 33, 36, 38, 40, 42, 48
Homework 2a (not to hand in, do for 4/14/04): #49-59 (odds)
Homework #2b (Due Friday, April 16): #50-60 (evens)
Homework #2c (Due Monday, April 19) #62, 64
Quiz #3 Chapter 15
Monday, April 19
Test Chapter 15
Friday, April 23
Chapter 16
Homework #1: (Due April 28) #2, 4, 6
Homework #2: (Due May 3) #16, 22, 28, 37, 39, 40
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