Syllabus
Math 1090-001 (Spring 2001)
College Algebra for Business and Social Sciences

Instructor:  Kenneth Chu
Office:  INSCC 305-11
Phone:  801-585-7657
E-mail:  chu@math.utah.edu
Home Page:  http://www.math.utah.edu/~chu
Office Hours:  By appointment

The most effective way to contact me outside of class is by e-mail.  In case you are calling and I am not in my office, you could also call the Department of Mathematics and leave me a message there.

Lecture Hour: 7:30am - 8:20am, MWF
Lecture Room: LS 102
Prerequisite:  Math 1010

Textbook
Harshbarger & Reynolds, Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences.  Houghton Mifflin Co., 6th edition, 2000.

Course Components
 

Assignments
Tests
Final Exam
20%
40%
40%

Tentative Grading Scheme
 

 
B+       87-89
C+       77-79
D+       67-69
E          0-59
A      94-100
B         84-86
C         74-76
D         64-66
  
A-      90-94
B-       80-83
C-       70-73
D-       60-63
  

Assignments
Except otherwise noted, there will be weekly assignments every Friday, due the following Friday.  If you know ahead of time you will be absent on a Friday, please make alternative arrangements with me prior to the class.  Otherwise, late submissions will not be accepted.  Some assignments will be longer and hence weighted more than others.  Their exact weighting will be announced towards the end of the course.

Tests/Final Examination
There will be five 50-minute tests during the semester.  Please refer to the Tentative Course Schedule for the dates and scopes of these tests.

The final examination will be comprehensive.  It has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 2 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.  You may check this information on the following web page:

 http://www.saff.utah.edu/regist/s01finals.htm

The location of the examination will be announced later.

If you know ahead of time you will be unable to write any of the tests or final examination at the scheduled time, you must make alternative arrangements prior to the test/exam date.  Once the test/exam date is past, no make-up will be allowed except for truly extraordinary reasons.

Withdrawal Policy

For more information, visit  http://www.saff.utah.edu/regist/newwith.htm.

Mid-term Course Evaluation
If you have any comments, suggestions or criticisms regarding the course or my teaching that you are not comfortable telling me in person, I invite you to make use of the anonymous Mid-term Course Evaluation Form, which can be accessed from:

http://www.math.utah.edu/~cjs/form.html

Your feedback will be very valuable to me and your classmates; please do not hesitate to make them if you have any.

The Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accomodations be provided for students with physical, cognitive, systemic, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the semester to discuss any such accomodations for this course.

Mathematics Tutoring Center
Free drop-in tutoring is available at the Mathematics Tutoring Center, which operates from Tuesday, Jan. 16 till end of semester.  The location and hours of the Center are as follows:
 

Location
Mines 210
Hours
M - Th:  8:00am - 8:00pm
Fri:  8:00am -  2:00pm
Closed on weekends and University holidays

Athletes
If you are an athlete and know that you will be unable to attend certain lectures for athletic reasons, please notify me as soon as possible the name of the personnel (usually your coach) who will be authorizing your absences.  If possible, I would also like to have the tentative dates of your absences.