Math 1100-6 Syllabus Spring 2001
Instructor: Brad Peercy

Class: 8:35-9:25a.m. MWF, AEB 350
Office: INSCC, Room 318
Email: bpeercy@math.utah.edu
Phone: 585-1635 (office)
Office hours: Monday 9:30-10:30, Tuesday 9-10, Thursday 9-10, and by appointment
Web page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~bpeercy/
Text: Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences Harshbarger and Reynolds. Houghton Mifflin Co., 6th edition, 2000
Course Description
Math 1100 covers chapters 9 through 14 of the text. The principle purpose of this course is for the student to learn to use the principles of calculus and algebra in order to solve business and economics-oriented problems.

Prerequisite
Math 1090 is required for this course. Homework problems from Chapters 0 - 6 of the text will be given for review. Students struggling with this preliminary material should see me immediately. Calculators which can do exponents and logarithms are required. Graphing calculators may be helpful but are not required. Restrictions may be placed on calculator use in testing situations.

Course Work and Grading
The course will be based on chapters 9 - 14 of the text. The grading of the course will be based on homework, quizzes, a midterm, and a comprehensive final exam. Homework will be given for each section, and selected problems will be collected and graded.

Homework 30%
Quizzes 20%
Midterm 20%
Final Exam 30%

Homework
Homework will be given for every section presented in class. Selected problems will be collected. Homework will be used to evaluate 30% of your grade in this course. I will not accept poorly presented homework (Guidelines for Homework). Homework will be collected every other week. You will be allowed to drop two homework grades. I will not accept late homework. The due dates for the homework are well-published, and since you will be allowed to drop two homeworks, I will not accept late homework.

Quizzes
Quizzes will be given evey other Wednesday. There will be 7 quizzes worth 20% of your final grade. Two quizzes will be allowed to be dropped. Since two quizzes may be dropped, there will be no make-up quizzes given. Arrangements may be made to take a quiz early.

Midterm
The Midterm will be comprehensive and worth 20% of your final grade. Tentatively, it will be held Friday, March 9.

Final Exam
The final exam will be comprehensive and worth 30% of your final grade. It will be held THURSDAY, MAY 3 7:00-9:00 a.m.

Helpful Hints
Please come to my office hours for any additional help you might need. If the scheduled hours do not work with your schedule, make an appointment with me for another time.

You should plan on spending 2-3 hours working on this course outside of class for every hour of lecture. One thing you can do to help yourself in this course is to find at least one other person in the class with whom you can study. This not only helps you study better, but, in the event you miss a lecture, you can get the notes and assignments.

Read the text book. It is very readable and user friendly.

Do the homework before it is discussed in class and while the material is still fresh in your mind.

Free Tutoring
Free tutoring is available in MINES, room 210; Mon - Thu. 8am-8pm and Fri. 8am - 2pm. Closed Sat., Sun., and University Holidays. Starts Jan. 16.

University Policies/Dates
Last day to drop classes w/ no tuition penalties Wednesday, Jan. 17
Last day to withdraw Friday, Mar. 2

For further information, including how to appeal withdrawal deadlines, refer to the complete withdrawal policy printed in the class schedule.

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