2/6/2012 last
update
Welcome
to Math 105
Math
in Modern Society
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Section
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Instructor
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on name to go to their website |
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Sec002 |
Wood email: dlwood@math.arizona.edu |
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Sec003 |
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Sec005 |
Maloney email: lmaloney@math.arizona.edu |
The course uses: Excursions
in Modern Mathematics, 3rd Custom Edition for the University of
Arizona by Peter Tannenbaum.
Options on purchasing the book
1. You may purchase a new book through the UA
bookstore. A new book comes with Mymathlab access code.
2. If you feel an electronic text is fine. You will purchase Mymathlab,
through Course Compass. Information will
be given in class.
3. Student may buy the 7th edition of
Peter Tannenbaum, Excursions in Modern Mathematics,
or a used 3rd edition custom book. The student then will need to purchase the Mymathlab access code in addition to the book. For the fall
2011, Mymathlab access code costs $80 if purchased
through the website. Information on how
to purchase this will be given in class.
*Mymathlab
is an on-line grading system. This
allows students to check their understanding immediately.
Tutoring: You may use Think Tank
Click here for availability for other instructors. (updated Feb 7)
Brief Description: This course shows how mathematics, including some of the
mathematics learned in high school and some mathematics which is different from
what was learned in high school, can be applied to practical situations. Topics covered are chosen on the basis of
applicability, accessibility to students with a limited mathematical
background, and use of relative new mathematical techniques, and may include
finance, statistics, elections, graphs, symmetry, and/or probability. Among the applications covered may be how the
site of the Olympic Games is chosen, how the voting is done to select a movie
to win an Academy Award, and how statistical data can be collected and used to
mislead the public. The course is
designed for students majoring in disciplines that require little or no
additional mathematics or mathematics related classes.
The course
incorporates writing into the curriculum.
Students in the course are expected to give justifications when
answering questions and not to give simply one-word answers.
Course Profile: click here
Course Topics: click here
Course Outline: click here
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