MATH 1110 - Section 001 Nicolas Fourrier

Spring 2012

Finite Mathematics Syllabus Course Location: MAURY 115 Course Meeting Time: TuTh 2:00 - 3:15pm

Instructor: Nicolas Fourrier Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://people.virginia.edu/~nf9kc

Office: Kerchoff hall 209 Office Hours: TuTh 8:00 - 9:00 am

Course Content: Studies finite probability theory including combinatorics, equiprobable models, conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem, expectation and variance, Markov chains and game theory. During the course we will cover material from chapters 5-9 and section 2.3 of our textbook excluding section 7.6 Text: Finite Mathematics & its applications , by Goldstein, Schneider and Siegel. Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is expected. You are responsible for any announcements made in class and any email I send to your UVA email account. Attendance and class participation may also be used in determining borderline grades. Students are expected to be on time for class and stay for the entire class period. Students arriving after the door is closed cannot attend the class. Project: At the end of the semester, you’ll be have a graded project. It will be due on April, 30th at 11.59pm and must be submitted by email at [email protected]. Each hour of delay will result in the subtraction of 5 points from your project grade.

Homework: Written homework will be assigned regularly. Your homework will not be graded. However, you should complete each assignement in a timely manner so that you will be prepared for tests, quizzes and the subsequent material covered in class.

Quiz: Pop quizzes will be approximately 10-20 minutes in length and will be closely based on homework problems, in-class exercises, definitions... Material covered in class can be asked anytime. No makeups are given on quizzes, however the lowest two quizzes will be dropped.

Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam given during the semester. Midterm 1: Wednesdqy, February, 29th Midterm 2: Wednesday, April, 11th Final Exam: Thursday, May, 10th

7.00 - 8.30pm 7.00 - 8.30pm 7.00 - 10.00pm

Covers : Sec. 5,6 Covers: Sec. 7,8 Covers: Sec. 5-9

For those students with time conflicts or having a valid excuse for missing an exam, a make-up exam will be given the following morning beginning at 7.00am, however, you must notify me at least one week before the exam if you need to take the make-up exam. The date and time of the final exam may not be changed without the proper paperwork from the dean’s office, nor can a final exam be taken early.

Course Grade: The course grade will be determined as follows: Quiz average: Project: Midterm Exam 1: Midterm Exam 2: Final Examination:

15% 10% 20% 20% 35%

Answer’s presentation: All exercises must be answered with a nice organization, writing from left to right, top to bottom and with a conclusion sentence. Failure to comply will drop-off your exercise’s grade. If you would like one exercise to be regraded, be aware that the whole exam/quiz will be regraded as well.

Solutions: Solutions to every quiz will be posted on my Web Page under “Teaching - Spring 2012” as soon as possible after the quiz has been taken. Also, general information said in class will be online. Solutions to the midterm exams will be given in class on the day they are returned. Cell Phones: All cell phones must be silenced before coming to class and remain so throughout the entirety of the period. If anyone’s cell phone gets caught going off (this includes cell phones which vibrate), that individual will be required to bring cookies the following class meeting as restitution. Failure to comply will result in a zero on the next quiz. Learning Needs: If you have learning needs that have been evaluated by the Learning Needs and Evaluation Center (LNEC), please provide me with the documentation from LNEC as soon as possible. Honor Code: Quizzes and exams are to be taken without aid of any kind. However, you are encouraged to consult with others on exam and quiz preparation.