Instructor:
Dr. Klingler
Office Hours:
MWF 1:00-2:00PM
and 4:00-5:00PM,
in room SE 228
Phone:
(561) 297-3257
Fax: (561) 297-2436
Email: klingler@fau.edu
Graduate Assistant:
Marcela Chiorescu
Office Hours:
MWF 9:00-11:00AM
and 2:00-3:00PM,
in room SE 201
Class Time:
MWF 3:00-3:50PM
in GS 118
Prerequisite:
MAT 1033 "Intermediate Algebra" or equivalent.
Textbook: Richman,
Walker, Wisner, and Brewer, Mathematics for Liberal Arts, Fourth
Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA (2003).
Course Outline: This course is, as the title of the text indicates, a mathematics course aimed at liberal arts majors. We shall focus on basic topics which illustrate both the beauty and the utility of mathematics. These topics are covered in the first five chapters of the text: counting, probability, statistics, geometry, and logic. This is a Gordon Rule mathematics course.
We do not assume mathematical sophistication or calculational facility on the part of the students. We do assume that students will attend all lectures, read the text, complete the homework assignments, and study for exams.
Grading: There will be four exams and a final, each worth 18% of the final grade; the remaining 10% will come from quizzes, all of which must be done over the internet. (Homework will be assigned but not collected; solutions will be posted on the internet.)
There will be a significant internet component to this class. You must be prepared to spend time on-line in order to master the contents of the course.
Test Dates:
Grading Scale:
| A: 94% - 100% | B: 84% - 86% | C: 65% - 74% |
| A-: 90% - 93% | B-: 80% - 83% | D: 60% - 64% |
| B+: 87% - 89% | C+: 75% - 79% | D-: 55% - 59% |
Classroom Etiquette: Due to the size of the class, it is necessary that all students remain quiet during lectures. Students who cause a disturbance will be dropped from the class.
Internet Access: Students have internet access to homework assignments and solutions, quizzes to be taken on-line, grades on quizzes and exams, and information from the syllabus, at the website:
Another useful website containing programs we shall be using:
http://www.math.fau.edu/Richman/Liberal/htmlbook/contents.htm