Math 114 Syllabus (subject
to change)
January 24, Tuesday....
Introductions. Estimation and approximation - Fermi problems (Chapter
1)
January 26, Thursday....
Fermi problems
January 30, Monday ...
Add/drop ends
January 31, Tuesday....
Units (Chapter 2)
February 2, Thursday....
Units
February 7, Tuesday....
Relative change, percentages (Chapter 3)
February 9, Thursday....
Relative change, percentages
February 14, Tuesday.... (Valentine's day)
Inflation (Chapter 4)
February 16, Thursday....
Inflation (Chapter 4)
February 21, Tuesday....
First hour exam
February 23, Thursday....
Averages (Chapter 5)
February 28, Tuesday....
Averages
March 1, Thursday....
Income distribution, introduction to Excel (Chapter 6)
March 6, Tuesday....
Income distribution, introduction to Excel
March 8, Thursday....
More Excel practice
Spring break March 11-18
March 20, Tuesday....
Cell phone and electricity bills, linear functions (Chapter 7)
March 22, Thursday....
Income tax (Chapter 7) (just in time)
Term paper ideas due
March 27, Tuesday....
Linear models (Chapter 8) (We'll skip the first section on the tower
of Pisa)
March 29, Thursday....
More on regression
April 3, Tuesday....
Second hour exam
April 5, Thursday....
Withdraw, Pass/Fail deadline
Simple and compound interest (Chapter 9)
Term paper outline due
April 10, Tuesday....
Exponential models (Chapter 9)
April 12, Thursday....
Mortgages and credit cards (Chapter 10)
April 17, Tuesday....
Probability (Chapter 11
April 21, Thursday....
Probability (Chapter 11)
April 24, Tuesday....
Break the bank (Chapter 12)
Term paper draft due
April 26, Thursday....
Break the bank
May 1, Tuesday....
How good is that test? (Chapter 13)
May 3, Thursday....
How good is that test?
May 8, Tuesday....
Last class
Term paper due
May 15, Tuesday, 3-6 PM
Professor Bolker's exam