Welcome to MCC 130

Math in the Social Sciences

Summer 2004


Class Policies

Schedule

Homework

 

 

Method of Markers Example       Lecture Notes: July15(8.1-8.2)

Chapter 3 Sample Questions        Chapter 7 Sample Questions

Chapter 4 Sample Questions        Chapter 8 Sample Questions

Chapter 5 Sample Questions        FINAL REVIEW MATERIAL

Chapter 6 Sample Questions


Class Policies

Text: Excursions in Modern Mathematics by Tannenbaum (5th Edition)  ISBN 0-13-100191-4
Worksheets: Available at either the campus bookstore or Copy Rite (2nd floor of the library)
Course Coordinator: Dr. Holger Kley  contact: kley@math.colostate.edu
Instructor:   Troy Butler  contact: butler@math.colostate.edu


Grading Criteria:
   

  

Component

Weight in Final Grade

Participation:

10%

Worksheets:

30%

Exams:

35%

Final:

25%

  

Final Grade

Final Letter Grade

90%-100%

A

80%-89%

B

70%-79%

C

60%-69%

D

59% and below

F

 

Worksheets:
Worksheets will be done in groups of 4 people.  They will be assigned during the lecture hour and will be due, the same day, at the end of the lab hour.   Each person in the group must submit the assigned worksheets.  They will be stapled together, but only the top one will be graded.  Please put each group name on the front set that will be graded.  Each worksheet will be graded out of 5 points.  They must be legible and handed in on time or your lab assistant cannot accept them.  Late worksheets will receive credit only under exceptional circumstances, and must be handed to the instructor for such consideration.  The worksheets will be graded daily by your assigned lab assistant.  Worksheets 1, 2, and 3 may be handed in until June 16 without penalty. 

Participation
Your lab assistant will assess this in labs; he or she will set specific guidelines. Participation will mostly be based on class and lab attendance, as well as contribution to worksheet work.

Quizzes:
Each Tuesday of a non-exam week, your lab assistant will administer a brief (10 minute) quiz which will be directly based on a short list of homework problems from the text covering material from the previous week of class.

Homework:
A short list of homework problems related to the material covered each week is provided.  Although the problems will not be collected, it is in your best interest to do them, as the weekly quizzes (see above) will be based directly on them.   Furthermore, some exam problems will relate to the homework assignments.

Exams:
There will be three in-class exams (each worth 100 points).  They will cover material from class notes, the book, worksheets, and homework assignments.  The tentative exams dates are:
       Exam 1 – Wednesday, June 23
       Exam 2 – Thursday, July 8
       Exam 3 – Wednesday, July 21

       Final – Thursday, August 5


Honesty Policy:
Exams must be completed individually.  No group work or outside assistance is allowed.  Any student found to have engaged in academic dishonesty (i.e. cheating. in any form, on an exam) will receive a zero on the exam and be subject to further University disciplinary action.

Make-Up Exam Policy:
Exams will be taken on the scheduled dates and times.  If there exists a conflict due to a school-sponsored event, notify your instructor (by e-mail) a minimum of one week in advance of the exam to schedule a make-up time.  If there is an extreme unforeseen emergency on the day of the exam (i.e. illness requiring a doctor's visit, death in the family etc.) contact your instructor (by e-mail) within 24 hours of the scheduled exam.  The course coordinator, if necessary will make final decisions about make-up exams.

ADA Statement:
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accomodations be made for students with disabilities.  If you need such assistance, please contact your instructor as soon as possible.

Overrides:
Neither the instructors nor the course coordinator are authorized to give an override into the course.  If you have an extreme issue and need to take the course (i.e. graduating senior etc.) please talk to the associate chair of the mathematics department, Dr. Jim Thomas. 
His office is located in Weber 101.


Schedule

Week 1

 

June 14

Read Sections 1.1-1.2 in the text; WS #1- Plurality with Preference Ballots

June 15

Read Sections 1.3-1.4; WS #2- Borda Count, WS #3- Plurality with Elimination

June 16

Read 1.5; WS #4- Pairwise Comparisons

June 17

Read 1.6 and Chapter 1 Conclusion; WS #5- Repeated Election, WS #6- Rankings WS #7- Fairness Criteria

Week 2

 

June 21

Read 2.1-2.3; WS #8- Weighted Voting, WS #9- Banzhaf I;

June 22

Read 2.4-2.5; WS #10- Banzhaf II, WS #11- Shapley-Shubik; Review for Exam 1

June 23

Exam 1 covering chapters 1 and 2, worksheets 1-11

June 24

Read 3.7; WS #14- Method of Markers

Week 3

 

June 28

Read 3.6, 4.1, 4.2; WS #12- Sealed Bids I, WS #13- Sealed Bids II;  

June 29

Read 4.3-4.6; WS #15- Hamiliton's Method, WS #17- Jefferson's Method

June 30

Read 5.1-5.3; WS #20- Graphs, WS #21 Graph Modeling;

July 1

Read 5.4-5.5; WS #25- The Rumor Mill, WS #24- The Postal Problem;

Week 4

 

July 5

NO CLASS

July 6

Read 5.6; WS #27-Fleury Worksheet

July 7

Read 5.7; WS #26- Euler Circuits

July 8

Exam 2 covering chapters 3,4, and 5, worksheets 12-15,17,19-21,24-27

Week 5

 

July 12

Read 6.1-6.3; WS #28- Hamilton Circuits, WS #29- Traveling Salesman Problem

July 13

Read 6.4-6.8; WS #30- Nearest Neighbor, WS #31- Cheapest Link

July 14

Read 7.1-7.3; WS #32- Trees, WS #33- Minimum Spanning Trees;

July 15

Read 8.1-8.2; WS #34- Project Digraphs, WS #35- Precedents in Project Digraphs

Week 6

 

July 19

Read 8.3-8.4; WS #36 List Processing;

July 20

Read 8.5-8.6; WS #37- Critical Paths, WS #38- Finding a Good Priority List

July 21

Exam 3 covering chapters 6,7, and 8, worksheets 28-38 

July 22

Read 9.1; WS #54- Fibonacci Numbers, WS #55- Honey Bees

Week 7

 

July 26

Read 9.2 and pages 327-329; WS #54- Fibonacci Numbers, WS #57- The Golden Ratio;  

July 27

Read 15.1-15.2,15.4; WS #47- Probabilities, WS #50- Multiplication Rule

July 28

Read 15.5-15.7; WS #48- What Chance Have You Got?, WS #49- Cars and Dogs;  

July 29

Read 16.1-16.2; WS #53- Normal Distribution, WS #52- Expectations II

Week 8

 

August 2

Instructor Option (most likely review, or catch-up if we are behind on lectures)

August 3

Instructor Option (most likely review, or catch-up if we are behind on lectures)

August 4

Review for Final

August 5

Final

 


Homework

For Exam 1

For Exam 2

For Exam 3

For Final

First half of week 1:

Chapter 1:  #10,20a,25,33a

First half of week 3:

Chapter 3: #40,51

Chapter 4: #14

First half of week 5:

Chapter 6: #29,41,49

First half of week 7:

Chapter 9: #1,4,27a,29

Second half of week 1:

Chapter 1:  #20b,c;50,52

Second half of week 3:

Chapter 4: #19

Chapter 5: #5,15

Second half of week 5:

Chapter 7: #1,22

Chapter 8: #12,21

Second half of week 7:

Chapter 15: #1b,2b,8,14,17,42,50

First half of week 2:

Chapter 2:  #6,15,29a,c;44

First half of week 4:

Chapter 5: #19,20,22

First half of week 6:

Chapter 8: #33,34,37,50a,b,c

First half of week 8:

To be announced

Second half of week 2:

Exam - No new homework

Second half of week 4:

Chapter 5: #41

Second half of week 6:

Exam - No new homework

Second half of week 8:

Final Exam