Syllabus

Time and Place: Section 112 MW 2:00-3:15 at 513 Smith Hall, Section 123 TR 5:00-6:15, at 514 Smith Hall

Instructor: Peter Saveliev (call me Peter)

Office: 778F Smith Hall (in the alley)

Office Hours: TR 1:30-4:30, or by appointment, or any time I am there (usually in the afternoon)
Office Phone: x4639

Home Phone: 697-7827 (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.)

E-mail: saveliev@marshall.edu (put Math 121 as the subject)
Class Web-Page: http://saveliev.net/m121.htm.
Prerequisites: high school math
Texts: Mathematics, A Quantitative Reasoning Approach by Bennett and Briggs, 3rd edition.
Goals: the ability to recognize and apply math in real life.

Grade Breakdown:
    - attendance and participation: 5%
    - quizzes (including 7 essential skills tests): 30%
    - 3 midterm exams: 10% each
    - final exam: 25%

Letter Grades: A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, F: <60

From the Catalogue:

MTH 121 - 3 - Concepts and Applications of Mathematics

A course for non-majors that develops quantitative reasoning skills. Topics include logical thinking, problem solving strategies, linear modeling, beginning statistics and probability, exponential and logarithmic modeling, financial and geometry concepts. (PR: MAT 097 or Math ACT 19 or above)