Welcome to MAT 118

Your final grade was based on the following scheme: Homeworks - 25%; midterms - 20% each; Final exam - 35%, where the score for each item is out of a possible 100.

Grades were calculated according to the following procedure:

A = 75 and up
B = between 60 and 75
C = between 40 and 60
D = between 35 and 40

In some cases, adjustments were made according to factors such as class participation and extra credit.

Important Announcements:

• Final Exam time and place: Monday, December 14, 11:15am-1:45pm, Old Chemistry Room 116
• A review for the final exam is available here.
• November 16: The syllabus has been updated to point out that Mini-Excursion 3 (population growth) will be covered on the final exam.
• October 10: Some changes to the syllabus have been made. In particular, midterm 2 will cover chapters 5,6 and 9.

There is much more to mathematics than just calculations and solving equations. In this course we will examine several mathematical topics accessible to students with an understanding of high-school mathematics. These will be selected from among the following: voting methods; the mathematics of money; probability; graphs, paths, and networks; tilings and polyhedra; game theory; and other topics.

For more information, please select General information link in the menu to the left.