TYP Math: Spr 2009
Staff
Tim Hickey (tjhickey@brandeis.edu) - Instructor
Mary Lambo - TA for Project Support
Text
Text: Quantitative Reasoning and the Environment, by Langkamp and Hull
Text Website: www.enviromath.com
Course Requirements
We will have a lecture class every Monday and Wednesday and a Project-based class every Thursday.
There will be small daily homework assignments, weekly projects, and semester long group term projects.
There will also be three in-class exams during the semester.
Grading
The grade will be calculated from your homework, exam, and project scores as follows:
15% Daily Homework
15% Weely Project
30% Exams
40% Term Project
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction to the Class
Wed 1/14
Thu 1/15
Week 2: Measurement and Units (Chapter 1)
Mon 1/19 (Holiday)
Tue 1/20 (Brandeis Monday)
Wed 1/21
Thu 1/22
Week 3: Ratios and Percentages (Chapter 2)
Mon 1/26
Wed 1/28
Thu 1/29
Week 4: Charts and Graphcs (Chapter 3)
Mon 2/2
Wed 2/4
Thu 2/5
Week 5: Linear Functions and Regression (Chapter 4)
Mon 2/9
Wed 2/11
Thu 2/12
Week 6: FEBRUARY VACATION
Mon 2/16
Wed 2/18
Thu 2/19
Week 7: Exponential Functions and Regression
Mon 2/23
Wed 2/25
Thu 2/26
Week 8: Power Functions
Mon 3/2
Wed 3/4
Thu 3/5
Week 9: Intro to Difference Equations
Mon 3/9
Wed 3/11
Thu 3/12
Week 10: Affine Solution Equations and Equilibria
Mon 3/16
Wed 3/18
Thu 3/19
Week 11: Logistic Growth, Harvesting and Chaos
Mon 3/23
Wed 3/25
Thu 3/26
Week 12: Systems of Difference Equations
Mon 3/30
Wed 4/1
Thu 4/2
Week 13: Fundamentals of Statistics
Mon 4/6
Wed 4/8
Thu 4/9 APRIL VACATION
Week 14: APRIL VACATION
Mon 4/13
Wed 4/15
Thu 4/16
Week 15: Standard Deviation
Mon 4/20
Wed 4/22 (Brandeis Thursday)
Thu 4/23
Week 16: Normal Distributions
Mon 4/27
Wed 4/29
Thu 4/30 (STUDY DAY)