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Phone: (407) 823-6284;   Fax: (407) 823-6253;   MAP  207 MAP 4103 .01 Math Modeling I Spring 2003 , 3 credit hours INSTRUCTOR Dr. David Kaup OFFICE 202C OFFICE HOURS M 4-5; W 4-5; F 1-3 Other hours by appointment PHONE 407-823-2795 EMAIL kaup@ucf.edu CLASS LOCATION    MAP 406 CLASS TIMES MW 5:30-6:45 TEXTBOOK Mathematical Modeling 3rd ed. by Giordano, Weir & Fox ATTENDANCE POLICY Attendance will not be taken. HOMEWORK Homework will not be collected nor graded. Random quizzes will be given about once a week. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Chapter 1: [1.1] 2,4,5,9; [1.2] 2,3,6,7; [1.3] 1,4,6; [1.4] 2,3,7 Chapter 2: [2.1] 2,3,6,11;[2.2] 2,4,5,6; [2.3] 2,4,5,6; [2.4] 2; [2.5] 2 Chapter 3: [3.1] 2,3,4,6; [3.2] 1,2,3,4; [3.3] 2a,3,4; [3.4] 1,2,6 Chapter 4: [4.1] 1,2,3,6; [4.2] 1,3; [4.3] 1,2,3,4,7,9,12; [4.4] 1,2 Chapter 5: [5.1] 1,2,4; [5.2] 1,2; [5.3] 1,2,3,4; [5.4] 3,4,5 (we shall not cover section 5.5 – we shall cover instead section 6.3) Chapter 6: [6.3] 1,2 Chapter 8: [8.1] 1,2,4,5; [8.2] 1,3,5,8,9,10; [8.3] 1,2; [8.5] 1,2 (We shall omit sections 8.4 and 8.5. However we assign two problems from section 8.5) Chapter 9: [9.3] 1,2,3,4; [9.4] 1,2,3,4; [9.5] 1,2,3 (We omit sections 9.1 and 9.2) Chapter 10 [10.1] 1,3,4,6,7; [10.3] 1,3 EXAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Exam #1 - Feb. 3, 2003, in class. No calculators allowed. Exam #2 - March 3, 2003, in class. Covers Chapter 3 and 4. You still could be held responsibility for earlier material. No calculators allowed. Exam #3 - March 26, 2003, in class. Covers Sections 5.1-5.4 and 6.3. You still could be held responsibility for earlier material. No calculators allowed. Exam #4 - April 14, 2003, in class. Covers Sections 8.1-8.3 and 9.3-9.5. You still could be held responsibility for earlier material. No calculators allowed. FINAL EXAM: Monday, 4/28/03, 4-6:50PM TESTS There will be four in-class examinations and a mandatory final. GRADING POLICY Quizzes – 10%. Projects – 30%. Exams – 40%. Final Exam – 20%. I will use +/- grades. GRADING SCALE Average Grade 90 - 100% A 80 - 86% B 70 - 76% C 60 - 66% D 0 - 58% F IMPORTANT DATES Holiday - January 20, 2003 Withdrawal Deadline – February 28, 2003 Spring Break – March 17-23, 2003 Last Day of Class – April 21, 2003 Finals Period – April 22-28 Final Exam Day To Be Announced OTHER INFORMATION MATERIAL COVERED: We shall cover Chapters 1-5.4, 6.3, 8-10 in the textbook. CHANGES: This syllabus is subject to change at any time during the semester. Any such change shall be posted on this website http://math.ucf.edu/~kaup, and also announced in class. PROJECTS: Every student will complete 5 projects of their choice during the semester. They may chose from the projects listed in the assigned chapters. However, each project must come from a different chapter and at least two projects must come from Chapters 8-10. All projects must be typed (electronic or hard-copy), and must contain as minimum sections: i) Project Description, ii) Approach Used, and iii) Results. Any project is due within one week after the chapter containing the project is completed in lecture. In addition to the demonstrated level of application of mathematics inside any submitted project, other considerations that can affect the grade will be the quality of the English used, correct spellings, and how well the written project communicates what was done. STUDY HINTS: 1. Read the chapter before any lecture on that chapter. Make a list of any questions that you may have from your reading of that chapter. Get them answered in lecture, or after class. 2. Watch for and learn the nomenclature of the chapter and of this subject. In addition to your textbook, there is a fairly good paperback mathematics dictionary published by Harper Collins. 3. Any confusion that you may have about what is the meaning of any paragraph, can almost always be traced to a “not fully understood word” or the nomenclature. 4. Don’t bypass even a common English word, if you are not sure what its exact meaning is. Look it up in a good English dictionary and get rid of the uncertainty. 5. Anytime a study difficulty does not resolve, you are looking too late. There will be something earlier that had been missed, or was not understood. This is just too simple. 6. Do the homework assignment promptly after the chapter is completed in lecture, if not before. Don’t wait until just before the exam. 7. A perfectly valid question for any exam or quiz is: “What is the definition of _________? Also give an example of it, tell why it is important or not, and describe how someone could make use it.” The professor can fill in the blank with one word of his choice. So, learn the nomenclature, and be able to use it. This includes any mathematical terms that you may have had in earlier courses. 8. Lastly, why are you taking this course? Do you want the grade or the ability? Or both? If all you want is the grade, then you may not fair well. After all, Mathematics exists because it can be applied and used. If you study for application, then as you study, you will want to keep asking yourself, “How could I make use of this later on in my career?” And you will work this around until you either figure out how you can, or understand just exactly how significant or insignificant that datum is. Once you have the ability to apply and use a subject, then you can do well on exams, AND will have the data available for use later. CLASS WEB PAGE http://math.ucf.edu/~kaup