MATH-101/101A Mathematical Thinking

Basic class information

Trouble accessing Brightspace (D2L), your email, or any part of the campus network?  Follow this link to the help desk. The book we are using, Math in Society 2.6 by David Lippman, can be downloaded here.  Here's a local copy as well.  Here is the syllabus for this class.

Week 1.  August 24 - August 28.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday	Syllabus, short introduction to topics we'll cover.	Read about voting theory (starts on page 35) up to and including at least the Borda count method.
Thursday	We'll start on voting theory--the preference schedule, the plurality method, and the majority criterion.	Exercises beginning on page 53: 1, 2, 3a-3c.

Week 2.  August 31 - September 4.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Monday	Last Day for Add/Drop
Tuesday	Majority criterion, Insincere Voting, Plurality with Eliminations. An outline. I have notes from an online version: Introduction to voting theory. Voting theory framework. Voting theory framework part II.	Exercises beginning on page 53: 1, 2, 3a-3c. Homework #1 is on D2L.  (Found in the quiz section)
Thursday	The Condorcet criterion, Borda count.	3e, 4e, 7, 17, 3d, 4d,  9, 14, 18. Do homework #2 on D2L when you are ready..  (Found in the quiz section)

Week 3.  September 7 - September 11.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Monday	No classes.  Labor Day.
Tuesday	The monotonicity criterion, pairwise comparisons (Copeland's method).  Majority candidates are always Condorcet candidates.	3d, 4d,  9, 14, 18. Homework #3 is on D2L and covers Borda count.
Thursday	Independence of irrelevant alternatives criterion. Conclusions on voting theory.  Arrow's Impossibility theorem. Is IIA a fair criterion?	Read the rest of the chapter.

Week 4.  September 14 - September 18.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday	Independence of irrelevant alternatives criterion. Conclusions on voting theory.  Arrow's Impossibility theorem. Is IIA a fair criterion?	Starts on page 59. Homework #4 is on D2L and covers pairwise comparisons. Quiz 1 is on D2L and covers all of voting theory.  Take it within a week.
Thursday	Weighted voting systems--basic ideas and nomenclature.	Read about weighted voting, starts on page 59. Starting on page 70 in the book,  Anything in 1-8 is good.  19, 20.

Week 5.  September 21 - September 25.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 6.  September 28 - October 2.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 7.  October 5 - October 9.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 8.  October 12 - October 16.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Monday	No classes.  Fall break.
Tuesday	No classes.  Fall break.
Thursday
Friday Mid Grades

Week 9.   October 19 - October 23.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 10.  October 26 - October 30.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 11.  November 2 - November 6.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 12.  November 9 - November 13.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 13.  November 16 - November 20.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Thanksgiving Week.  November 23  - November 27.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday	No classes.	No classes.
Thursday	No classes.  Happy Thanksgiving!	No classes.
Friday	No classes.	No classes.

Week 14.  November 30 - December 4.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 15. Finals Week.  December 7 - December 11. See the final exam schedule on the registrar's page. All finals are in the same room as the class.
Day	Class Covers	Assignments, etc.
Monday	Not finals, but last day of regular classes.
Tuesday	MATH 101 Math Thinking (both sections) 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM	STAT 141 (classroom sections) 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Wednesday	STAT 141 (Mixed Remote section 98 )  2:45 PM to 4:45 PM
Thursday
Friday	STAT 141 (Mixed Remote section 99 )  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM