Online
Math for Liberal Arts
By Week
 Suzanne Miller
Instructor
Math 124
Week 1
Class Orientation Meeting
Finance:Simple and Compound Interest
    US National Debt
    Credit Card Finance Charges
    Annual Yield
Week 2
Annuties
    Short and long-Term annuities
    Sinking Funds
    Present Value
    Quiz
Week 3
Amortized Loans
    Buying a Home: (APR)
    Mortgage Payments
    Buying a Car:
    Prepaid Finance Charges
 Week 4
Payout Annuities, Review
Practice Exam and Exam
    Payout Annuties
    Review Finance
    Practice Exam
    Meeting: Probability Module
Week 5
Probability Terms and Rules
    History of Probability
    Using Venn Diagrams

Week 6
Genetics and Conditional Probability
    Conditional Rules and Tree Diagrams
    Genetics and Inherited Disease
    Quiz Probability first 3 sections
    Independence Rules and Calculations
Week 7
Winning the Lottery
    Combinations Permutations
    Expected Value
    Why the House Always Wins
Week 8
Probability Review, Exam
Statistics Introduction
    Probability Practice Exam
    Probability Exam
    Meeting Statistics Module
Week 9
Data: Collecting, Displaying
What's average?
    Data and Bias
    The Mean, Median, Mode
    Using US Census Data
 Week 10
Measuring the Variations
    Measures of Dispersion
    Variance
    Standard Deviation
    Quiz on Statistical Calculations
    Finding a Cure For Ulcers
Week 11
What's Normal? Using Polls
    The Normal Distribution
    Calculating Probability
    Sample Error
    Polls and the Margin of Error
Week 12
Statistics Review, Exam
Intro to Growth
    Practice Exam
    Statistics Exam
    Introduction to Growth Models
Week 13
Population Growth
Exponential Function
    Review of Exponent and Log Properties
    Using the Growth Model
    Food Poisoning
    US Census Data
Week 14
Radioactive Decay
    Half Life
    Radio Carbon Dating
    Nuclear Waste Disposal
    Quiz: Growth and Decay
Week 15
Earthquakes and Sound
    Logarithmic Scale, Properties
    Earthquakes: Richter Scale
    Sound: Decibel Scale
 Week 16
Review Growth and Logs, Exam
    Function Review
    Practice Exam
    Exam Exponential and Log Functions
Week 17
Review for Final Exam,
Take Home Practice Problems
    Financial Calculations
    What's the Chance?
    Statistics
    Growth
 Week 18
Finals Week
    Last Meeting
    Final Exam and Solutions
    Course Wrap-up
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