| Day | Date | Activity | Assignment |
| Mon | 8/24 | Welcome | Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2; get started on problems pp. 18--, #1-7. |
| Wed | 8/26 | Sections 1.1 and 1.2 | Read 1.3, and begin on problems pp. 29--, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13-16 |
| Mon | 8/31 | Section 1.3 | Read 2.1-2.2 |
| Wed | 9/2 | Sections 2.1-2.2 | Read 2.3-2.4, and begin problems pp. 51--, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19; and problems pp. 61--, 1a, 2b (I think that they wanted 25/24, rather than 24/25, which makes the estimate less accurate!); 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 |
| Mon | 9/7 | Labor Day | No Class |
| Wed | 9/9 | Sections 2.3-2.4 | Problem set #1 (Chapter 1) due. Read 2.5, and begin pp. 72--, #2-5, 8, 9 |
| Mon | 9/14 | Section 2.5 | Read 2.6, and begin problems pp. 81--, #1, 3, 4 (use the "quadratic formula" of p. 70); 7, 8 |
| Wed | 9/16 | Section 2.6 | Read 3.1-3.2, and begin problems pp. 105--, 1, 3, 4, 7bc, 8, 9, 11ab, 14, 16 |
| Mon | 9/21 | Section 3.1-3.2 | Read 3.3 |
| Wed | 9/23 | Section 3.3 | Read 3.3, and begin problems pp. 119--, #1, 4, 9 ( |
| Mon | 9/28 | Section 3.3 | Read 3.4 and 3.5 -- we'll hit the highlights! Homework problems pp. 129--, #1, 4, 5, 7, 8; and pp. 139--, #2, 3, 6, 7 |
| Wed | 9/30 | Sections 3.4/3.5 | |
| Mon | 10/5 | Section 4.1-2 | Read Wilson's "Fit the Fourth", from Lewis Carroll in Numberland. Problems pp. 170--, #1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
| Wed | 10/7 | Section 4.1-2 (cont.) | "Geometry day! Here's looking at Euclid!" |
| Mon | 10/12 | Visit by Frank Morgan | |
| Wed | 10/14 | Section 4.2 | Exam 1 distributed |
| Mon | 10/19 | Fall Break | No Class |
| Wed | 10/21 | Section 4.3 | Begin problems pp. 184, #1, 6, 10, 15, 18, 20, 26. Exam 1 due today! |
| Mon | 10/26 | Section 4.4 | Begin problems pp. 194, #2, 3, 4, 8 |
| Wed | 10/28 | Section 4.5 | pp. 211--, #1, 2, 4, 5, 10 |
| Mon | 11/2 | Section 5.1-5.2 | |
| Wed | 11/4 | Section 5.3 | pp. 233--, #2, 5, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19 |
| Mon | 11/9 | Section 5.4 | p. 239, #1, 2 |
| Wed | 11/11 | Section 5.5 | |
| Mon | 11/16 | Section 5.5 | pp. 266--, #2, 5, 9, 16, 17, 18 |
| Wed | 11/18 | Section 6.1-2 | pp. 287, #1, 2, 4, 11, 12 |
| Mon | 11/23 | Sections 6.3/6.4 | pp. 295--, #2, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
| Wed | 11/25 | Thanksgiving | |
| Mon | 11/30 | Section 7.1-7.2 | Commercial: Chris; one-page, typed proposal for your paper/project due. It should give me a good idea of what your focus is. |
| Wed | 12/2 | Section 7.1 | Commercial: Jason |
| Mon | 12/7 | Sections 7.2/7.3 | Commercial: Adam; one-page, typed revised proposal for your paper/project. It should let me know that you're making good progress! |
| Wed | 12/9 | Section 7.4 | Commercial: Debra |
| Mon | 12/14 | Paper Presentations | |
| Wed | 12/16 | Take-home Final Exams due |