Welcome to MTH105, Math in Society. The purpose of this course is to expose students to a wider world of mathematical thinking; to understand the power of quantitative reasoning in solving real-world scenarios and that there is more to mathematics than expressions and equations. Please read the Syllabus for details about the course.

Generally you will have 4 assignments due each week usually on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. You should start these assignment before the day that they are due. The reading assignments should be done as early as possible in the week to learn the material before working on the homework or quiz. See below for details on each assignment type.

All of the course materials are available in the Course Modules. I recommend using the Modules page to see what is due each week. The modules are broken into weekly topics which align with chapters in the textbook (e.g. Module 1 is chapter 1, to be completed in week 1).

A required reading assignment (a chapter in the textbook). Read the chapter in the textbook and submit the main topics of the chapter. Reading assignments are required and are counted towards your final grade. Start reading the chapter early in the week.
An online homework assignment. Homework assignments are completed online and graded automatically. You can attempt each problem up to 3 times, then try a new version of the question. You can repeat that process as many times as you'd like for each question. Use repeated attempts to practice problems that you find difficult - you can never lose points you've already earned on a homework.
A skills quiz based on the homework. Don't start the skills quiz until you've finished and understand all of the the homework problems. You will lose points on each attempt of a quiz question and after 3 tries receive 0 points.
A written assignment. These are generally deeper questions about material you've learned. Some weeks these will be auto-graded and other times they will be manually graded by me.