This is the course webpage for MATH 1070Q: Mathematics for Business and Economics for the Summer 2026 CAPS/SSS program.
This website is under construction.
Dion Mann
Lectures will be held Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM in [TBD]. Office hours will be held [TBD] in MONT 213, or by appointment.
Description: This course is an introduction to applied finite mathematics with applications in business and economics. Topics include linear equations and inequalities, matrices, systems of linear equations, linear programming, sets, counting, probability, statistics, and the mathematics of finance.
We will be using the free textbook "Contemporary Mathematics." Access Textbook (via openstax.org).
The style of instruction is based on "Second Chance Grading" due to Oscar E. Fernandez (https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2020.1772915). You will be graded on each "topic," the grade of which will be the maximum of your score between the topic's quiz and the Second Chance exam (see below).
Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered daily, covering the material from the previous day, from 8:00 AM to 8:20 AM.
Second Chance Exams: Second Chance exams will be administered every Monday (except for the first day of class) from 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM. There are two parts: the first is the usual quiz covering the previous day's material, and the second consists of alternative versions of the quizzes from the previous week.
Worksheets: Instead of homework assignments, you will complete in-class worksheets daily from 9:30 AM to 9:50 AM, except for exam days. Worksheets will be graded out of 10 points: 7 points for completion, and 3 points for accuracy on a randomly-selected problem.
Practice Problems: Additional practice problems will be provided throughout the semester to help reinforce the concepts covered in class. These are entirely optional, but many quiz/exam questions will be based on these problems.
Final: Students will write a short paper (2-3 pages) on a topic related to the mathematics of business and economics. This can be a mathematics paper, literature review, or application-based project. A list of topics will be provided, but students can propose their own topic with instructor approval. On the last few days of classes, students will present their findings to the class for about 10 minutes. There is no final examination.
Your final grade is 60% "topics" (there are 20 topics total, each worth 3% of the final grade), 20% worksheets, 10% final paper, and 10% final presentation.