We will discuss as many of the following topics as time permits.

1. Voting Methods
   • Plurality and Runoff Methods
   • Borda's method: A Scoring System
   • Head-to-Head Comparisons
   • Aproval Voting
   • The Search for an Ideal Voting System
2. The Mathematics of Money
   • Powers, Roots and Logarithms
   • Simple Interest
   • Compound Interest
   • The Rewards of Systematic Savings
   • Amortized Loans
3. Probability
   • Elementary Probability
   • The Addition Rule
   • Conditional Probablity and the Multiplication Rule
   • Counting Techniques
   • Probability Problems Using Counting Techniques
   • Expected Values
4. Paths and Networks
   • Eulerian Paths and Circuits on Graphs
   • The travelling salesman problem
   • Efficient Networking: Minimal Spanning Trees
5. Number Theory
   • Divisibility and Primes
   • Modular Arithmetic
   • Divisibility Tests
   • Check Digits
   • Introduction to Cryptology
   • Advanced Encryption Methods