Math 130-Fall 2001

Meeting Times:

MTThF 10:20-11:10

Instructor:

Michael Drinen
(office: CLN 304, phone: x5454, email:mdrinen@willamette.edu)

Office Hours:

I am almost always in my office from 9 to 10 and after 2:40 on days when we have class. You can drop by then or talk to me after class about arranging to meet me at another time.

Text:

Excursions in Modern Mathematics Tannenbaum and Arnold

Course Description:

Rather that just rehashing the algebra and geometry that is usually covered in high school, this course gives an overview of several other areas of mathematics whose relevance to everyday life is (hopefully) more plausible. We hope that this will give you a broader appreciation of what math is and what it can do.

Homework, Tests, and All That:

There will be a quiz every Tuesday on which there is not a midterm. This is to provide both you and me with continual feedback on how the class is going.

No homework will be collected. I will assign suggested problems which you should go over carefully. Some of the quiz problems will be closely related the suggested homework problems. In addition, we will spend most of class time working in small groups, the results of this group work will be collected and graded.

There will be three midterm tests on the following dates: September 18, October 16, and November 13. Each test will cover approximately one part of the book (we probably won't have time to cover everything). There will also be an extra large quiz on the last week of class (December 4) to give you an extra chance for feedback on the material covered in the last few weeks of class.

There will be cumulative final exam at the end of the semester. It will be at the officially scheduled final time.

You can make up a test ONLY if you have a compelling and well documented reason for missing it. You can make up a quiz only if you tell me ahead of time that you are going to miss it.

The above factors will count toward your final grade as follows:

Final:	100 points
Midterms:	50 points each
Big Quiz:	25 points
Quizes:	100 points
Class Participation/Worksheets:	125 total points
total	500 points

When ever I return an assignment or test I will tell you the cut offs for A-, B-, and C- for that piece of work. The overall cutoffs for your final grade will be the sum of the cutoffs for each assignment or test. The cutoffs will always be at least 90%=A-, 80%=B-, and 70%=C-, but they will often be lower than that.

Homework Assignments:

• Chapter 1: 4, 10, 12, 17, 21, 23, 31, 35

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