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 often spend 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
19, October 17, and November 14. 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 5) to give you an extra chance for feedback on
part 4.
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 towards your final grade as follows:
Final:
20%
Midterms:
12% each
Big quiz
6%
Quizzes:
18%
Class Participation/Worksheets:
20%
Suggested Homework Assignments
By 9/5:
Chapter 1: 1, 3-5, 13-15, 43, 44, 55(a)
By 9/12:
Chapter 1: 17-22, 47, 48, 51, 58
By 9/19:
Study for the test on 9/19
Chapter 2: 1, 2, 13, 14, 20, 27, 33, 41
By 9/26:
Chapter 3:
By 10/3:
Chapter 5: 1-3, 5, 11, 15, 17, 49
By 10/10:
Chapter 6: 4, 5, 14, 17, 24, 25, 37
By 10/17:
Study for the test, which will cover chapters 3, and 5-7
Chapter 7: 1-4, 11-14
By 10/31:
Chapter 8: 4-6, 9-13, 22-24, 54, 55
By 11/7:
Chapter 9: 1, 4, 6, 13, 17, 25, 26
By 11/14:
Study for the test which will cover chapters 8 through 10
Chapter 10: 1-3, 5-8, 16