CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Fall, 2003

Time: M T Th F 11:30 – 12:20 am Location: Collins 201

Professor: Steve Prothero Office: Collins 307

Phones: Office: 370 - 6484 Home: (503) 393 - 5143

e-mail: prothero@willamette.edu (work) prothero4@comcast.net (home)

webpage: http://www.willamette.edu/~prothero

Office Hours: M T Th F 8 - 9 and W 8 – noon

Afternoons “by appointment”

{In class: M T Th F 9:10 – 10, 10:20 – 11:10, and 11:30 – 12:20}

Text: EXCURSIONS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS – Tannenbaum & Arnold, 4^th ed.

Text Coverage	Chapter	Sections	Chapter	Sections
	1	1 – 6	2	1, 2, 4
	3	1 – 3, 6 & 7	4	1 – 11
	5	1 – 7 plus extra material	6	1 – 5, 7 & 8
	9	1 & 2	10	1 – 3
	12	1 & 2 plus extra material	15	if time permits

Grading	Daily Worksheets	40 – 47 @ 5 points	200 – 235
	Chapter Exams	8 – 9 @ 40 points	320 – 360
	Final	120 points	120
		Total Possible	640 - 715

The grade will be determined by total points,

but will NOT be based on fixed, pre-determined percentages.

(However, 90% guarantees some kind of A, 80% some kind of B, etc)

The final will be used as a tie-breaker when necessary.

Group work: The Daily Worksheets will generally be done in groups of two or three.

A single worksheet with all members’ names will be handed in for credit. (Minority reports are OK if the group can’t reach consensus.)

Make-up Work: If a chapter exam must be missed for a University approved event or

for some other reason considered valid by the instructor a make-up

exam may be taken. However, there must be prior notification and

agreement that a student will need the make-up. Worksheets can be

made up only if missed for a University approved event..