CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Fall, 2004

 

Time:   M T Th F  1:50 – 2:50 pm                Location:  Collins 324

 

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   9 – 10:15  and  11:15 – noon.  Also W  8:30 – noon

                            Afternoons “by appointment”

 

Text:  EXCURSIONS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS – Peter Tannenbaum, 5th ed.

 

Text Coverage:             Chapter            Sections            Chapter            Sections

 

                                         1                   1 – 6                   2                   1 – 5

                                         3              1 – 3, 6 & 7              4                   1 – 8

                                         5                 1 – 5, 7                 6                   1 – 8

                                         7                   1 – 5            9 (maybe)            1 – 3

                                 10 (maybe)           1 – 3                                           

     

Grading:           Daily Worksheets:   35 – 45 @ 4 points                        140 – 180                                                                  

                        Chapter Exams:        7 – 9, point value will vary

                                                         so each chapter will total ~ 60    280 – 360

 

                        Final: 1 @ 120 points         120                                       

                                                                                Total Possible:      540 – 660

 

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 can be taken.  However, there must be prior notification and

                            agreement that a student will need the make-up. 

                            Worksheets cannot be made up.