CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Spring, 2003

Time: M T Th F 10:20 – 11:10 am Location: Collins 204

Professor: Steve Prothero Office: Collins 307

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

e-mail: prothero@willamette.edu (work) prothero4@attbi.com (home)

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

Office Hours: M T Th F 9 – 10:15 and W 8 – noon

Afternoons “by appointment”

{In class: M T Th F 8:00 – 8:50, 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

15 (if time permits)

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

Chapter Exams: 8 - 9 @ 40 points 320 – 360

Final: 1 @ 120 points 120

Total Possible: 580 – 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.