CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Spring, 2005
Times: M W F 9:10 – 10:10 and 10:20 – 11:20 Location: Collins 204
Professor: Steve Prothero Office: Collins 307
Phones: Office: 370 - 6484 Home: (503) 393 - 5143
e-mail: prothero@willamette.edu (work) prothero4@comcast.net (home)
Office Hours: M W F
Afternoons “by appointment”
Text: EXCURSIONS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS – Peter Tannenbaum, 5th ed.
Text Coverage: The course will begin with chapters 1 & 2, and will end with chapters 3 & 4. In between, three or four of chapters 5 – 12 will be covered. Exactly which of these chapters will be decided by class vote.
Grading: Daily Worksheets: 35 – 45 @ 4 points 140 – 180
Chapter Exams: 7 – 8 point value will vary so each
chapter will total ~ 60 (including worksheets) 280 – 320
Final: 150 points 150
Total Possible: 570 – 650
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
some other reason considered valid by the instructor an alternate
exam may be taken.
However, there must be PRIOR notification
and agreement that the student will need the alternate exam.
Worksheets will be treated similarly.