CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Fall, 2008

Time:   T Th 8:00 – 9:30 am                Location:  Collins 201

Professor:  Steve Prothero                          Office:  Collins 314

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

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

Office Hours:  M W F   8:30 – 9:00 and   T Th 9:40 – 11:30

                       Afternoons “by appointment” [This will be explained in class.]

Text:  EXCURSIONS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS – Peter Tannenbaum, 6th ed.

Text Coverage: Chapters 1, 3, 4, 10 & 15; other chapters if time permits                

Grading:   Daily Worksheets:  28 @ 4 points                        112                                                                  

                 Chapter Exams:  5 188

Point value will vary so each chapter

will total 60 (including worksheets).

                 Final: 100 points         100

Total Possible:    400

Course grade will be determined by total points, but will NOT be

based on fixed, pre-determined percentages.

(However, 90% guarantees an A-, 80% a B-, & 70% a C-.)

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 a 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.