TECHNIQUES OF MATHEMATICS – MATH 130 – Spring, 2002

 

Time:   M T Th F  9:10 - 10 am                  Location:  Collins 105

 

Professor:  Steve Prothero              Office:  Collins 314 

 

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   10:10 – 11:20  and  W  8 – noon

                                   Afternoons by “appointment”

                       {In class: M T Th F   8 – 8:50,  9:10 – 10, and 11:30 – 12:20}

 

 

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

 

Text Coverage:         Chapter     Sections      Chapter    Sections

 

                1          1 – 6                2  1, 2, 4, 5

                3           3 –7                4 1-4, 8, 10, 11

                5          1 – 7                6        1 – 5

                9         1 & 2              10        1 – 4

              15       (if time permits)                     

     

               

Grading:                  Daily Worksheets:                  35 – 50 @ 4 points                  140 – 200 

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

 

                  Final:          1 @ 120 points                  120

 

                                                               Total Possible:                  580 – 680

 

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)

 

                 

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.)