Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, 865-8059, armstrong@suu.edu.
Please use email or my cell phone at 590-4516 (the Math Hotline) to contact me, as I check voice mail on my office
phone every Easter or so. There will
often be things posted on my web page www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong.
Meeting Times and
Office Hours: We
will meet M-Th,
8:00-8:50, in SC 228. My office hour
will be daily at 2:30-3:30; please try your best to make your visits during
this time. If my office hour is not
possible for you to make I will be happy to schedule another appointment.
Prerequisite: Math 1010 or 1020 w/minimum grade
of C or a math ACT score of at least 23
Text: Thinking Mathematically, 3rd ed., by Robert Blitzer, Prentice-Hall
Publishing
Objectives: To explore
contemporary mathematical thinking, motivated by its application to problems in
modern society; to emphasize development of skill in analytical reasoning
Course Fee: The course fee of $35 is to
pay for tutoring labs.
Policies and Procedures:
1.
Attendance
is required. I will be unwilling to go
through material that you miss without excuse.
You may drop your lowest test score (see #3) if you have four or fewer unexcused absences.
2.
Complete each homework (HW)
assignment the day it’s listed if your schedule allows – this will facilitate
understanding of the next day’s lecture.
You should do your HW as independently as possible. That is, do all you can first on a problem before seeking outside help. This is because
struggling through a problem for a while on your own is the best way to learn
difficult material, something such as…hmmm…math! Homework from the previous week’s material
(meaning M-Th assignments, not the Monday night just before hand-in) will be collected,
however, only each Tuesday at the beginning of class. It should be neat, in order and show complete
work to receive credit. Because you have
Th-M nights between the last HW assignment and
handing it in, I will not give any time extension on the HW unless it’s
excused. Late unexcused HW will not be
accepted.
3.
Only three of your four exam scores
will count toward your grade, that is, unless you have too many absences (see
#1). Should you fall ill or have to be
gone for some legitimate excuse the day of the test, talk to me ASAP to
schedule a makeup test. If you wait more
than one day to contact me, then the
score on the test you miss will simply be a zero regardless of excuse (i.e., so
if you have been absent less than the allotted days, you can drop that
one). Excuses that merit a makeup test
would be such things as sickness, a funeral (including your own), a family
wedding (not including your own), a school-excused absence, and such like. On the other hand, sleeping through an alarm,
a busy week, an appointment with a doctor that can reasonably be rescheduled
and so on are not compelling excuses for me to give you a makeup exam. I recommend that you do not plan on dropping
any tests so if you get a lower score on a later exam you don’t have to count that score toward your grade.
4.
Scholastic
dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. HW plagiarism (copying from a solutions manual or someone else’s HW) will result in a zero on any assignment; if it is repeated,
you will get a zero on the entire HW score (of 50 points).
5.
Students
with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic
adjustment, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the
6.
Grading The total will be 500 or 600 points, including a total of 50
points from HW, 300 or 400 from the one-hour tests, and 150 from the final
exam. The grading scale will be the
following: Please note that I cannot
raise a grade because of need, so it is up to you to get the grade you
want.
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A |
92 |
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B |
81 |
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C |
71 |
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D |
62 |
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A- |
88 |
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B- |
78 |
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C- |
69 |
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D- |
60 |
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B+ |
86 |
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C+ |
76 |
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D+ |
67 |
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F |
0 |
Date
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Lecture
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Homework
Problems |
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Aug.
27 |
2.1 |
1-23 odd, 31-47 odd, 57 |
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28 |
2.2 |
1-17 odd, 21-61 eoo (every other odd) |
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29 |
2.3 |
1-19 odd,21-61 eoo |
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30 |
2.4
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1-53 eoo,59,61 |
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Sept.
3 |
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J Labor Day Recess J
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4 |
2.5
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1-17 odd |
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5 |
3.1 |
1-23 odd,29,31,33,35 |
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6 |
3.2 |
1-31 odd, 33-61 eoo |
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10 |
3.3 |
1,2,4,9,17-19,23,27,31,35,45 |
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11 |
3.3,3.4 |
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12 |
3.4 |
1-69 eoo |
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13 |
3.5 |
1-73 eoo |
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17 |
3.6 |
1-45 eoo |
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18 |
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Review
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19 |
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Exam 1, Chapters 2-3
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20 |
8.1 |
1-57 odd |
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24 |
8.2
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1-25 odd,31,33 |
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25 |
8.3
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1,5,7,9,13,17,21,23,35,36 |
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26 |
8.4 |
1-11 odd,15,17 |
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27 |
8.5
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1,3,5,9,11 |
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Oct. 1 |
9.1
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1-65 eoo |
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2 |
9.2 |
1-19 odd, 23-47 eoo |
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3 |
9.3 |
1-73 eoo |
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4 |
10.1 |
1-31 odd
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8 |
10.2 |
1-25 odd,29,31 |
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9 |
10.3 |
1-43 odd
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10 |
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Review |
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11 |
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Exam 2: Sections 8.1-10.3
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15 |
10.4
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1-23 odd,25,29,31
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16 |
10.5
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1-31 odd |
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17 |
10.6
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1,5,9,13,15,19,23,25,27,29,31,35 |
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18 |
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Extra Day on Chapter
10
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22 |
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J Harvest Recess J
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23 |
11.1
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1-11 odd,15,17,19,22 |
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24 |
11.2 |
1,3,5,7, 13-41
eoo,43-55 odd |
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25 |
11.3 |
1,3,7,9,11,15,19,23,29,35,37 |
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29 |
11.4 |
1-39 odd,41-61 eoo |
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30 |
11.5 |
1,3,5,9,11,13,15,17 |
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31 |
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Extra Day on 11.1-11.5 |
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Nov. 1 |
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Review for Exam 3 |
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5 |
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Exam 3: 10.1-11.5 |
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6 |
11.6 |
1-21 odd
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7 |
11.6 |
23-35 odd,47-59 odd
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8 |
11.7 |
1-23 odd |
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12 |
11.7 |
27-71 eoo |
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13 |
11.8 |
1-11 odd,15 |
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14 |
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Extra day on
11.6-11.8; Read 12.1
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15 |
12.2 |
1-17 odd |
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19 |
12.2,12.3 |
12.2:
21-25 odd; 12.3: 1,3,5 |
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20 |
12.3 |
17-29 odd |
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21-23 |
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J Thanksgiving Recess J
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26 |
12.4
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1-21 odd
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27 |
12.4
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23-91 eoo
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28 |
12.5
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1-23 odd |
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29 |
12.5 |
25-39 odd |
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Dec. 3 |
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Review for Exam 4
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4 |
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Exam 4
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5 |
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Final Review
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6 |
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Final Review
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Wed.,
Dec. 12 |
9-10:50 a.m.
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Final
Exam in Class |
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