Math 116 Syllabus (Spring 2006)
Math and Humanity
Course Information
Course: Math 116, Section 03 Math and Humanity
Instructor: William “Andy” Case
Office: 211 Walker Hall
Phone: 831-5163
Time: 8:00-8:50 M W F
Place: 124 Whitt Hall
Textbook: Math and Human Society with Studies in Mathematics, Smith
Pathways to Success, Smith
Webpage: www.radford.edu/~wacase
Email: wacase@radford.edu
Office Hours: 9:30-10:45 M W F
9:30-11:25 T TH
Grading Policy: Students final grade will be determined from four tests, one cumulative final exam, student projects, and homework assignments. Your final grade will be determined as follows.
4 One Hour Exams ------------------------------------------ 60%
Daily Grade (Homework and other assignments) ------------ 20%
Final Exam -------------------------------------------------- 20%
* Daily Grade will be determined from student projects, homework, and any computer assignments that will be taken up during the semester.
Grading Scale
90% - 100% A
80% - 89% B
70%- 79% C
60% - 69% D
0% - 59% F
Attendance policy: Class attendance is expected and strongly recommended. Attendance will be taken every class meeting by passing an attendance sheet around for students to sign. Keep in mind that your performance on tests could be affected by poor class attendance. Make up exams and quizzes will be given only with the instructor’s permission.
Core Math Exam:
All students in math 116 are required to take the Radford University Core Math Exam. In order to receive credit in math 116 students must pass the Core Math Exam by the end of the semester. This exam will be administered on line in a Radford computer lab with proper security. The location of the computer lab will be announced later in the semester.
Final Exam
All sections of math 116 will take a common final exam that will be made by the math department. All sections of math 116 will take the final exam at the same time and date. The location, time and date of the final exam will be announced at a later time.
Calculators:
Students will need a scientific calculator to complete some assignments and quizzes. Students will be able to use a scientific calculator on the final exam, but not on the Core Math Exam
Course Objective:
Mathematics is studied in its historical and cultural context, as a creative human endeavor. Topics covered include the numerical and geometrical genesis of mathematics, formal and rhetorical logic, the developments leading to modern algebra and analysis, the development of modern logic, sets, and infinity, and the mathematics of computation.
Radford University Honor Code: By accepting admission to Radford University, each student makes a commitment to understand, support, and abide by the University Honor Code without compromise or exception. Violations of this academic integrity will not be tolerated. Refer to your Student Handbook for details. Each of these classes will be conducted in strict observance of the Honor Code.
Assignments
| Date | Assignment |
| 1/9/2006 | Pathway to Success "Studying Math" |
| 1/11/2006 | Pathway to Success "Studying Math" |
| 1/13/2006 | Students will take the CMST Exam |
| 1/16/2006 | Number Systems page 34-35 #11-13,17-19 |
| 1/18/2006 | Binary Numbers page 48-49 #17-,18,30-32 |
| 1/20/2006 | Binary Numbers Handout Number systems |
| 1/23/2006 | Prime Numbers page 90 #7,9,11,13 |
| 1/25/2006 | Pythagorean Theorem Handout Pythagorean Theorem |
| 1/27/2006 | Pythagorean Theorem page 115 #38-46 |
| 1/30/2006 | Test 1 Review |
| 2/1/2006 | Test 1 |
| 2/3/2006 | Volume and Area page 168-171 #1,3,5,15,16,17,19,21,23 |
| 2/6/2006 | Egyptian Geometry page 181-182 #13,15,21 |
| 2/8/2006 | Egyptian Geometry |
| 2/10/2006 | Section 3.4 The Greeks, Pythagoras, and Euclid |
| 2/13/2006 | Section 3.4 Similarity and the Garfield Proof of the Pythagorean
Theorem page 192 #1-4,7 |
| 2/15/2006 | Section 4.2 Perspective pages 296-300 #16,19-23,28,29 |
| 2/17/2006 | Fractal Geometry page 248-250 #1,2,5-9 |
| 2/20/2006 | Fractal Geometry page 348-350 #1,2,9,10,17,18 |
| 2/22/2006 | The Golden ratio Group Work and pages 307-308 #1,3,5,14-18 |
| 2/24/2006 | Test 2 Review |
| 2/27/2006 | Test 2 |
| 3/1/2006 | Introduction to Sets
Read pages 426-429 |
| 3/3/2006 | Sets (Subsets, Union, and Intersection) See class notes for the handout (Problem Set 1) |
| 3/6/2006 | Sets (Cardinality) Page 435 #7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 27, 37-40 |
| 3/8/2006 | Infinite Sets See notes for the handout (Problem Set 3) |
| 3/10/2006 | Logic Statements and Negations |
| 3/20/2006 | Logic: Negations and Conditionals Handout Logic |
| 3/22/2006 | Logic: Truth Tables Page 399 #17-21 |
| 3/24/2006 | Logic: Truth Tables and Equivalent Statements Handout: Equivalent Statements |
| 3/27/2006 | Logic: Validity Determine if problems on page 399 #7,9,10,11 |
| 3/29/2006 | Test 3 Review |
| 3/31/2006 | Test 3 |
| 4/3/2006 | Section 9.1 Linear Modeling |
| 4/5/2006 | Section 9.2
Linear Modeling |
| 4/7/2006 | Section 9.2
Quadratic Modeling |
| 4/10/2006 | Section 9.2 Quadratic Modeling |
| 4/12/2006 | Section 9.3
Exponential Modeling |
| 4/14/2006 | Section 9.3 Exponential Modeling |
| 4/17/2006 | Section 9.4 Logarithmic modeling |
| 4/19/2006 | History of Computation
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| 4/21/2006 | Test 4 Review |
| 4/24/2006 | Test 4
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| 4/26/2006 | Final Exam Review
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| 4/28/2006 | Final Exam Review
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| 4/29/2006 | Final Exam 11:00 AM 311 Young Hall |