Transcript Math 210G Mathematics Appreciation Dr. Robert Smits

Math 210G.04
Mathematics Appreciation
Dr. Joe Lakey
website:
http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~jlakey/home.html
Blackboard: Spring 2011 - MATH-210G-M04-201110 - MATH
APPRECIATION
phone: 505-646-3901
office: Science Hall 236
If people do not believe that
mathematics is simple, it is
only because they do not
realize how complicated life
is.
---John von Neumann
Class details
• MATH-210G-M04-201110
• Tu Th 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
• Science Hall 102
Materials
• The Internet
• iclicker registered for this course
• Homework: Reading articles from Wikipedia
and other sources, assigned daily.
• Reading assignments are the bases for
clicker quizzes.
• Second assignment due Tuesday: Navigate
to My web page , click on “Course Outline”
and read This article
• First assignment: Watch Between the Folds
January 18 (9 pm on KRWG, cable channel
2 or 22 or find on youtube ChicagoMickey2
Written or Performed Component
• Position paper on math topic (e.g.,
how mathematics can save the planet)
• Work in teams or individually
• Work in groups strongly encouraged
• Individuals turn in paper only
• Groups of two or more:
• 5+2N page paper or …
• presentation (e.g., origami show&tell)
• peer graded
• 25% of the Total Grade
Timeline for written/performed
component
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March 17: Detailed proposal due
April 5: In class time for coordination
April 14: Papers due
April 21/23: Group presentations
COURSE EVALUATION:
Attendance
Participation/Quizzes
Midterm Exam
Final Exam **
Position Paper or Performance
Total
10%
30%
15%
20%
25%
100%
**I reserve the right to excuse students having adequate attendance and participation grades from
taking the final exam
ADA and Non-Discrimination
• Feel free to call Jerry Nevarez, Director of Institutional
Equity, at 575-646-3635 with any questions you may have
about NMSU’s Non-Discrimination Policy and complaints of
discrimination, including sexual harassment.
• Feel free to call Diana Quintana, Coordinator of Services
for Students with Disabilities, at 575-646-6840 with any
questions you may have on student issues related to the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and/or Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All medical information
will be treated confidentially.
Plagiarism
• Don’t do it
• The current Student Code of Conduct
definition of plagiarism can be found at:
http://www.nmsu.edu/~vpsa/SCOC/miscon
duct.html