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Regarding online course summer 2012
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Professor George Francis
1:00 pm MTWR
124 Illini Hall
Contact: gfrancis@uiuc.edu, 102 Altgeld Hall, 333-4794
Required Texts: D'Angelo-West Mathematical Thinking
Prentice Hall, 1997, 2000
Prerequisites: Calculus II (Math 231 the equivalent) and completion of the campus Composition I General Education requirement.
Goals: This course prepares freshmen, sophomore, and transfer students for work in upper division mathematics courses by teaching selected fundamental topics from discrete and continuous mathematics, techniques of proof and computer simulation, and good mathematical exposition. This course satisfies both the Quantitative Reasoning II and the Composition II Gen Ed requirements.
Content: Central to the course is the ability of its students to read, construct and write mathematical proofs and to understand the structure and conventions of written mathematical arguments. In this edition of the course students learn to program simple mathematical algorithms in Python. Students learn to prepare all homework assignments in LaTeX. They use geometrical construction packages to compose, label and caption figures. A 15 page expository paper or a substantial, fully documented program in Python or other computer language constitutes the semester project. The project proposal, progress report and final draft are extensively edited and rewritten. Students keep a handwritten journal of their work.
Policies: Additional information will be added to this website periodically, and linked at the top of this page. Set your bookmarks here and consult frequently. Update everytime you visit a webpage.
Essential Information: The course can be taken for a plus/minus letter grade or an S/U grade for 4 credits. The two hourlies and a take-home are scheduled on (09feb12), (08mar12), and (TBA apr12). Exams may be taken at DRES. Please do not schedule an absence from class on these dates. Officially excused absences from scheduled tests can be made up by taking an oral examination on the subject missed. The final grade will be based on this distribution: 10% for each of the hourlies and term paper, 30% for final, and 30% for class participation, homework, filecards and quizzes. The 3 hour written final examination is stipulated by the the non-combined finals schedule to be on Friday, 11may12, 7:00-10:00pm. Since MA348 is a limited enrollment, single section course there is no conflict final. Please resolve all conflicts with your other course instructors.