| Instructor: | Blake Farman | |
| Office: | 102 Lord House (16 Colchester Ave) | |
| Office Hours: | By appointment | |
| E-Mail: | bfarman(at)cems(dot)uvm(dot)edu | |
| Phone: | (802) 656-3084 |
| Lectures: | Monday-Thursday, 8:30 to 11:00 in Votey 209 |
| Text: | Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Custom Edition for UVM by Peter Tannenbaum |
| Course Website: | http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~bfarman/courses/2010/summer/Math-17/index.html |
| Homework, test dates and other various announcements will be made here, as well as in class. | |
| Announcements: | There is an RSS feed on the course website (http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~bfarman/courses/2010/summer/Math-17/announcements.xml) which should work with your favorite reader, so you can get any updates posted to the site automatically. |
| Course Description: | Introduction to mathematics of finite systems with applications, such as probability, statistics, growth and symmetry, graph theory, fair division and apportionment problems, voting systems. Prerequisite: Two years of secondary school algebra or 9 or 10. |
| Homework: | Homework sets will generally be assigned every other class and there will be two to three days in which to complete them. There are 4 weeks in the course, so there will be between 6 and 8 assignments. Homework is expected to be handed in in a neat manner. Illegible work will not be accepted. |
| Late Work: | Late work will not be accepted, except under extenuating circumstances. Your dog (or any other animal, either wild or domesticated) eating your homework is not an extenuating circumstance. |
| Exams: | There are, tentatively, two exams scheduled covering chapters 1-3, 5-7 and 10. The exact dates of the exams will be announced in class, but are tentatively scheduled for the weeks the final chapters are finished: |
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Exam 1: Week 2 Exam 2: Week 4. |
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| Final Exam: | There will be a final exam which will take place at the end of the course. |
| Expectations: | Students are expected to act in accordance to the rules outlined in the school's Codes of Conduct: http://www.uvm.edu~/uvmppg/ppg/student/studentcode.pdf http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmppg/ppg/student/acadintegrity.pdf |
| Grading: |
Homework: 60% |
| Grading Scheme: |
A: 90-100% |
| Academic Assistance: | Students with documented learning disabilities are entitled, by law, to certain "reasonable accommodations." If you have a documented reason for special accommodations, you must provide written evidence as soon as possible from the appropriate office. Further info can be found at http://www.uvm.edu/~aspprogs |