| Instructor: Greg Crow, Ph.D. |
Text: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 2nd Edition David C. Lay Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-64845-8 |
Table of Contents: Course Description Required Materials Comment Homework Portfolio Examinations Grading Policies Attendance Policy Classroom Attire Academic Accommodations Cheating Policy The Final Examination |
Class meetings: MWF 10:55-11:45 Quad I |
| Office hours: Rohr Science 220 |
Comment
We will try and avoid the following pitfall by making lots of nice pictures:
At the beginning college level, visualization
is a big part of understanding. Consequently,
students who are operating with few mental
pictures are not really learning mathematics. Their
calculus consists of a vast series of algorithms
and a complicated cataloging system which tells them
which procedure is used when. The effort put into
this kind of teaching and learning is largely wasted:
memorized algorithms are soon forgotten and, worse
still, such courses perpetuate the idea that
math involves doing calculations rather than thinking [emphasis added].
(by Deborah Hughes Hallet in
Visualization and Calculus Reform, in the collection
Visualization in Teaching and Learning
Mathematics, edited by Zimmerman and Cunningham (MAA notes \#19))
Homework Portfolio
Homework problems will be assigned daily and collected near
the end of the 1st quad.
Your work will be graded based on accuracy, completeness and elegance.
Maple submissions of entire assignments
are heartily encouraged (however, you should link your portfolio
together with a table of contents and hyperlinks).
Examinations
There will one final take home
examination. In addition, there will be an in class component
of the exam that will be administered on the date the exam is due.
| Final Examination | 650 points |
| Homework Portfolio | 350 points |
| Total | 1000 points |
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | (87.5, 90) | (77.5, 80) | (67.5, 70) | |
| [92.5, 100] | [82.5, 87.5] | [72.5, 77.5] | [62.5, 67.5] | |
| - | [90, 92.5) | [80, 82.5) | [70, 72.5) | [60, 62.5) |
ATTENDANCE POLICY.
After you miss the equivalent of 2 class periods, you will be
warned of impending de-enrollment. If you do not contact the professor following the warning, you will be de-enrolled.
If you miss the equivalent of 5 class periods,
you will be de-enrolled.
CLASSROOM ATTIRE
.
All students are expected to dress in ways that allow the classroom
to be a place where all students are comfortable and can work efficiently. Certain distracting attire is not permitted in the classroom. For example,
attire associated with the "rush" activities of fraternities and
sororities simply causes too many distractions in the classroom.
If you choose to "rush" one of the fraternities or sororities,
please make sure the "rush" officials know that "rush" attire will not
be allowed in this classroom.
ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS.
All students are expected to meet the standards for this course as set
by the instructor. However, students with learning disabilities who may
need accommodations should discuss options with the Academic Support Center
(ASC) during the first two weeks of class. The ASC will contact professors
with suggestions related to classroom needs and accommodations. Approved
documentation must be on file in the ASC prior to the start of the semester.
All such arrangements must be completed within the first four weeks of class.
CHEATING
POLICY
A student who is caught cheating on an exam will
receive a zero on that exam and may receive an "F" for
the semester.
THE FINAL EXAM IS A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION.
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