Name: Harold
B. Reiter
Office: Fretwell, 345A
Office Hours: see home page
Phone: office 687-4561; home 364-5699
Email: hbreiter@email.uncc.edu; fax: 687-6415
Text: The Heart of Mathematics
The grading system proposed here is
tentative. We'll discuss this in class as the course develops.
There will be two tests, each contributing 25% of the final grade.
Homework/quizzes will be collected and graded. It will count about 10% of the
final grade. The
final exam will count 40%. Grades will be determined as follows: A, 85%; B, 70%
to 85%; C, 55% to 70%; D, 40% to 55%.
Tests will be made up only under
the following circumstances:
a. You must call your instructor at the number listed for him above before
the test to indicate the need to miss the test or has sent e-mail to hbreiter@email.uncc.edu dated
before the test, and
b. you provides a valid excuse for missing the test. Homework will be collected, and may be done either individually or
in a group.
c. All makeup tests will be oral.
d. Homework will not be accepted after the deadline under any circumstances.
Group work is encouraged.
Structured study groups meet at the
Short quizzes will be given during
the last 15-20 minutes of certain lectures, usually on Thursdays. The
quiz/homework grade counts 10% of the final
grade for the course. Material covered or assigned through the end of the
previous lecture will covered on the quizzes so you
are encouraged to keep up to date. Missed quizzes will not be made up. If a
valid excuse is provided, the student's average quiz score will be used to
replaced the missed quiz.
Problem assignments appear on a separate sheet that may be found here. You should work all the problems assigned each week and not wait until the day before the test. On the first attempt, you should expect to find that some of the problems require thinking and practice, i.e., they require time to do properly.
Students have the responsibility to know and observe the requirements of The UNCC Code of Student Academic Integrity (Catalog p. 24). See http://www.uncc.edu/unccatty/integrityguide.html for the complete document. This code forbids cheating, fabrication or falsification of information, multiple submission of academic work, plagiarism, abuse of academic materials, and complicity in academic dishonesty. Any special requirements or permission regarding academic integrity in this course will be stated by the instructor and are binding on the students. Academic evaluations in this course include a judgment that the student's work is free from academic dishonesty of any type; and grades in this course therefore should be and will be adversely affected by academic dishonesty. Students who violate the code can be expelled from UNCC. The normal penalty for a first offense is zero credit on the work involving dishonesty and further substantial reduction of the course grade. In almost all cases the course grade is reduced to F. Copies of the code can be obtained from the Dean of Students Office. Standards of academic integrity will be enforced in this course. Students are expected to report cases of academic dishonesty to the course instructor.
The course is organized into two lectures of length 80 minutes each on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This course is designed for those
students who need to satisfy the General
Education Problem Solving Goal.
It is not a prerequisite for any other course.
What you can expect from us:
That we will treat this course as the most important course I have ever taught,
and
A. That we will be consistently well-prepared for
class,
B. That we will greet you cordially at my office and help you however I can to
learn.
C. That we will respond to your email messages
on the day I receive them.
D. That we will treat you with respect.
What we expect of you:
A. That you will read the book.
B. That you will do your homework including problems of the day regularly and
on time.
C. That you will attend both lectures and recitations.
Each student who scores 54 or less on the first test must schedule and carry out a short interview with the instructor following the first test. The interview will last no longer than 15 minutes. You'll be asked questions related to material on the first test. It is possible that a few students will get a few extra points based on the interview.
A scientific calculator is fine. It does not have to be a graphing calculator. Please bring you calculator to every lecture and especially to each test and quiz.
This is not a requirement for the course, but we strongly urge you to take advantage of the wealth of material available here. All the important information about this course including the syllabus, the grading information, the assignment sheet, course goals, lecture topics, and several other items can be found in the course's world wide web page, http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/m1102/index.htm
You can access these pages using the Netscape
browser available on most UNCC computers. However, you do not have to type in
the address. You can get to the pages by clicking, starting at the UNCC home
page, the root page for computers on campus, then going, in order, to Math
Dept.; then to faculty web pages; then to Harold Reiter's home page; then to
Math 1102 home page. Try it. You'll see that it is very easy. You can then
print out whatever information you want in hard copy. http://www.uncc.edu (this is the home page of UNCC )
http://www.math.uncc.edu (this is the
math dept's home page)
If you have trouble with the browser or email, ask the assistant on duty (TA)
in the lab you use.
You are expected to make academic progress of two types in this course. First, you are expected to develop certain skills: whole number arithmetic performed in base 10 and in other bases. Fractional arithmetic in several bases, including binary, counting, and the confidence and mathematical maturity to use these concepts in new settings. You can expect to pass the course without making significant progress in the latter, but you must achieve substantial understanding to make a B or better in the course. Exam problems will be taken from problems of the day, textbook homework, and from practice tests. It is also quite possible that some test problems will be new to most students. Tests in the course are cumulative. That is to say, each test covers all the material encountered since the course began. The reason for this is that each topic after the first test is built on material discussed earlier.
Tutorial services offers regular one-on-one and group tutorials for this course. Ask about this in the University Learning Center, third floor of Fretwell.
A. To win you over to the
intellectual enterprise. That is, we hope to help you develop the confidence
and maturity to take the intellectual approach to solving problems you
encounter. In other words, you can solve many problems by thinking and
learning, and you can change your environment for the better if you embrace the
academic enterprise.
B. To help you develop the algebraic and combinatorial skills and understanding
of the integers and real numbers in order to learn well the material in the two
math courses for which this course is a prerequisite.
C. To help you see mathematical problem solving as an enjoyable and worthwhile
activity.
D. To help you become familiar with electronic communication.
To return to the math 1102 index http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/m1102/index.htm
To return to Harold Reiter's homepage, http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/