Honors 213

Spring 2007 Schedule

Please see The Official Schedule for details of the schedule for University events.  Please note that if any date in the following conflicts with the official schedule and final exam schedules, the official schedules apply.

Exams:

• Hour Exam 1 will be Friday, February 16
• Hour Exam 2 will be Friday, March 23
• Hour Exam 3 will be Friday, April 27.  Please note that this is in the last full week of class.
• Final Exam: The final exam for Honors 213 is scheduled for Monday, May 7, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.  It will be a two hour, in-class, comprehensive final.  University regulations require that all students in this class take the final at this time.

Lecture/Reading Schedule:

Please note:  This schedule is tentative.  We will probably alter it as the semester progresses.  Each offering of this course is different from the last.  Exam dates should remain fixed.  If I do need to change an exam date, it will be with plenty of warning and accommodations made for students who can not make the revised exam date (except for the final exam, which is fixed by the University calendar).  I will try to keep this schedule up to date, but you should always check the web pages for This Week and Next Week for more up-to-date information.

Week 1:  Monday, January 15

• Topics
• Introduction
• Euclid's geometry
• Reading
• Chapter 1
• Other Notes
• Monday is Martin Luther King day:  no classes or office hours.
• Office hours resume next week

Week 2:  Monday, January 22

• Topics
• Euclidean geometry
• Reading
• Chapter 1
• Other Notes
• Office hours resume this week

Week 3:  Monday, January 29

• Topics
• An introduction to logic
• Reading
• Chapter 2
• Other Notes

Week 4 :  Monday, February 5

• Topics
• An introduction to foundations:  Models
• Discussion of term paper / project
• Reading
• Chapter 2
• Other Notes
• Hour exam #1 is next week

Week 5:  Monday, February 12

• Topics
• Hilbert's axioms
• Reading
• Chapter 3
• Other Notes
• Hour exam #1 will be Friday, February 16

Week 6:  Monday, February 19

• Topics
• Hilbert's axioms
• Reading
• Chapter 3
• Other Notes

Week 7 :  Monday, February 26

• Topics
• Neutral geometry
• Term paper proposals due.
• Reading
• Chapter 4
• Other Notes
• No class on Friday (Columbia History of Science conference)

• Please note that the last day to withdraw with an automatic 'W' is Monday, February 26.  The rules for withdrawing from a class have changed.  Please review the revised policy on course withdrawals in the Student Handbook

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Week 8:  Monday, March 5

• Topics
• History of the parallel postulate
• Reading
• chapter 5
• Other Notes
• Mid-term is Friday, March 9 (not an exam date for us)
• Hour exam #2 will be Friday following Spring Break
• Annotated term paper bibliography due Monday after Spring Break.

Week 9:  Monday, March 12

• Topics:  Spring Break!  (No classes or office hours)
• Reading
• Other Notes
• Hour exam #2 is next week

Week 10:  Monday, March 19

• Topics
• History of the parallel postulate and the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry
• Annotated paper/project bibliography due.
• Reading
• Chapters 5, 6
• Other Notes
• Hour Exam #2 will be Friday, March 23

Week 11:  Monday, March 26

• Topics
• Non-Euclidean geometry
• Reading
• Chapter 6
• Other Notes

Week 12:  Monday, April 2

• Topics
• Independence of the parallel postulate
• Reading
• Chapter 7
• Other Notes

Week 13:  Monday, April 9

• Topics
• Independence of the parallel postulate
• Reading
• Chapter 7
• Other Notes
• Term paper draft due Friday, April 13.

Week 14:  Monday, April 16

• Topics
• More on foundational issues
• Reading
• Chapter 8
• Other Notes
• Hour exam #3 will be next week.

Week 15:  Monday, April 23

• Topics
• Philosophical Implications
• Reading
• Chapter 8
• Other Notes
• Hour exam #3 will be Friday, April 27.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

Week 16:  Monday, April 30

• Topics
• Wrap-up and review
• Reading
• As needed
• Other Notes
• Wednesday, May 2, is the last day of classes.  No class work can be accepted past the last day of class.
• Term paper due.

Final Exams

• The final exam for Honors 213 is scheduled for Monday, May 7, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.  It will be a two hour, in-class, comprehensive final.  University regulations require that all students in this class take the final at this time.

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