Math 210
Mathematics for Computer Science
Spring 2011
Last modified 2/3/2011
Administrivia
Instructor: Bob
Matthews
- Bob Matthews (email matthews@pugetsound.edu)
- Thompson 390 E
- Extension 3561
- Office hours (tentative)
- 2:00 - 2:50 TThF
- 10:00 - 10:50 Wednesdays
- Or by appointment.
- Office hours resume in the second week of the term.
- Email messages
are welcome, and can
be used to ask a question or to set up an appointment. My schedule is posted
here.
Hours marked 'O. H.' are office hours, and hours marked 'open' on my schedule
may be available for appointments
(to be made in advance), but are not office hours and I may not be in my
office during 'open' hours unless I have set up an appointment with you.
If none of the scheduled office hours work out for you, please send me
an email.
Textbook:
- Stein, Drysdale, and Bogart, Discrete Mathematics for Computer
Scientists (Addison-Wesley, 2011). We will work through chapter 4
- Lecture material on Automata and Computation will be available later
Meeting times:
- MTThF: 10:00 - 10:50 Th 383
Final Exam:
- The final exam for this class is scheduled for Monday, May 9, from 8:00 AM to
10:00 AM. It will be a comprehensive two hour exam
having the weight of two hour exams. University regulations require
that all students in this section take the final exam at this date and time.
Evaluation:
- Four hour exams and a comprehensive final exam which will have the weight
of two hour exams. Of the four hour exam scores, the lowest score will
be dropped (but not the grades for homework or the final exam )
- Homework will be assigned frequently, and homework assignments will be due
at least two regular class periods following the assignment (leaving a day before an
assignment is due to discuss any questions or problems). From each
homework set I will select several problems to grade. Questions on any
problems, assigned or not, are, of course, welcome. The homework will have the
cumulative weight of one hour exam. The homework score will not
be dropped.
Notes:
- I will make every effort to return homework and exam papers no later than a week from the time they are turned in. That is, papers turned in on
a Tuesday should be returned no later than the following Tuesday.
- There are generally very few excused absences from exams. A (documentable)
illness is one (though I may not always require documentation, you should be
prepared to supply it). Lack of preparation, unless caused by a
recent (again documentable) illness can not be used for an excused
absence. Except for emergencies (accident, medical emergency, etc.) no
requests for an excused absence after the class has started working on the
exam can be
accepted. Any make-ups should be completed a few days after an exam is
taken by the class and in any case should be taken within a week of the
class exam.
- Exam arrangements can be made with Ivey West at the
Center for Writing, Learning,
and Teaching (Howarth 105) for students
with documented learning disabilities. Formal written arrangements must be
made in advance of the day of the exam.
- We will use Moodle for PDF
files of lectures. Moodle will only be used to store these PDF files.
Assignments and other communications will be through these web pages and
email.
- No class work will be accepted after the last day of class (Tuesday,
May 3).
- A note on withdrawal dates:
(copied from the
Academic Handbook)
- Withdrawal without record on the academic transcript is permissible
through the first two weeks of the fall and spring semesters when a student
completes official withdrawal procedures.
- Withdrawal Passing (W) is granted during the third through sixth
weeks of the fall and spring semesters when a student completes official
withdrawal procedures.
- After the sixth week of the semester, Withdrawal Failing
(WF) is given except as noted below.
- During the
seventh through twelfth weeks of the fall and spring
semesters, a grade of W may be granted by the instructor
only if all of the following conditions are met:
- (1) a
student completes official withdrawal procedures and
- (2)
there have been exceptional circumstances beyond the
student's control, in which case the student must
demonstrate in writing to the satisfaction of the
instructor that exceptional circumstances exist, and
- (3)
either the student's work has been of passing quality or
the exceptional circumstances have prevented the student
from completing work of passing quality. An instructor
may assign a W grade using the Faculty Withdrawal Grade
Submission Form available from the Office of the
Registrar.
- After the twelfth week of classes, the Academic
Standards Committee may permit a grade of W to be
assigned. The student must withdraw from the course and
submit a petition to support a claim of exceptional
circumstances. The petition must include a statement by
the course instructor on the quality of the student's
work in the course. If the petition is approved, a grade
of W is assigned. If the petition is denied, a grade of
WF is assigned.
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