Math 210G Mathematics Appreciation Dr. Robert Smits

							             Math 210G.04
        Mathematics Appreciation
             Dr. Joe Lakey

                 website:
http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~jlakey/home.html
 Blackboard: Spring 2011 - MATH-210G-M04-201110 - MATH
                     APPRECIATION


            phone: 505-646-3901
           office: Science Hall 236
If people do not believe that
mathematics is simple, it is
  only because they do not
realize how complicated life
           is.
    ---John von Neumann
                Class details
• MATH-210G-M04-201110

• Tu Th 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
• Science Hall 102
                Materials
• The Internet
• iclicker registered for this course
• Homework: Reading articles from Wikipedia
  and other sources, assigned daily.
• Reading assignments are the bases for
  clicker quizzes.
• Second assignment due Tuesday: Navigate
  to My web page , click on “Course Outline”
  and read This article
• First assignment: Watch Between the Folds
  January 18 (9 pm on KRWG, cable channel
  2 or 22 or find on youtube ChicagoMickey2
     Written or Performed Component

• Position paper on math topic (e.g.,
  how mathematics can save the planet)
• Work in teams or individually
• Work in groups strongly encouraged
• Individuals turn in paper only
• Groups of two or more:
• 5+2N page paper or …
• presentation (e.g., origami show&tell)
• peer graded
• 25% of the Total Grade
    Timeline for written/performed
             component
•   March 17: Detailed proposal due
•   April 5: In class time for coordination
•   April 14: Papers due
•   April 21/23: Group presentations
 COURSE EVALUATION:
Attendance                                                           10%
Participation/Quizzes                                                 30%
Midterm Exam                                                          15%
Final Exam **                                                         20%
Position Paper or Performance                                         25%
Total                                                                100%
**I reserve the right to excuse students having adequate attendance and participation grades from
taking the final exam
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• Feel free to call Jerry Nevarez, Director of Institutional
  Equity, at 575-646-3635 with any questions you may have
  about NMSU’s Non-Discrimination Policy and complaints of
  discrimination, including sexual harassment.


• Feel free to call Diana Quintana, Coordinator of Services
  for Students with Disabilities, at 575-646-6840 with any
  questions you may have on student issues related to the
  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and/or Section 504
  of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All medical information
  will be treated confidentially.
              Plagiarism
• Don’t do it
• The current Student Code of Conduct
  definition of plagiarism can be found at:
  http://www.nmsu.edu/~vpsa/SCOC/miscon
  duct.html