MATH 2602 SYLLABUS
Fall 2014

Instructor: Sal Barone
Office: Skiles 024,
Office hours: Tuesdays 3-4 & Wednesdays 12-1 by appointment
e-mail: sbarone at math.gatech.edu
Web Page: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone7

Piazza: link

Course Title: Finite and Linear Mathematics

Course Meeting Times: Lecture, Smith 105, TR 1:30-3:00; Recitation, various locations, MW 1-2

Recitation meeting times: MW 1-2  - TA Office: Skiles 230
Your TAs for Math 1711 in the Spring 2014 term will be (*office hours):
2602	G1	Conrad Rybka    M   W	1305 1355	Skiles	202 (**TBD**)
2602	G2	Andy Kim	M   W	1305 1355	Skiles	256 (Wed 3:30-4:30)
2602	G3	Marcel Celaya	M   W	1305 1355	Skiles	249 (Wed 2:00-3:00 in Skiles 146a)
2602	G4	Dylan McKay	M   W	1305 1355	Skiles	246 (Mon 2:00-4:00)
 Students welcome at any TA office hours, not just for their TA 

Text: Goodaire-Parmenter, Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory, 3rd ed.

Course Information: We will cover several selected chapters in the textbook on basic mathematical logic (Ch 0-1), counting problems including combinations and permutations (Ch 6-7), algorithms and recursion (Ch 5,8), and graph theory with a few applications (Ch 9-10,12,13). There will be weekly graded homework and quizzes, to be collected/administered during recitation. There will be two midterm exams approximately 6 weeks apart and a final exam. See below for more detailed information.

GRADING SYSTEM

Homework: Regarding the week before finals: there will be a graded homework due the week before finals and please note that this is stated in the first line of the homework section of the syllabus. Homework assignments will be due Wednesdays at the end of class. Each homework assignment consists of two parts: core problems and supplementary exercises. The core problems for the first 6 assignments are available here and the supplementary problems will be added as the semester progresses. There are no supplementary problems for the first assignment. Both the core problems and supplementary problems will be graded and returned by the next recitation period on Monday. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped. Any missed assignments, except on official Georgia Tech business, must be used for these drops. Possible exceptions may be made in the case where a student misses more than two homework assignments due to emergency. Late homework is never accepted for any reason other than for official Georgia Tech business, such as being a student athlete, and in those cases please let me know if you are going to miss a deadline in advance whenever possible.

Quizzes: Quizzes will be given weekly on Wednesday during recitation and will cover the concepts from the previous week, and generally speaking doing the homework problems should give you a good idea of what to expect for what material will be covered on the quiz. The two lowest quiz scores will be dropped. Any missed assignments, except on official Georgia Tech business, must be used for these drops. Possible exceptions may be made in the case where a student misses more than two quizzes due to emergency. Make up quizzes are not allowed for any reason, except for official Georgia Tech business.

Midterms: There will be two midterm exams administered during recitation on the following days: Wednesday, September 24 and Wednesday, November 5. Each midterm is 100 points and is a 50 minute exam.

Final Exam: The final exam will cover all course materials and will be administered on the date assigned by the official school calendar.

GRADING SCALE

Your final grade will be computed as follows:

*The lowest midterm grade will be replaced with the Final Exam average (out of 200 points), provided the final exam average is higher. No other midterm grades will be replaced and make-up midterms will not be allowed. As an example of how this policy works: if you score a 160/200 on the final, then that is an "80" and the 80 would replace your lowest midterm score. However, if your lowest midterm score was higher than an 80, then no midterm score would be replaced.

Progress report grades will be assigned on September 26.  A satisfactory grade will be assigned to all students with a midterm average of 70% or higher (based on the above weighting of grades).

The standard 10-point scale will be used to assign letter grades, but the cut-offs may be lowered to arrive at a standard distribution for the course:

A: [90%,100%];  B: [80%, 90%); C: [70%,80%) ;  D: [60%, 70%);  F: [0, 60%).

 

CLASS POLICIES

Attendance: Attendance is required for all lectures and recitation meetings. The student who misses a class meeting is responsible for any assignments and/or announcements made. There will be no opportunities for make-up tests or quizzes after the fact. In the event of an absence due to travel representing Georgia Tech, such as an intercollegiate sports competition, you must notify the professor at least two weeks in advance to arrange an early test or other alternative. Otherwise, such absences will be treated as personal. See above/below for the make-up exam/quiz policies.

Make-up Quizzes: Make-up quizzes are not allowed for any reason other than for reasons associated to institute activities including sports, which must be accompanied by an office institute letter of consideration, and for such instances students must request a make-up quiz to be administered at a time convenient to both myself and the student and not exceeding two weeks from the missed quiz. However, the two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.

Learning Disabilities: It is the right of any student with a certified learning disability to request necessary accommodation. Such requests must be made well in advance of the time that the accommodation is required, ideally in the first or second week of class, and a letter of documentation from the ADAPTS office must be presented at the time of any request.

Academic Honesty: It is expected that all students are aware of their individual responsibilities under the \href{http://www.honor.gatech.edu/}{Georgia Tech Academic Honor Code}, which will be strictly adhered to in this class. Any violations must be reported directly to the Dean of Students. (the honor code can be found at http://www.osi.gatech.edu/plugins/content/index.php?id=46).

Calculators:  While it's not clear if you will ever need a scientific calculator for any of the problems, only a simple, non-graphing, non-programmable, non-scientific calculator (i.e., a “dollar store” calculator or two-line Texas Instruments calculator, like the TI30X) may be used on the in-class tests and quizzes. Basically, something you can use to find 4! but not something that you can program to find a prime decomposition with.

Website: Course webpage (www.math.gatech.edu/~sbarone/ma2602.html), or T-square (t-square.gatech.edu)