History of
Mathematics
MA 330 Section 002
Spring 2011
Classroom: 214
Whitehall Classroom Building
Time: MWF
12:00–12:50 pm
Professor: Dr.
Office: Patterson
Office Tower 759
Office Hours: MWF
1:00-2:00 or by appointment
Office
Phone: 859–257–1258
email: david.royster@uky.edu
URL: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~droyster
Class
Homepage: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~droyster/courses/spring11/MA330
Text: Journey through Genius by William Dunham,
ISBN10: 014014739X.
Number
of Class Meetings in the Semester: 45 classes
Prerequisites:
MA 113 or Consent of the Department
Attendance: You
must be present and engaged in class discussion each day. I will take attendance each day. Engagement does not mean you have to talk
every day, or meet some quota of comments.
It means you have to listen to what other people are saying and share
your thoughts from time to time. I will
try to use the short assignments to facilitate participation, so be prepared
for me to ask you to share your responses in class. Your participation grade will be largely
subjective. If you have any concerns,
please come to talk to me. You are
allowed 3 unexcused absences. Beyond
that, you will lose 2% of your overall course grade for each unexcused absence.
Quizzes:
There will be unannounced quizzes given at the beginning
of class throughout the semester. Each
quiz will be worth 10 points. I will
drop the two lowest quiz scores for each student.
Course
Project: You will
choose a topic for and complete a major project related to the History of Mathematics
during the course of the semester. This
will be a written project of length (without references) 16-20 pages with 1
inch margins, 12 point font, double spaced.
The main requirement is that your project must involve one of the “great
ideas” of mathematics and provide a well-supported argument justifying this
choice of topic. All projects are
expected to be well-written, free from grammatical errors, and have excellent
mathematical depth and style. A grading
rubric will be provided early in the semester.
You should direct a significant portion of your project toward a general
university audience and articulate clearly which sections are aimed toward
experts. Our textbook, Journey through Genius, is a good model
for this type of exposition. You will
turn in a first version of your project for peer review; the first version must
be a complete project that you will revise substantially to create your final
version.
Grades: Your
course grade will be determined by the homework, the classwork,
the exams, the project, and the final.
|
Type |
Attendance |
Homework |
Quizzes |
Project |
|
|
First Version |
Final Version |
||||
|
Points |
10% |
30% |
10% |
15% |
35% |
Class Policies: There are several policies to which you
must pay heed.
i)
Attendance
is extremely important in a class of this level. If you feel that you do not need to attend
this class, you are in the wrong classroom—go find a course in which you will
be challenged and in which you will learn something new.
ii)
All
students are expected to follow the academic integrity standards as explained
in the University Senate Rules, particularly Chapter 6, found online at the UK
website: http://www.uky.edu/Faculty/Senate/rules\_regulations/index.htm
iii) Turn off all cell phones, pagers, etc. prior to entering the classroom.
You should not to use your cell phones, pagers, or other electronic devices
during class. An attitude of respect for
and civility towards other students in the class and the instructor is expected
at all times.
iv) You have been given a day-by-day
course syllabus. You NOW KNOW when we
have class and when we do not have class.
I expect you to be here on all days that we have class.
v)
I
will not accept late homework. If for
some reason you miss a class and it is excusable, see me as soon as possible to
discuss the situation.
vi) Any student with a disability who is
taking this course and needs classroom or exam accommodations should contact
the Disability Resource Center, 257-2754, room 2 Alumni Gym, jkarnes@uky.edu.
vii) Be on time to class and remain until
dismissed. Do not leave in the middle of
class.
Inclement Weather Policy: The University of Kentucky Severe Weather
Policy can be found at http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/severe_weather.htm.
The UK Infoline at (859) 257-5684, UK TV Cable
Channel 16 and 19, or the UK Web site at www.uky.edu
are the best places to find the most
up-to-date situation. In the event that
we have inclement weather[1]
but the University does not close or cancel classes, and I have to cancel the
class, a message to that effect will be left on my voicemail (859–257–1258) and
I will email every member of the class (if I have access to email).
If you feel
that travel during inclement weather would be hazardous, then try to
inform me as soon as safely possible.
You will be given the opportunity to make up any work missed or due on
that day. As always, each student is
responsible for any work missed and will be expected to get the notes from
another student or from the web.
Writing Intensive Learning Outcomes:
·
Write
a paper that is essentially free of mechanical errors (grammar, punctuation,
spelling, and syntax) and awkwardness, using a style that is appropriate to the
purpose and audience.
·
Demonstrate
an ability to discover, evaluate, and clearly present evidence in support of an
argument in the subject area and utilize documentation that conforms to the
formats and the citation conventions of the subject area.
·
Be
aware that composing a successful text frequently takes multiple drafts, with
varying degrees of focus on generating, revising, editing, and proofreading.
·
Write
a capable, interesting essay about a complex issue (discipline-specific) for a
general university audience.
Minimum Writing Requirements
·
Students
will be required to write a minimum of 15 pages of formal writing.
·
At
least 10 of these pages must be single-authored assignments.
·
No
assignments requiring fewer than 4 pages may be included in the 15-page
minimum.
·
These
15 pages must go through a draft, review, and revision process. Peer review is
sufficient to meet the review requirement.
Grading Policies: To
pass the course, students must earn a grade of “C” or higher on all formal assignments. Instructors can consider additional formal
writing, writing other than the formal writing, or additional projects and
assignments in the final grade computation.
Thus, students can receive lower than a “C” as a final grade and still
receive GWR credit. Any
major assignment that receives a “D” or below must be revised to reflect
competency and resubmitted.
Instructors may limit the number of revision attempts and set time
restrictions on revisions. At the
discretion of the instructor, students who fail to achieve competency may
receive an “I” (incomplete) grade, but in no case may a student whose writing
fails to reach the level of “C” (competent) receive a passing grade in a course
that satisfies the University Writing Requirement.
Plagiarism: Part II of Student
Rights and Responsibilities (6.3.1; online at
\\http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/part2.html ) states that all academic work
written or otherwise submitted by students to their instructors or other
academic supervisors is expected to be the result of their own thought,
research, or self expression. In cases where students feel unsure about a
question of plagiarism involving their work they are obliged to consult their
instructors on the matter before submission.
When students submit work purporting
to be their own but which in any way borrows ideas organization wording or
anything else from another source without appropriate acknowledgment of the
fact the students are guilty of plagiarism.
Plagiarism includes reproducing
someone else's work whether it be published article
chapter of a book a paper from a friend or some file or whatever. Plagiarism
also includes the practice of employing or allowing another person to alter or
revise the work which a student submits as his/her own whoever that other
person may be. Students may discuss assignments among themselves or with an
instructor or tutor but when the actual work is done it must be done by the
student and the student alone.
When a student's assignment involves
research in outside sources or information the student must carefully
acknowledge exactly what where and how he/she has employed them. If the words
of someone else are used the student must put quotation marks around the
passage in question and add an appropriate indication of its origin. Plagiarism
also includes making simple changes while leaving the organization content and
phraseology intact. However nothing in these Rules shall apply to those ideas
which are so generally and freely circulated as to be a part of the public
domain.
Assessment: Students must submit
an ungraded copy of one of their minimum four page papers to the instructor for
SACS assessment. This paper should
contain only your student id number (NOT SOCIAL!) listed at the top of the page. All other identifying information (student
name, instructor name, course and section number, etc) should be removed. The
student id or billing number is located on the right hand corner of the student
ID card.
Information: Questions about the
W option should be referred to the Director of the UK Writing Initiative,
Professor Janet Carey Eldred, eldred@uky.edu