Course Policies

Syllabus

Reading Assignments

• Guidelines for Submitting Reading Assignments
• Due in September
• Due in October
• Due in November and December

Problem Sets

• Suggestions for Reading a Math Book
• Guidelines for Homework Presentation
• Due in September
• Due in October
• Due in November and December

Projects

• A Guide to Writing in Mathematics Classes
• Writing Checklist (used to grade the projects)
• Project 1
• Project 2

In Class Work

• September
• October
• November and December

Exams

• Study Guide for Exam 1
• Study Guide for Exam 2
• Study Guide for Exam 3
• Study Guide for Final

Computer Use In and Out of the Classroom

• Etiquette for using computers during class
• We'll be using the computer algebra system Maple throughout the semester. As long as your computer is connected to the campus network (and your computer has a recent enough operating system), you may use Maple on it. Here are instructions for downloading Maple onto your computer, be it Mac or PC.
• I have made up a list of some of the basics you'll need to get started with Maple.
• Mike Pepe of Seattle Community College has created a helpful set of Maple tutorials called Maple Essentials . If you're using a PC, right-click on the link and select Save Target As ... and save the file to the desktop. If you're using a Mac, control-click or right-click on the link and select Save Linked File to Desktop. Then locate the file MapleEssentials.zip on your desktop and double-click on it to open it. (On a Mac, this creates a folder called Maple Essentials on your desktop, that you then open to find all the tutorial files).

Janice Sklensky
Wheaton College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Science Center, Room 101A
Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
TEL (508) 286-3973
FAX (508) 285-8278
jsklensk@wheatonma.edu