Instructor: John Perry
Office: Southern Hall, 317C
Office Hours: MW 9-11a, 1-2p; TTh 5-6⋅30p, 8-9p
Office Phone: 601·266·5505
Email: john.perry@usm.edu
Instructor’s web page:
www.math.usm.edu/perry/
Class web page: www.math.usm.edu/perry/mat305sp18/
Class meeting times and locations: TTh 6⋅30-8p SH303 or FEC 205
Course Description: Introduction to symbolic mathematical problem solving using computer based systems.
Prerequisite: MAT 280 (Multivariable Calculus, but as far as I’m concerned you can have it as a co-requisite).
Texts and media:
| Written assignments (e.g., homework) | 25% of total |
| Programming projects | 35% of total |
| Tests (midterm, final) | 40% of total |
Grades are awarded according to the following tableaux:
| 100-90 A | 89.99-80 B | 79.99-70 C | 69.99-60 D | 59.99-0 F |
I do not round up. There is no curve.
Late assignments Any assignment turned in past the specified due date and time will receive a grade lowered by one letter grade for each school day late.
Makeup work I do not give makeup tests/quizzes/etc. without an excused absence. If you must miss class, then you must also produce documentation of the reason for your absence. If you were sick, you can show me the receipt from the hospital or doctor; if you had a sports event, you can show me the schedule; if someone died, you can show me an obituary notice; if the tire on your car blew out, you can show me the receipt from the mechanic.
Relevant wisdom from Calvin and Hobbes
Image copyright Bill Watterson.
Usage is for educational purposes, and falls
under the principle of “fair use.”
Clicking on the image will take the reader to the source.
Use a pencil. Work written in pen will be penalized.
Mobile phone When class begins, turn off your phone or set it to vibrate. If you absolutely must use the phone, please step out of class, take care of business, then return. If you use the phone in the class, I will ask you to turn it off. If you persist in using it, I will ask you to leave. If you do not comply with these requests, you forfeit the next test. If you use the phone during a test, even as a calculator, you forfeit the test.
Important dates (copied from registrar’s website, which is of course the only true authority)
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Engaging in any of these behaviors or supporting others who do so will result in academic penalties and/or other sanctions. If a faculty member determines that a student has violated our academic integrity policy, sanctions ranging from resubmission of work to course failure may occur, including the possibility of receiving a grade of “XF” for the course, which will be on the student’s transcript with the notation “Failure due to academic misconduct.” For more details, please see the university’s Academic Integrity Policy: https://www.usm.edu/institutional-policies/policy-acaf-pro-12. Note that repeated acts of academic misconduct will lead to expulsion from the university.
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