Math 1 – General Education First Semester AY 2013-14 1. Course Information course name : course code : course schedule : course instructor : course homepage :
Math 1 WFY 39159 WF 4:00-5:30 MBan AV1 J. M. Basilla http://www.math.upd.edu.ph/faculty/jbasilla/ Days Time Venue TTh 2:30-5:30 MB 229 consultation hours: WF 2:00-4:00 MB 229
2. Course Requirement 3 Long Exam attendance Final Exam
Final Grade = Transmutation Final Grade 0-49.99 50-56.24 56.25- 62.49 62.5-68.74 68.75-74.99 75- 79.99 80-83.74 83.75-87.49 87.5-91.24 91.25
2 × sum of 3 long exams + Attendance + 3 × Final Exam 10
Table Transmutted Grade 5.0 3.0 2.75 2.5 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.5 1.25 1.0
3. Class Policies 1. Everyone must submit an id-picture; send it via email to
[email protected] 2. On Contention of grades. In case of a disagreement with given grades, a student is given one week from the date of receipt of marked examination papers(or homeworks or project) or one week from the date of posting in the class homepage, whichever applies.
3. On attendance. Attendance will be checked occasionally. Hence a policy stricter than the university rule will be implemented. Anyone caught absent more than three(3) times will be given a grade drp if the student obtains a passing grade at the end of the semester. Otherwise, the student will get 5.0. 4. Class Time. The class will be held from 4:05 A.M. to 5:15 P.M. Attendance will be checked any moment within this period. No appeals will be entertained once the attendance has been checked. 5. On Excused Absences. Duly processed excused slips for absences will be entertained at most one week from the date of infraction of absence, unless prior arrangement has been made. An excused absence will be counted as 1/2 absence. 6. On Contention of recorded absence. In case a student want to contest a recorded absence, he/she is given one week from the date of announcement in class, or one week from the date of posting in the class homepage, which ever applies. 7. On Consultation. Consultation hours are reserved for student asking clarificatory questions. It is not meant for discussing lessons missed from absences. 8. On Missed Quiz. All missed quizzes will merit zero. Excused missed exam, with duly processed papers, may be replaced by the lowest score among the other two quizzes. 9. On Cheating. Any form of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in relation to studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary action. 10. Anyone who is not in agreement with any of the above policies is free to change matricularions. 4. Course Outline Wednesday
Friday
June 5th
7th Introduction
1
12th No class Independence Day
14th The Nature of Math
2
2
Wednesday
Friday
19th Logic I
3 21st
26th Arguments
5 28th
July 3rd Older Numeration Systems
7 5th
10th Addition and Multiplication techniques in other bases
9 12th
4
Logic II: Truth table of mathematical statments
6
Logical Puzzles
8
Hindu Arabic Numeration Systems and friends
10
Application of numeration systems; Mind reading trick using base 2 numeration
17th First Long Exam
11 19th
24th Sets and Russel’s Paradox
13 26th
12
Sets and The Numbers System
14
Counting
3
Wednesday
Friday
31st Counting Techiques
15 Aug 2nd
7th Binary Operation
17 9th
14th Cryptography
19 16th
21st No class Ninoy Aquino Day
16
To infinity and beyond
18
Modular Arithmetic
20
Second Long Exam
23rd The notion of truth
28th Axiomatic System
22 30th
Sep 4th Euclidean Geometry
24 6th
21
23
Algebraic Systems
25
Transformations
4
Wednesday
Friday
11th Non-euclidean Geometry
26 13th
18th Projective Geometry
28 20th
25th Paradigm Shift
30 27th
Oct 2nd buffer
32 4th
27
Finite Geometries
29
Multidimensional Euclidean Geometries: Film Showing
31
Third Long Exam
33
buffer
5
