Text Box: Math 300, Fall 2004 (13693, 13694) Writing for Mathematics Updated 09/24/04. General  Class Meeting: Wednesday: 9:00-9:50AM TH 312 (13693);   10:00-10:50AM TH 308 (13694).  Instructor: David Radford; Office: SEO 531; Phone: 6-4839; email: radford@uic.edu; Office Hours: 11:00--12:00 M W F, or by appointment, all in SEO 531. Course Description Prerequisites:  English 160, 161, Mathematics 210. Grading and Academic Integrity Grading:  Grades will be based on: Short Writing Exercises, Class Attendance        25% Essays (3)                                                        75% Academic Integrity:  Class discussion, and discussion among students, will be encouraged. However, you are responsible for understanding and following the University's policies on academic integrity. Copying work to be submitted for grade, or allowing work to be submitted for grade to be copied, will result in the grade of 0 for the written work pending satisfactory explanation. Comments  a)  There will be short writing exercises assigned on a range of topics. b)  Class attendance and class participation is expected. c)  The three essays are to be five or six double spaced typewritten pages in length. All must be completed in order to receive a passing grade for the course. Syllabus and Written Homework Assignments for Course Date  and Topics                                     Work to Turn In 08/25   Discussion of syllabus;                                            discussion of first essay topics;             discussion of plagiarism exercise.       09/01   Plagiarism exercise collected;                      Plagiarism exercise due.             discussion of first essay outline. 09/08   First essay outline collected;                        First essay outline due.             Short Writing Exercise #1 discussed;             in class writing exercise.  09/15   Pythagorean Theorem exercise collected;    Short Writing Exercise #1 due.             first essay outline discussed;             Short Writing Exercise #2 discussed. 09/22   Convergence exercise collected;                 Short Writing Exercise #2 due.              ideas for second essay discussed.              09/29   Ideas for second essay discussed,              Rough draft of first essay, and revised outline, due.             continuation; mathematics for second             essay discussed; Short Writing             Exercise #3 discussion. 

10/06   Rough draft of first essay returned;              Outline for second essay due;
            writing samples related to second essay       Short Writing Exercise #3 due.
            discussed.

10/13   Outline for second essay returned.              Final draft of first essay due.
                                                                               
10/20   Third essay topics discussed

10/27   Mathematical modeling.                              Rough draft of second essay, and revised outline,
                                                                              due; Outline for third essay due.
11/03   Outline for third essay returned;           
            rough draft of second essay returned.

11/10   Mathematical writing styles, writing             Final draft of second essay due.
            samples related to third essay discussed.

11/17   Knots -- real and as abstractions.               Rough draft of third essay, and revised outline, due.
 
11/24   Rough draft of third essay returned.               
          
12/01   The golden ratio and the Fibonacci             Final draft of third essay due.
            sequence.