Instructor: Dr. A. Serpil Saydam

Office: AIRW 352

Office Phone: x 1922

Email: saydam@ulm.edu

Time & Place: 2:00-4:00 PM W in ADMN 2-87

Required Materials: A The Saga of Mathematics, by Marty Lewinter and William Widulski and Women in Mathematics, by Lynn M. Osen.

Office Hours: 2:00-5:00 M, 2:00-4:00 T, 12:00-2:00 and 4:00-5:00 W, and 2:00-4:00 Th.

Grading: Your grade will be determined on the basis of homework and class participation 10%, essay questions 20%, research paper 20%, final project 20%, midterm 10%, and final 20%. Grades will be assigned as follows: 90 or above A, 80 or above B, 70 or above C, 60 or above D.

Exams: There will be a midterm exam on March 12, and a final exam at 3:00 – 4:50 pm on May 9. The final exam will be comprehensive. No make-up exams will be given unless I receive prior notifications, and then only with a University approved excuse.

Assignments: Homework will be routinely assigned. You are of course free to work with other students on the assignments as long as write up your solutions in your own words. Each student will be required write a research paper (a short research paper on the history of zero, infinity, or Pi) and a final project (a short research paper and a presentation on one women mathematician, which includes information about her life, her mathematics, and the time in which she lived). Final project will have both a written and an oral component. Late homework and project will not be accepted. I will be happy to help you outside of class when you encounter difficulties.

Attendance Policy: Any student that has excessive unexcused absences in a class must withdraw or receive an F for the course.

Excessive unexcused absences: Two unexcused absences will constitute excessive unexcused absences. Guidelines for excused absences are found in the current ULM catalog on page 55 in the section entitled Class Attendance Regulations. A copy of proper documentation for an excused absence must be given to the instructor for their records. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class each day. If a student is late, it is the student's responsibility to inform the instructor immediately after class so that they can be credited for their attendance.

January 15, Wednesday

Chapter 1

Hwk: Page 16 #3,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,16,19,20

January 22, Wednesday

Chapter 1 and 2

Hwk: Read Chapter 1 and 2

January 29, Wednesday

Chapter 2 and 3

Hwk: Read Chapter 3, Page 34 #1,3,4,6,11,12 and Essay Question

February 5, Wednesday

Chapter 3

Hwk: Read Chapter 4, Page 64 #9,10,12

February 12, Wednesday

Chapter 4

Hwk: Read Chapter 5, Page 84 #1,3,4,5,9,14,15

February 19, Wednesday

Chapter 5

Hwk: Read Chapter 6, Page 100 #1,2,3 and Essay Question (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html)

February 26, Wednesday

Chapter 6

Hwk: Read Chapter 7, Page 100 #9,10 and Page 121 #1,7,11

March 5, Wednesday

Mardi Grass Break

March 12, Wednesday

Midterm Exam

March 19, Wednesday

Chapter 7

Hwk: Read Chapter 8, Page 134 #1,3,8, and Essay Question

March 26, Wednesday

Chapter 8

Hwk: Read Chapter 9, Page 148 #1,2,9, and Research Paper is due

April 2, Wednesday

Chapter 9

Hwk: Read Chapter 10, Page 183 #3,4,9, 13

April 9, Wednesday

Chapter 9

Hwk: Read Chapter 10, Page 183 #14 and Essay Question

April 16, Wednesday

Chapter 10

Hwk: Read Chapter 11, Page 207 #1,2,3 and Essay Question

April 23, Wednesday

Chapter 11 and 12

Hwk: Page 228 #1 and Page 242 #1,2,3

April 30, Wednesday

Presentations

May 7, Wednesday

Review

May 9, Friday 3:00 -4:50

FINAL EXAM