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Lecture 1 – General Course Outline and Group Work **(BY: Group 8)**

Math 103 – Section 207; Winter Term 2, 2010/2011

Instructor: Cameron Christou

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 3:30pm – 5:00pm

Lecture room: Buchanan A104

Office Hours:

Monday : 11:30am – 1:00pm
Tuesday: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Office Hours at: Audx 149 (A)

Grading Policy

50% Final Exam
25% Midterm Exams (12.5% each. February 7 & March 16 tentatively)
10% Group Work
5% Assignments
5% Weekly Quizzes
5% Labs

Note:

Passing mark for the course is 50% and a minimum of 41% is required on the final exam for a passing grade.

Midterms:

No Calculator (including final)
MD1: Feb. 7th
MD2: Mar. 16th
Time, Location TBA

Lectures

There are reading assignments for every lecture (Check Reading Schedule on the course outline handout or calendar on Prof. web page)
There will be a discussion for every lecture based on the online course notes
A printed copy of the course notes can be obtained at CopySmart

Group Work

You can find your assigned group on the online wiki page: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:Math103
Throughout the term you will be assigned group work/project and due date will be announced during class and online
Your group will be in charge of two lecture summaries throughout the semester which will be due a week after assigned lecture. Check course calendar (check NOTES).
There may be short in-class group-work and therefore it is important to inform your group mate if you “planning” to miss class.
At the end of the term each of your group mates will evaluate your participation in the group work that goes into your final grade.

Assignments

There are six assignments throughout the course and it is due biweekly on Tuesdays by 5pm. It is worth 1% each and the lowest is tossed for a total of 5%. You may check due dates on the course calendar.
Discussion among peers is encouraged (but do NOT plagiarize)

Labs

There are six labs throughout the course starting from Jan 10th (username and password will be given in the lab). It is worth 1% each and the lowest mark is tossed for a total of 5%.
Attendance at labs is not mandatory, it is only meant to provide you with a time to get help or have access to a computer/printer * More information here: http://www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math103/labs2011/

Quizzes

There is a quiz every Tuesday starting Jan 11th. Each quiz is worth 0.5% and the two lowest is tossed for a total of 5%.
There are 2 questions on each quiz. One is based on course notes and the other is the questions from the Lecture notes on the Wiki websites.

Extra Help

Go to office hours or email Professor Christou
Discuss questions with your group * Go to the Math Resource Centre http://www.math.ubc.ca/Ugrad/ugradTutorials.shtml
Catch Professor Christou on MathTalk which is found at: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cnchrist/Teaching/Teaching-Online.html

 On the above link you may also leave anonymous feedback for Prof. Christou, which will help to improve class efficiency

Notes: check the calendar regularly. http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cnchrist/Teaching/Teaching-103_11Calendar.html

Compass and Ruler Game This is like a mathematic finger-painting which allows us to get our minds into thinking about math and different co-relations between them.

3 Rules: 1) Can draw a dine between two defined points. 2) Cannot extend the line beyond the two points. 3) Can define and put a point on regions where lines intersect.

To Begin: First draw in two points apart from one another. Connect the two points with a straight line and assume/label as ‘1’ .(Allowed because there are no other lines for comparison)

Objective: Using different methods and math skills, Create the line of ‘2’ from the original line ‘1’ follow the 3 rules of the game. Team with 4 or more unique solutions to the problem can be awarded 1% bonus in final grade.

Readings For This Lecture

The Math 102 Course notes. Students are expected to familiar with the entire contents of these notes. The notes can be found here.

Review Topics

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