Mathematics (MATH) |
202 Fenton, 541-346-4705
College of Arts & Sciences
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Course Data
| MATH 202 Geometry Math Lab |
2.00 cr. |
| Exploratory course in mathematics. Course focuses on techniques of mathematical exploration and discovery, the language of mathematics, and foundational issues. Topics from geometry. |
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Pass/No Pass Only for all students
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| Instructor: |
Sinha D |
Office:
307 Fenton Hall
Phone:
(541) 346-5627
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CRN |
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14062 |
4 |
26 |
0800-0900 |
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00 REMOTE |
Sinha D |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 27: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 3: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 3: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 4: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Add this course |
| October 5: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 11: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 11: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 18: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 18: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 25: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 25: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 15: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| Reading a book like “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is fairly straightforward: each sentence conveys a direct idea on what a char- acter did, said, or thought, and these ideas fit together easily to make a simple story. Reading a play by Shakespeare is quite different: sentences can convey multiple ideas at once, characters can say one thing and mean another, and the stories have layers upon layers of meaning. Reading Shakespeare takes training and practice.
Reading mathematics, and learning mathematics, is a lot like reading Shakespeare. One doesn’t just sit down and read each sentence, and have the ideas fit together easily. One has to find the deeper meaning in the sentences, and carefully put together the story that they are trying to tell. This is difficult, and sometimes frustrating, but learning to do it opens up a wonderful and exciting world.
In this course we will read some mathematics together. We will talk about ways to make sense of what you read, and we will do a lot of exploring. Some of the skills we will focus on are: trying examples, looking for patterns, making conjectures, testing conjectures, and modifying conjectures. These might sound easy, but when you are reading mathematics you need to be constantly doing all five of these things! It takes practice.
Most people’s knowledge of geometry ends at the high school level. Historically, this covers geometry up to about the seventeenth century. A lot has happened since then! Imagine the difference between what Benjamin Franklin knew about electricity, and the world of modern electronics; that gives you an idea how much more geometry there is than your high school background taught you. In this course we will tour a selection of topics in modern geometry. We actually start with Euclid and move all the way into topics that mathematicians are researching now! This will introduce you to some strange and intriguing ideas. |
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