M464: Mathematical Modeling
Boise State University, Fall 2000
Instructor:
Stephen Brill
Office:
MG 218-A
Phone:
(208) 426-3122
Fax:
(208) 426-1356
E-mail:
brill@math-cs.idbsu.edu
Class meetings:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from
1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
in room MG 120.
Textbook:
A First Course in Mathematical Modeling
(Second Edition) by Giordano, Weir, & Fox
Additional materials will be handed out at various times
during the course.
Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Other times by appointment.
Grading policy:
Your grade will be determined by your performance in five areas:
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Homework / Group work (15%) --
Homework will be assigned and graded on a regular
basis. Homework will consist of
written exercises, computer projects, or a combination of the two.
On occasion, class time will be spent on "group work," which may become
homework if the group work is not completed in class. Group work must be
done collaboratively; collaboration on homework in not required but is
encouraged. If you are not present on "group work" days, you will receive
no credit for that particular assignment.
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Group Projects (15%) -- Twice during the semester, the class
will be split into groups of three or four persons each. Each group will
be responsible for completing a written project and providing a verbal
presentation of its results to the class. For these group projects, you
will be graded on the mathematical results,
written performance, and verbal performance of your group. Attendance during
the verbal presentation days is mandatory. These days are: 4 and 6 October
and 15 and 17 November.
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Final Project (25%) --
This is an individual (non-collaborative) written effort.
Due at the beginning of the last day of class.
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Midterm exam (20%) -- Friday, 20 October, during regular class time.
Collaborative work on the midterm exam is not permitted.
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Final exam (25%) -- Monday, 18 December, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Collaborative work on the final exam is not permitted.
Your grade will be computed via the following algorithm. Let x be
the number of points accumulated throughout the semester (between 0 and
100):
A: x > 90
B: 80 < x < 90
C: 70 < x < 80
D: 65 < x < 70
F: x < 65
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