This Course is Cross-Listed

• MATH 3110 COLLEGE GEOMETRY Section 100 (Class Number 4111)
• MATH 5110 COLLEGE GEOMETRY Section 100 (Class Number 4136)

Course Description: We will begin with an introduction to axiom systems and axiomatic geometry. Then we will consider plane Euclidean geometry from an axiomatic viewpoint.

Prerequisites: (3050 Discrete Math or CS 3000), (3200 Applied Linear Algebra or 3210 Linear Algebra)

Class Meets: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:55pm - 1:50pm in Grover Center Room W305

Syllabus: This web page replaces the usual paper syllabus. If you need a paper syllabus (now or in the future), print this web page.

Textbook Information

What is it?

The textbook is two volumes, spiral bound in gray covers.

• Volume 1 is pages 1 - 320 and contains Chapters 1 - 14.
• Volume 2 is pages 321 - 361 and contains Chapters 15 and 16 (the appendices).

The reason for binding the textbook in two volumes is that Volume 2 is used as a reference on quizzes and exams.

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Is it required?

The printed book is required for students in MATH 3110 Section 100.

Where do you get it?

Beginning on Monday, August 17, 2015, the book will be available at Minuteman Press, 17 W. Washington Street, Athens (next to Donkey Coffee), (740) 593-7393.

Cost?

The two-volume set costs $37.60, including tax.

What do you ask for?

Tell them that you need the MATH 3110 packet.

Online version:

There is an online version of the text at the following link: ( Geometry.Textbook ) But students in MATH 3110 Section 100 will still need to purchase the printed book when it comes out.

Typo
Contest:

There are typos and mistakes in the book, just as there are in any book. I would be very grateful if you point them out to me, so that I can fix them for next year's printing of the book. Please notify me of typos and mistakes by sending me an e-mail with "Geometry Book Mistake" as the subject line. I will reply to your e-mail and will tell you if you are the first student to find a particular typo or mistake. If you are the first, then you will earn a point. At the end of the quarter, the student with the most points will win $15. Second place wins $10. Third place wins $5.

Special Needs: If you have physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities that require accommodations, please let me know as soon as possible so that your needs may be appropriately met.

Attendance Policy: Attendance is required for all lectures and exams, and will be recorded using sign-in sheets.

Missing Class: If you miss a class for any reason, it is your responsibility to copy someone�s notes or download my notes from the course web page, and study them. I will not use office hours to teach topics discussed in class to students who were absent.

Missing a Quiz or Exam Because of Illness: If you are too sick to take a quiz or exam, then you must

1. send me an e-mail before the quiz/exam, telling me that you are going to miss it because of illness, then
2. then go to the Hudson Student Health Center.
3. Later, you will need to bring me documentation from Hudson showing that you were treated there.

Missing Quizzes or Exams Because of University Activity: If you have a University Activity that conflicts with one of our quizzes or exams, you must contact me before the quiz or exam to discuss arrangements for a make-up. I will need to see documentation of your activity. If you miss a quiz or an exam because of a University Activity without notifying me in advance, you will not be given a make-up.

Cheating on Exams or Quizzes: If cheat on an exam or quiz, you will receive a zero on that exam or quiz and I will submit a report to the Office of Community Standards and Student Responsibility (OCSSR). If you cheat on another exam, you will receive a grade of F in the course and I will again submit a report to the OCSSR.

Grading: During the semester, you will accumulate points:

At the end of the semester, your Total will be converted to your Course Grade:

Note that although this grading scale may look easy compared to the usual 90,80,70,60 scale, it is actually not easier. The reasons are:

• The letter grades in this course mean the same thing as the letter grades in other courses.
• When I grade homework and exams, I give out fewer points. (In this course, if you do grade C work on a 20 point exam problem, you will get between 11, 12, or 13 points for the problem. That is in the range 55% - 69.9%. But in somebody else's course that uses the 90,80,70,60 scale, you would have gotten 14 or 15 points for the problem. That is in the range 70% - 79.9%.)
• There is no curve.

Course Structure: One learns math primarily by trying to solve problems. This course is designed to provide structure for you as you learn to solve problems, and to test how well you have learned to solve them. This structure is provided in the following ways.

• Exercises: The goal of the course is for you to be able to solve all of the exercises in the textbook. These exercises are not to be turned in and are not graded, but you should do as many of them as possible and keep your solutions in a notebook for study.
• Textbook Readings: To succeed in the course, you will need to read the textbook. Some material for the course will be presented in the textbook and not in lectures.
• Lectures: We have 36 lectures, totaling 1980 minutes. It is not possible to cover the entire content of the course in 1980 minutes, and the lectures are not meant to do that. Lectures are meant to be a supplement to your reading the textbook and working on exercises. Some material for the course will be presented only in the textbook, not in lectures.
• Quizzes and Exams: Quiz and exam problems will be based on textbook exercises.

Schedule: