Instructor: Dr. C. Edward Sandifer
Office: Higgins 219 C
Office Phone: (203) 837-9362
eMail: SandiferE (at) WCSU.edu
Office hours: click here: office hours
Meets: Higgins 110 TuTh 8:00 - 9:15
Book list: Roads to Geometry, 3rd Edition, by Edward C. Wallace and Stephen F. West, Pearson/Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-041396-8
Final Exam -Tuesday, May 16 at 11:00 am
Course description from the catalog
MAT
342 Topics in Geometry 3 SH
The central theme of the course is the study of many different
geometries, rather than a single geometry. The focus will be on those
geometries that have been developed since 1800 with references back to
the geometry of Euclid. Prerequisite: MAT 242
or permission of the instructor. Spring semester.
Expect to cover: Almost all of chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the textbook, and parts of chapters 4 and 6. See additional details at the bottom of this page
Expected course requirements:
Two or three hour exams (100 points each)
Final exam, during exams week (200 points)
Project. Find a theorem first proved by one of the geometers on the list below. Prepare a presentation (poster and short talk). You may want to coordinate this with your Math History project, if you are taking that course this semester (50 points)
Homework, from book. See list below (10 to 20 points per assignment)
Other homework: involving Lenart Spheres. Details to follow
On Line quizzes, using WebCT - (5 to 20 points each)
Grading:
The worth of an assignment is exactly proportional to the number of points on the assignment.
Corollaries:
The final exam is worth the same as two hour exams
The project is worth half as much as an hour exam
An hour exam is worth five to ten times as much as an hour exam
Honesty:
Do not represent someone else's work as your own.
Do not do anything with regard to this course that you would be ashamed to admit to the Instructor.
Within these parameters, I want to encourage a culture of community learning, where people help each other learn and support each other's dreams, ambitions and success.