MA 351 Fall '09 Syllabus

Instruction Personnel

Textbook and Online Notes

"DISCRETE MATHEMATICAL MODELS with applications to social, biological, and environmental problems"
Fred S. Roberts
Prentice-Hall, Inc.

"Excursions in Modern Mathetmatics (5th Ed.)"
P. Tannenbaum
Pearson Education Inc., Prentice Hall 2004

On-line information: All information on courses that I teach (except individual grades) is now accessible via html browsers, which includes this syllabus. My web page listing all my courses' is at

http://www.math.ncsu.edu/~kaltofen/courses/courses/courses.html

Grading and General Information

There will be five to six homework assignments of approximately equal weight, two mid-semester examinations during the semester, and a term paper and a short presentation of it at the end of the sememster.

I will check who attends class, including the paper presentations by your class mates on Dec. 3, You will forfeit 5% of your grade if you miss 3 or more classes without a valid justification. I you miss a class because you are sick, etc., please let me know. I may require you to document your reason.
Swine-flu notice: If you are ill with symptoms of H1N1 influenza (i.e., fever over 100, sore throat, cough, stuffy or runny nose, fatigue, headache, body aches, vomiting and diarrhea) please do not come to class. Instead, immediately contact your medical provider or Student Health Services (515-7107) for advice or to arrange an appointment.
If you are diagnosed with H1N1, please inform your instructor immediately. You will be required to be isolated away from class until at least 24 hours after you are free of fever (100 degrees), or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Grade split up
Accumulated homework grade	40%
Term paper + presentation	20%
First mid-semester exam	17.5%
Second mid-semester exam	17.5%
Class attendance	5%
Course grade	100%

If you need assistance in any way, please let me know (see also the University's policy).

Academic Standards

Collaboration on homeworks: I expect every student to be his/her own writer. Therefore the only thing you can discuss with anyone is how you might go about solving a particular problem. You may use freely information that you retrieve from public (electronic) libraries or texts, but you must properly reference your source.

Late submissions: All programs must be submitted on time. The following penalties are given for (unexcused) late submissions:

• up to 1 day late: 20% reduction
• up to 2 days late: 50% reduction
• after 2 days: no credit (= 100% reduction)

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