MATH 301 – ON SOLID GROUND: SETS AND PROOF

MATH 301 – ON SOLID GROUND: SETS AND PROOF (3)
Professor: Richard Delaware
Course Web Page: http://d.web.umkc.edu/delawarer/RD301.htm
Department Website: http://cas.umkc.edu/mathematics/
SPRING 2015
TR 5:30 – 6:45 pm
Haag Hall Room 306
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The prerequisite for this course is Math 220 (Calculus II).
TEXTS: MATHEMATICAL PROOFS: A TRANSITION TO ADVANCED MATHEMATICS, 3rd ed. by
Gary Chartrand, Albert D. Polimeni, Ping Zhang (Primary text.)
 HOW TO READ AND DO PROOFS, 5th ed, by Daniel Solow (Secondary text.)
 In the primary text, we will cover most of Chapters 0-10; In Solow, we’ll refer to parts of some chapters.
EXAMS:
 There will be three 75 min. Exams (100 points each) during the semester, each given a letter grade.
 There will be announced 15-20 min. Quizzes.
 The FINAL EXAM (150 points) will be held in our usual classroom, 5:45-7:45 pm, Tues. May 12, 2015.
HOMEWORK:
 A list of suggested homework problems will be posted. Only selected problems will be collected and graded.
 For homework use only one side of standard 8½ x 11 paper. When due, put it on my desk at the start of class.
 Late assignments of any kind are NOT accepted, except by prior arrangement.
CONTACT:
 I will contact you through your official UMKC email address. [To learn how to forward email from your UMKC email
address to some other address, go to http://www.umkc.edu/is/webmail/live/#forward .]
 My E-mail address: [email protected] . This is the best and preferred way to reach me.
 My Office: Manheim Hall 306 A. Office Hours: MW 3-3:50 pm, TR 10-11 am & 4-5 pm. I can be available other times by
appointment on M-R only.
 My Mailbox: Mathematics Dept office, Haag Hall 206.
 My Phone: 816 235-2850. (Do NOT call the Mathematics Dept Office to leave me messages.)
GRADES:
 3 Exams (100 pts each) and Final Exam (150 pts)
70 %
 Homework and Quizzes
30 %
o I will provide grade reports after each exam. At the end of the semester I will drop your "most damaging" score.
However, the Final Exam (24%) cannot be dropped.
RESOURCES:
Please refer to the following web page and the linked resources for critical information regarding course policies and
resources. http://cas.umkc.edu/CPR/
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES – Math 301: Students will be able to:
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construct and write clearly reasoned, well-structured elementary proofs using any of the basic
techniques (direct, by contrapositive, by contradiction, and by mathematical induction);
analyze written proofs and rigorous mathematical arguments, recognize or construct
counterexamples;
demonstrate basic competence with the elements of set theory, equivalence relations, and functions,
by proving statements about them, and by using them correctly and precisely in other proofs
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