Course Schedule
SCI 360, Spring 2006


We will endeavor to stick to this schedule! Reading assignments should be completed prior to class on the date indicated. The problems listed should have been attempted and worked through prior to class on the date indicated. At the beginning of each class meeting, there will be time allotted to discuss these problems in groups before whole-class discussion begins.


1/18 Course Intro; The Real Numbers 2.1 (pp. 17-46)
[2.1.1] 2, 5, 7, 12
[2.1.2] 5, 6
[2.1.3] 1, 2, 4, 8
[2.1.4] 1, 5, 8, 9

1/25 The Complex Numbers 2.2 (pp. 47-62)
[2.2.1] 1 - 4, 6
[2.2.2] 1, 2, 3, 6, 12

2/1 Functions 3.1 (pp. 67-85)
[3.1.1] 2 - 6
[3.1.2] 6
[3.1.3] 4 - 8

2/8 Properties of Real Functions 3.2 (pp. 86-100)
[3.2.1] 1 - 7
[3.2.2] 1 - 5, 7, 8
[3.2.3] 2 - 8
[3.2.4] 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10

2/15 The Concept of Equation 4.1 (pp. 135-145)
[4.1.1] 1 - 5, 7, 9
[4.1.2] 1 - 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17

2/22 Algebraic Structures and Solving Equations 4.2 (pp. 146-159)
[4.2.1] 1 - 4
[4.2.2] 1 – 9
[4.2.3] 1, 2, 4 - 7

3/1 Algebraic Structures and Solving Equations 4.3 (pp. 160-173)
[4.3.1] 1 – 6
[4.3.2] 1 - 6
[4.3.3] 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14

3/8 Euclid and Congruence 7.1 (pp. 275-282, 290-302)
[7.1.1] 1, 4, 5, 6
[7.1.3] 4, 6, 7, 8
[7.1.4] 1, 2

3/15 No class – spring break

3/22 Traditional Congruence 7.4 (pp. 344-356)
[7.4.1] 1, 4, 6, 7
[7.4.2] 2, 3, 7
[7.4.3] 1, 2

3/29 Distance 8.1 (pp. 361-383)
[8.1.1] 2, 3, 4, 6
[8.1.2] 1, 2, 10
[8.1.3] 1, 2, 4
[8.1.4] 2, 4, 9

4/5 Similarity 8.2 (pp. 383-403)
[8.2.1] 3, 5, 9, 11
[8.2.2] 1, 3, 4
[8.2.3] 1, 2, 4, 8
[8.2.4] 1, 2, 3, 5

4/12 Trigonometry 9.1 (pp. 431-439), 9.2 (pp. 444-455)
[9.1.1] 1, 5, 6
[9.1.2] 1-3
[9.2.1] 1-3, 8, 9
[9.2.2] 1, 4, 8

4/19 Trigonometry 9.2 (pp. 456-459), 9.3 (pp. 459-474)
[9.2.3] 3, 4
[9.3.1] 2, 3, 7, 8
[9.3.2] 1, 4, 5
[9.3.3] 2, 3, 5

4/26 Area and Volume 10.1 (pp. 477-491), 10.2 (pp. 511-527)
[10.1.1] 1, 3, 10, 12
[10.1.2] 2, 4, 8, 10
[10.2.1] 2, 3, 7
[10.2.2] 1, 2
[10.2.3] 2, 3, 4

5/3 Present final projects; Final paper due