Math 302-001 Geometry Syllabus
Meeting days and time: Monday and Wednesday 5:55 p.m. - 7:10 p.m.
Classroom: Room 276, Enterprise Hall
Instructor: Dr. J. E. Lin
Office: Room 259, Science and Technology 1
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Telephone: (703)993-1459 Email: jelin@gmu.edu Website: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jelin/classes_math302.html
Textbook: Eucliden and Non-Eucliden Geometries by M. Helena Noronha, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 8).
Course description in the 2004-2005 University Catalog: Prerequisite: Six credits of math. Fundamental concepts of incidence. Axioms of Euclidean geometry and the resulting theory, and axioms and development of non-Euclidean and projective geometry.

Last Day to Add: September 14, 2004
Last Day to Drop: October 1, 2004

Grading system: (No make-up tests, homework, and the final examination.)
1. 3 in-class tests (125 points each with the lowest score dropped. 9/22, 10/20, 11/17) -----250 points
2. Homework ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 points
3. Final Examination (Monday, 12/13, 4:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.) ----------------------------------150 points
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Total: 500 points
Grade
490 points <= A+
450 points <= A <= 489 points
440 points <= A- <= 449 points
430 points <= B+ <= 439 points
400 points <= B <= 429 points
390 points <= B- <= 399 points
380 points <= C+ <= 389 points
350 points <= C <= 379 points
340 points <= C- <= 349 points
300 points <= D <= 339 points
F <= 299 points
Note: 1. All the tests and the final examination are in-class and closed-book. Calculators are allowed. 2. The Honor Code is strictly enforced.

Math 302-001 Fall 2004
Homework
Section Problems (Turn in the problems marked with *)
1.2 2*, 1-7 odd.
1.3 6*, 1-5 odd.
1.4 2*, 1.
1.5 2*, 1-7 odd.
1.6 4*, 1-5 odd.
1.7 6*, 1-7 odd.
2.1 4*, 1-9 odd.
2.3 4*, 1-7 odd.
2.4 2*, 1-5 odd.
3.1 6*, 1-11 odd.
3.2 2*, 1-7 odd.
3.3 2*, 1-5 odd.
8.4 4*, 1-9 odd.
8.5 1, 2.
8.6 1, 2.
Lecture
Date Content and/or event
8/30 1.1, 1.2
9/01 1.2
9/06 No classes
9/08 1.3 (Homework #1 due: Ex. 1.2)
9/13 1.4 (Homework #2 due: Ex. 1.3)
9/15 1.5
9/20 Review (Homework #3 due: Ex. 1.4, 1.5)
9/22 Test 1
9/27 1.6
9/29 1.7
10/04 2.1 (Homework #4 due: Ex. 1.6, 1.7)
10/06 2.2
10/12 2.3 (Homework #5 due: Ex. 2.1) Tuesday
10/13 2.4
10/18 Review (Homework #6 due: Ex. 2.3, 2.4)
10/20 Test 2
10/25 3.1
10/27 3.2
11/01 3.3 (Homework #7 due: Ex. 3.1, 3.2)
11/03 8.1
11/08 8.2 (Homework #8 due: Ex. 3.3)
11/10 8.3
11/15 Review
11/17 Test 3
11/22 8.4
11/24 No classes
11/29 8.5 (Homework #9 due: Ex. 8.4)
12/01 8.6
12/06 Review
12/08 Review