GRADE COMPUTATION

    MATH 495 is a PASS/FAIL course worth 4 credit hours.  To pass, you must participate in each of the following activities satisfactorily and complete the milestones on time.

(1) discussions in class                                10 points
(2) research or computation outside class    30 points
(3) preparing the written client report           30 points
(4) participating in the spoken client report   10 points
(5) writing a value added paper                    20 points

    Your journal is a bound, dated record of what you think and do each day you actually work on the project.  It will guide your research and form the basis of your value added paper.  Your activity outside class will be judged by what you record.  Describe any computations you consider and your conclusions.  Describe your questions, brainstorms, and plans, including diagrams and graphs.
 (You will not be graded on spelling, grammar, and sentence structure, but please compose clearly and write legibly.)  Your value added paper will say what you learned and accomplished in the course.  Take care with these items, because they will likely form the basis of any letter of reference I write for you later.

SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Sep    1  Tue    First meeting: introduction to the problem.
Sep    8  Tue    Client representative (Scott Habeger) speaks to class.
Oct  15  Thu    Each student submits a personal study journal (to be returned early the next week.)
Oct  27  Tue    Class begins to plan client reports.
Nov 10  Tue    Class submits an outline of the client report, showing who writes which part.
Nov 24  Tue    Class submits a typed draft of the client report.
Dec   8  Tue    Class submits a finished typed copy of the client report.
Dec 10  Thu    (1:30?)  Oral presentation to client.
Dec 15  Tue    (12:00) Each student submits a value added paper.

-   I will introduce the client's problem.
-   The client will be invited to present its view of the problem and answer questions.
-   The class will brainstorm for ideas to be considered.
-   Students will be asked to express preference for various ideas.
-   The class will be divided into groups which will meet separately to develop alternate plans.
-   During the semester, the class will tour the client's facilities.