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            <h1>Syllabus: Topics in Algebra Math190 (Spring 2024)</h1>
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    <h1 id="course-schedule-format">Course Schedule &amp; Format</h1>
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<li><p><strong>Professor: </strong><a href="http://gmcninch.math.tufts.edu">George McNinch</a>
&lt;<a href="mailto:george.mcninch@tufts.edu" class="email">george.mcninch@tufts.edu</a>&gt;</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Teaching Assistant: </strong> Xiao Tan &lt;<a href="mailto:xiao.tan@tufts.edu" class="email">xiao.tan@tufts.edu</a>&gt;</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Course online resources</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://canvas.tufts.edu">canvas page</a></li>
<li>URL: <a href="https://gmcninch-tufts.github.io/2024-Sp-Math190/">https://gmcninch-tufts.github.io/2024-Sp-Math190/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>There is no required textbook for the course. <a href="../course-posts/resources-references.html">Here are some
references</a> that I’ll use
and that you can consult.</p></li>
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<h1 id="grading-and-expect">Course Grading &amp; Expectations</h1>
<p>Your grade in the course will be based on problem sets,
engagement, and a <em>video project</em>.</p>
<p>Here are details on these course components:</p>
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<li><p><em>weekly problem sets</em>,</p>
<p>Since the class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, problem sets will
be collected weekly on <em>Fridays</em>. <a href="../course-pages/Math190--Assignments--AY2023-2024spring.html">Here is the planned collection
schedule</a>.</p>
<p>The problems will be posted on the course website, and your
solutions will be submitted to [Gradescope] – see <a href="../course-posts/resources--gradescope.html">these remarks
concerning use of
gradescope</a></p></li>
<li><p><em>engagement</em></p>
<p>Each week (beginning in the second week) I’ll ask you to make a
written submission <em>on paper</em>. I’ll provide a prompt <em>in advance</em>,
and you should write a paragraph or two in response and return it in
class.</p></li>
<li><p><em>video project</em></p>
<p>You will make a 15-20 minute video presentation on an <em>approved</em>
topic related to material covered in the course this term.</p>
<p>You must submit a <em>proposal</em> for a topic.</p>
<p>Your presentation should include rigorous mathematics.</p>
<p>Suggested resources – including a list of possible topics – will
be listed in this page of <a href="../course-posts/resources-videos.html">resources for the
video-project</a>.</p>
<p>After submission, each class-member’s video project will be placed
in a folder in <a href="tufts.box.com">tufts.box.com</a> which will be readable
by participants in the course. In particular, you will be able to
view your peer’s projects after submission.</p>
<p>In addition to completion of your project, you must also view and
provide comments on 3 of your peer’s projects.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Your score in the course will be determined from these grading components by the
following (implicit) formula:</p>
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<caption><strong>Grading</strong></caption>
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<th style="text-align: left;">grade component</th>
<th style="text-align: left;">percentage</th>
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<td style="text-align: left;">problem sets</td>
<td style="text-align: left;">50%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td style="text-align: left;">engagement</td>
<td style="text-align: left;">20%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td style="text-align: left;">video project</td>
<td style="text-align: left;">30%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p>Your <em>letter grade</em> is then determined from this score using <a href="https://math.tufts.edu/resources/grading-schemes">the
scheme described at this
link</a>.</p>
<h1 id="student-resources">Student Resources</h1>
<p>For a list of <em>student resources</em>, please see the <em>syllabus</em> section
of the <code>Canvas</code> site for the course.</p>
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