Course
Information
Math
290: LaTeX - Section 01, Spring 2011
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Credit: T 3:00 - 3:50pm MacLean Room 169
Textbook: The Not So Short
Introduction to LaTeX2ᵋ -- available free online at the
following:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf
Instructor:
Justin James,
Mathematics Department
Office: MacLean 375M Office Phone: 477-4011
Office Hours: W 9:30 – 10:20am Email: jamesju@mnstate.edu
TTh 10:30 – 11:20pm Webpage: web.mnstate.edu/jamesju
MTWTh 1:30 –
2:50pm
F 1:30 – 2:30pm
Other times by
Appointment
Course Description: An introduction to LaTeX, a mathematical typesetting language, including page
layout commands, typesetting formulae, enumerated lists, tables, arrays,
graphics, plus other packages and specialized document classes.
Prerequisite: MATH 260, MATH 262
Course Requirements:
You are expected to
attend class meetings and to complete all lab assignments. By the end of the course, you should have a working
knowledge of the LaTeX typesetting language.
Course Objectives and Student Learning
Outcomes:
Upon
completion of the course, students will be able to do the following:
·
Typeset
mathematical formulae using LaTeX.
·
Use the
preamble of LaTeX file to define document class and
layout options.
·
Use nested
list and enumerate environments within a document.
·
Use tabular
and array environments within LaTeX document.
·
Use various
methods to either create or import graphics into a LaTeX
document.
·
Use the
beamer package to create presentations.
·
Define and
use new commands within LaTeX.
·
Use Theorem,
Corollary, and other environments.
·
Use BibTeX to maintain bibliographic information and to
generate a bibliography for a particular document.
Instructional
Strategies: Lecture,
group work, in class lab activities.
Attendance and
Academic Expectations:
You are
expected to attend class regularly and on time.
The penalty for unexcused
absences is that missed assignments cannot be made up. You are expected to read the assigned
material prior to each class meeting and to attempt the assigned lab
assignments. When working in groups, you
should participate in what the group is trying to accomplish. You are encouraged to form a study group to
work with outside of class.
Labs:
I will collect and grade a lab assignment once a week (on
Mondays). Late labs will receive a
significant late penalty.
Presentation:
During the last few class meetings, each student
will be expected to give a brief presentation in class using beamer and other LaTeX tools learned throughout the semester. You must meet with me at least two weeks in
advance of your presentation in order to get my approval on both your topic and
content. You will be graded on both the
quality of your presentation and the LaTeX source
code for your presentation.
Exams: This
course will have no exams. However, we may need to use a portion of the
final exam period in order to fit in all of the student presentations.
Course Grading
Policy: Your final grade in the course will be computed as
follows:
Labs: 130
points
Attendance/Participation: 60 points
Presentation
60 points
Total: 250
points
I will
compute the percentage of the total possible points each student earned during the
semester (rounded to the nearest .1%), and will then assign letter grades based
on the following scale. I may make
slight adjustments to this scale (down, never up), but don’t count on this
happening.
96.5-100.0% A+ 81.5-86.4% B 69.0-71.4% C–
91.5-96.5% A 79.0-81.4% B– 66.0-68.9% D+
89.0-91.4% A– 76.5-78.9% C+ 60.0-65.9% D
86.5-88.9% B+ 71.5-76.4% C <60.0% F
Make-up Work:
I only give make-up
assignments for extreme personal emergencies or for absences which are
officially sanctioned by the University.
I will expect written documentation in either of these cases. If you miss an exam and a make-up exam is not
warranted, you may replace your grade on one
missed exam with your un-scaled
percentage score on the final exam.
Special
Accommodations: Students with disabilities who believe they may need an
accommodation in this class are encouraged to contact Greg Toutges,
Coordinator of Disability Services at 477-5859 (Voice) or 1-800-627-3529
(MRS/TTY), CMU 114 as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations are
implemented in a timely fashion.
Academic
Honesty: You are
expected to do your own work. You may work with others and get help on
assignments, but the work you submit must be your own. During exams and
quizzes you will not be allowed to get help from others. Cheating
and plagiarism will not be tolerated in any course at any level. See the
MSUM Academic Honesty policy for more information on the possible consequences
of cheating.
Thanks, And Let’s
Have A Great Semester!!
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