Course Information
Math 291: LaTeX Section 01, Spring 2016
1 Credit: Meets
Tuesdays from 3:00 3:50pm in MacLean Room 169
Textbook: None
Instructor: Justin James, Mathematics
Department
Office: MacLean 375M
Office Phone: (218)477-4011
Office Hours: TTh
1:00 1:50pm Email: jamesju@mnstate.edu
MTWTh
11:00 11:50am Webpage: web.mnstate.edu/jamesju
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.
Prerequisites: MATH 262
- Calculus II AND MATH 260 - Computer Calculus
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 LaTeX.
Learning
Outcomes:
·
Learn to find and use LaTeX
packages and macros.
·
Use LaTeX to create
presentations using the Beamer Package.
·
Use LaTeX to typeset
mathematical documents including mathematical formulae.
Instructional Strategies: Lecture, in class activities,
lab work.
Attendance
and Academic Expectations:
You are expected to attend class regularly and on
time. We will spend a majority of our class time discussing and practicing
using LaTeX. Some class time may also be used to help
you get a head start on completing that weeks lab assignment.
Labs: I will collect and grade lab assignments once a week. There are a total of 12 labs during the
semester. Each lab is worth 20
points. Labs must be submitted electronically by 11:59am on the day
they are due (Tuesday). Late labs will
receive a significant late penalty (-15%
if turned in late but before 5:00pm on the due date, -30% if turned in the day following the due date, no credit if not turned in on the day
following the due date unless a significant documentable emergency arises). All
12 labs will count toward your final grade.
Presentations:
During
the last few class meetings and during the final exam period, each student will
be expected to give a 10-15 minute presentation in class using beamer and
other LaTeX skills learned throughout the
semester. You must meet with me at least one week in advance of your
scheduled presentation in order to get my approval on your topic and
content. You will be graded on both the quality of your presentation
and the LaTeX source code for your
presentation. Presentations are worth 40
points.
Exams: This course will have no exams, but, as mentioned above, we will meet during the final
exam period for presentations. The final
exam period for this course is on Thursday, May 5th from
2:00-4:00pm.
Course
Grading Policy: Your final grade will be computed out of 280 total points based on the
following grading scale:
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 or accept late work without penalty in
cases of extreme personal emergencies or for absences which are officially
sanctioned by the University.
I require written documentation in a timely fashion
in either of these circumstances.
Special Accommodations: Minnesota State
University Moorhead is committed to providing equitable access to learning
opportunities for all students. The Disability Resource Center (DRC)
is the campus office that collaborates with students who have disabilities to
provide and/or arrange reasonable accommodations.
If
you have, or think you may have, a disability (e.g. mental health, attentional,
learning, chronic health, sensory or physical) please contact the DRC at (218)
477-4318 (V) or (800)627.3529 or 711 (MRS/TTY) to schedule an appointment for
an intake.
Additional
information is available on the DRC website: http://www.mnstate.edu/disability/
If
you are registered with the DRC and have a current Accommodation Letter, please
schedule an appointment to visit with me, during my office hours, to discuss
implementation of your accommodations.
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. 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.
Tentative Schedule:
|
Date: |
Scheduled Activities |
Topics: |
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Tues, Jan 12 |
Lecture #1 |
Introduction to LaTeX. Basic LaTeX commands, the math environoment. |
|
Tues, Jan 19 |
Lab #1 due Lecture #2 |
Document Layout, document classes, preamble, more math commands. |
|
Tues, Jan 26 |
Lab #2 due Lecture #3 |
Math commands, displaying equations, grouping symbols, decorations, and equation arrays. |
|
Tues, Feb 2 |
Lab #3 due Lecture #4 |
Lists, multicol package, spacing commands. |
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Tues, Feb 9 |
Lab #4 due Lecture #5 |
Tabular, minipage, arrays and matrices. (Debugging Assignment) |
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Tues, Feb 16 |
Lab #5 due Lecture #6 |
Beamer package for presentations |
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Tues, Feb 23 |
Lab #6 due Lecture #7 |
Including images, intro to pstricks and graphing |
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Tues, Mar 1 |
Lab #7 due Lecture #8 |
More graphing. The pst-func, pst-plot, and pst-3dplot packages |
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Tues, Mar 8 |
Lab #8 due Lecture #9 |
Theorem environments, new commands and renew commands |
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Tues, Mar 22 |
Lab #9 due Lecture #10 |
Sectioning a document, labels, and the bibliography |
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Tues, Mar 29 |
Lab #10 due Lecture #11 |
Introduction to tikZ. |
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Tues, Apr 5 |
Lab #11 due Lecture #12 |
More fun with tikZ. |
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Tues, Apr 12 |
Lab #12 due No Classes SAC |
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Tues, Apr 19 |
Presentations 1-3 |
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Tues, Apr 26 |
Presentations 4-6 |
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Tues, May 3 |
Presentations 7-9 |
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Thursday, May 5 |
Presentations 10-17 |
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Thanks, And Lets Have
A Great Semester!!