MATH 471 GEOMETRY FOR TEACHERS (Problem solving oriented introduction to Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries.)

  • Instructor: Anton Petrunin
  • Book: Euclidean plane and its relatives, ISBN: 9781650229676
  • Class: MoTuWeFr 15:35--16:25 Biobehavioral Health Bldg 104
  • Office hours: McAllister Building 333 AND/OR psu.zoom.us/my/anton.petrunin, Wed, 16:35--17:25, or by appointment.
    • Midterm/HWA/Quizzes/Final/Extra

  • 1st midterm: Fri Feb 28 (subject to change), in class.
  • 2nd midterm: Fri Apr 18 (subject to change), in class.
  • HWA: usually assigned on Wed and usually is due next Mon.
  • Quizzes: once a week, usually on Wed; it is always based on previous HWA.
  • Extra credit problems: The solutions should be presented orally. Only the first solution will be graded. The solutions will NOT be graded after Fri, Apr 18.
    • Grading policy:

  • Each HWA = 10,
  • Each quiz = 10,
  • Online lectures = 20,
  • Each midterm = 100,
  • Each extra credit problem = 20.
    • No makeups! Two worse HWA and Quizzes will be dropped.

  • 90% guarantees "A".
  • 80% guarantees "B".
  • 70% guarantees "C".
  • 55% guarantees "D".

    • The lowest three percentage points of a range will be minus and the highest three percentage points of a range will be plus.

    All Penn State Policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course.