Assignments

Work to be submitted or done in class: During the semester students will have to prepare the following (more details on link above):

(I) 5 homework assignments to be completed during online weeks. Graded: Pass/Fail, worth 50% of final grade.

(II) 3 writing assignments:

• Short Essay, worth 20% of final grade.

• Quiz and Answer sheet, worth 10% of final grade; and

• Short Bio, worth 10% of final grade.

How to submit the work:

Please, for your first Homework, share the overleaf document with math300.uic@gmail.com.

The same link will work for each homework since you'll be using the same file, so no need of submitting multiple files. We will be making the comments for each homework in that week's page in Blue, for you to see how to improve the work next time.

Once you have your first assignment, please share the assignment overleaf file with math300.uic@gmail.com .

The same link will work for each assignment since you'll be using the same file, so no need of submitting multiple files. We will be making the comments for each homework in that week's page in Blue, for you to see how to improve the work next time.

LaTex

The assignments in this course will be written in LaTeX, for which help can be found in the links above. It is each student's responsibility to work out how to use TeX on a computer of their choosing.

Writing Center

The English Department runs a writing center, where you can get help with all aspects of writing:

http://www.uic.edu/depts/engl/writing/ (You can make appointments, which is probably a good idea).

Writing Advice

A great summary of some of the main things to look out for when writing about mathematics and writing mathematics appears in the following paper:

"Writing a Math Phase Two Paper" by Steven Kleiman

In particular, when grading your writing, we'll be paying special attention to those common issues described in Section 4 and Section 5 of that paper. Here are some further resources that might be of help: