MATH 110 - Fall 2019
Discovering in Mathematics

Professor: Erika L.C. King
Email: eking@hws.edu
Office: Lansing 304
Phone: (315) 781-3355
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Office Hours: M: 2:30-3:45pm, T: 3:45-4:45, W: 1:00-2:30pm, F: 1:30-2:30pm, and by appointment
Class Schedule: held TTh 2:00-3:30pm in Napier 201

Course Syllabus
Course Grade Scale
Journal Entry Form


READING/EXAM WEEK: December 11 - December 17

Review Session: Friday, December 13th 1:00pm-2:00pm in Eaton 111. Bring questions!

Office Hours:

Final Exam: Monday, December 16th 7:00PM until 10:00PM in Napier 201.

Remember your journal is due at the final exam!


WEEK 15: December 9 - December 10

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, December 10:


WEEK 14: December 2 - December 6

Have a great Thanksgiving Break!!!

Great work making conjectures about graph theory and proving results! Don't let anyone tell you that you cannot do mathematics!

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, December 3:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, December 5:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, December 6, 2:00PM):


WEEK 13: November 18 - November 22

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, November 19:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, November 21:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, November 22, 2:00PM):


WEEK 12: November 11 - November 15

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, November 12:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, November 14:

As announced, there will be a departmental colloquium this Thursday, November 14 at 4:30pm in Napier 201 with snacks starting at 4:15. William Smith computer science major Morgan Hamre will be giving a talk entitled A Brief History of Women in Technology. Be sure to check in with me after the talk to make sure I recorded your presence to count for bonus points!

Collected Homework (Due Friday, November 15, 2:00PM):


WEEK 11: November 4 - November 8

Exam 2 will be in class on Thursday, November 7th covering Sections 2.5-2.7, 10.4 and 3.1-3.4 of the text. Remember to bring your journal to be turned in!

Due to the exam, there will be no collected homework due this week.

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, November 5:

Preparing for the exam Thursday, November 10:

NO Collected Homework Due Friday!!!


WEEK 10: October 28 - November 1

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, October 29:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, October 31 (Happy Halloween!):

Collected Homework (Due Friday, November 1, 2:00PM):


WEEK 9: October 21 - October 25

The group Coding Project is due Friday, October 25th at 2:00pm. Thus there is no collected homework due this week.

If you were not in class on Thursday, come to office hours on Monday to pick up your journal and project assignments.

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, October 22:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, October 24:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, October 25, 2:00PM):


WEEK 8: October 16 - October 18

Have a Great Fall Break!!!

Journal Homework for class Thursday, October 17:

Office Hours: Due to an appointment, I will need to move my Friday office hours to Thursday of this week. Thus I will have office hours Thursday, October 17: 3:45-4:45pm, and no office hours on Friday, October 18th. Please let me know if you have questions and cannot make my revised hours this week.

Collected Homework (Due Friday, October 18, 2:00PM):


WEEK 7: October 7 - October 11

Important: The first part of your project assignment will be handed out this week. You will be working in groups of three on the project. Find a group of three, agree to work together and turn in a piece of paper with your team members listed (one paper per group). Note that there will be eight groups of three, and one group of two. If you have not found a group of three, we may need to reshuffle to accommodate. Please let me know if you need assistance. Bring this with you to class on Tuesday or drop it off at my office on Wednesday.

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, October 8:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, October 10:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, October 11, 2:00PM):


WEEK 6: September 30 - October 4

Exam 1 will be in class on Thursday, October 3rd covering Chapters 1 and 2 (through Section 2.4) of the text. Remember to bring your journal to be turned in!

Due to our exam, there will be no collected homework due this week!

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, October 1 (Happy October!):

Preparing for the exam Thursday, October 3:

NO Collected Homework Due Friday!!!


WEEK 5: September 23 - September 27

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, September 24:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, September 26:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, September 27, 2:00PM):


WEEK 4: September 16 - September 20

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, September 17:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, September 19:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, September 20, 2:00PM):


WEEK 3: September 9 - September 13

Remember to keep your appointments!!!

Please use office hours whenever you have questions! It was great seeing so many of you last week. I hope you will continue to come and continue to use the hours in the early part of the week especially!

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, September 10:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, September 12:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, September 13, 2:00PM -- Happy Friday the 13th!):


WEEK 2: September 2 - September 6

Remember to keep your appointments!!!

Journal Homework for class Tuesday, September 3:

Journal Homework for class Thursday, September 5:

Collected Homework (Due Friday, September 6, 2:00PM):


WEEK 1: August 26 - August 30

Welcome to Discovering in Mathematics!!!

Collected Homework (Due Thursday, August 29 at 2:00pm):

Journal Homework for class Thursday, August 29 (i.e. due as preparation for class):

Collected Homework (Due Friday, August 30, 2:00PM):



Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Erika L.C. King