Heather Ames Lewis's Home Page


Office:  Smyth 349C (inside the Mathematics Center)
Phone:  (585) 389-2668
Email:  hlewis5@naz.edu

Check out our Unofficial Blog 360 
and the Department Newsletter page (listed on the right, and updated quarterly).

Office Hours for Fall 2011:
Mondays 9:30-10:20am
Wednesdays TBA
Thursdays 8:30-9:20am
 and, of course, by appointment.


Classes for Fall 2011

 
Math 109: The Mathematical Experience (Freshmen only)
Tuesday, Thursday 10:50am-12:05pm in Smyth 360

Required Text:  Just class notes.


Math 201: Introduction to Mathematical Structures
Tuesday, Thursday 9:25am-10:40am in Smyth 361
Required Text:  A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, 7th edition by Doug Smith, Richard Eggen, and Maurice St. Andre (Brooks/Cole through Cengage Learning; also available through online rental -- contact your professor for information).

Math 509: Ethnomathematics 
Days and Times Set via email (Hybrid course)
Required Texts:
Ethnomathematics by Marcia Ascher (Chapman & Hall, New York, 1991).
Math and Science Across Cultures:  Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium by Maurice Bazin, Modesto Tamex, and the Exploratorium Teacher Institute.  (The New Press, New York, 2002).
Math Games & Activities from around the World by Claudia Zaslavsky  (Chicago Review Press, 1998).



Classes for Spring 2012

 
MTH.Q 109-01: The Mathematical Experience
Tues, Thurs 10:50am-12:05pm in Smyth 345
Required Text: 
Just class notes.

MTH 208-01: Statistics for Scientists
Mon, Wed 8:00am-9:15am in Smyth 360
Required Text:
  The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences, 2nd edition by Brigitte Baldi & David S. Moore (W.H. Freeman and Company) -- Note that this is the SECOND edition, not the first edition.

MTH 417-01: Foundations of Geometry 
Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30am-11:20am in Smyth 360
Required Text:
 Geometry from Euclid to Knots by Saul Stahl (through Dover Publications).

 
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Department of Mathematics | Nazareth College
Last updated on November 02, 2011 by Heather Ames Lewis