Heather Ames Lewis's Home Page


Office:  Smyth 362A (inside the Mathematics Center)
Phone:  (585) 389-2668
Email:  hlewis5@naz.edu

Check out our Unofficial Blog 360 (updated daily)
and the Department Newsletter page (updated quarterly)

Office hours for Spring 2009 :

Mondays 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 10:20am
Thursdays 10:50am - 12:05pm
or by appointment.  

Links to information about NY and NCTM Standards in Mathematics

Classes for Spring 2009
Math 213:  Calculus III
MWF 8:10am - 9:20am in Smyth 345

Required Text: Calculus: Multivariable, 5th Ediction (2009) by McCallum et al, published by John Wiley & Sons.  
Additional Requirement:  MAPLE (on campus computers)


Math 417:  Foundations of Geometry
MWF 10:30am - 11:20am in Smyth 345

Required Text:  Geometry from Euclid to Knots (2003) by Saul Stahl
NOTE
:  Out of print -- contact me for more information.
Additional Requirement:  Straightedge and compass


Math 399:  Problem Solving 
MW  12:30pm - 1:20am in Smyth 360
No Required Text.

Expected Classes for Fall 2009
Math 102:  Thinking Mathematically
Required Text: Course packet available at the Nazareth College bookstore
Additional requirements:  Calculator (any kind). 

Math 207:  Elementary Statistics
Required Text:
  The Basic Practice of Statistics, 4th Ed. (2006) by David S. Moore; published by W.H. Freeman & Company.  NOTE:  If a newer edition comes out in the meantime, we will probably use that.
(Note:  We will NOT use the CD-ROM)
Additional requirements:  calculator (e.g. TI-83 or TI-84) and notes printed off of Blackboard; Minitab (available on campus computers)

Math 309: History of Mathematics 
Text:  TBA
Additional Requirement:  Straightedge and compass
Recommended:  The Brief Penguin Handbook, 3rd Edition (2009) by Lester Faigley for writing and research.  

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Department of Mathematics | Nazareth College
Last updated on January 02, 2009 by Heather Ames Lewis