Course Syllabus: Introduction to Logic, Summer 2010



Course Syllabus: Introduction to Logic, Summer 2010 | |

|          |James Simmons |

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| |Office: Seminary Place 1, Room |

| |Office Hours: By Appointment |

| |Phone: skype name: introduction.to.logic |

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| |My email address is jsimmons@philosophy.rutgers.edu |

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|Course Description |This is a first course in logic. No previous knowledge of logic, philosophy or mathematics is required. The |

| |course will provide an introduction to the central concepts of logic and the language of first-order logic |

| |(FOL). We will learn how to construct formal proofs in both propositional and quantificational logic. This is|

| |a hybrid course, which means that it combines traditional face-to-face teaching methods with an online |

| |teaching component. |

| |You will all be familiar with the requirements of a face-to-face class: you must come to class, ask |

| |questions, contribute to discussions and present solutions to problems. You may be less familiar with the |

| |requirements of a hybrid course. In addition to the requirements of a traditional face-to-face class (though |

| |with less actual class time), you are expected to: |

| |contribute to online discussions (there are both guided discussion threads, designed to engage a particular |

| |issue, and general discussions, designed as a forum for you to raise problems and questions more generally |

| |about the material we cover); |

| |complete the online reading comprehension quizzes before the end date of each unit (unit end dates can be |

| |found in the Schedule, under Course Home, and in the Calendar). Each quiz will be password locked, and you |

| |will be given a five day period to complete them; |

| |participate in the scheduled ClassLive problem sessions (ClassLive sessions can be found under the Chat tab),|

| |during which we will work through practice problems together; and |

| |work cooperatively in small groups to solve assigned problems, for submission either to the eCollege site, or|

| |for presentation in class. |

| |In order to facilitate this small group work, each small group has an assigned, private chat room, which can |

| |be found under the Chat tab. |

| |How much participation in online discussions and ClassLive sessions is required? Obviously, there is no easy |

| |answer to this question. What I would like is for the online discussion threads to act as a knowledge source |

| |for you to return to throughout the course, and to this end I would ask you to raise all of your questions in|

| |the appropriate threaded discussion. (Of course, you must ask questions during regular class time as well.) |

| |Even if you have no comprehension questions, you can contribute to the threads by helping your fellow |

| |students out, and contributing to discussions on issues of which you have a firm grasp. I would like to see |

| |at least one contribution per unit per student, though your contribution may be as little as a simple genuine|

| |question. |

| |Class attendance is required. We have too few sessions together to regularly skip them and expect to do well.|

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|Course Policies and|Students should be aware of and abide by Rutgers Academic Honesty Policies, available here: |

|Procedures | |

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|Grading Policy |Your final grade will be determined by the quality of your homework, your performance on the online reading |

| |comprehension quizzes, your in-class and online participation (including attendance), and your scores in the |

| |midterm and final exams. |

| |10% |

| |Homework Assignment 1 |

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| |10% |

| |Homework Assignment 2 |

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| |15% |

| |Midterm Exam |

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| |10% |

| |Homework Assignment 3 |

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| |10% |

| |Homework Assignment 4 |

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| |10% |

| |Online Reading Comprehension Quizzes |

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| |10% |

| |Participation (in class/contribution to online discussion threads, etc.) |

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| |25% |

| |Final Exam |

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| |A |

| |90 |

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| |B+ |

| |85 |

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| |B |

| |80 |

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| |C+ |

| |75 |

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| |C |

| |70 |

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| |D |

| |60 |

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| |F |

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