IDS123

		IDS 123 - A World of Patterns: Mathematics in Nature and the Arts Course Description: This interdisciplinary course focuses on the underlying mathematical principles of number, ratio, and pattern in nature and their relationship to the arts. In this course we will examine the development of quantification throughout history. We will also analyze how numbers, ratios, and patterns form the basis in a variety of academic disciplines and human endeavors, e.g. biology, chemistry, painting, sculpture, architecture, and music.

Spring 2008 M/W 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. STC 102
	Prof. William Stargard Office Hours: Tuesday 8:30 - 10:00, Wednesday 11:15 - 12:30, and by appointment Haldan 207 731-7070 stargarw@pmc.edu		Prof. Joan Weinstein Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:30 - 12:00; Monday 2:30 - 4:00, and by appointment Dane 305 731-7184 weinstej@pmc.edu

		Spring 2008 Syllabus and Course Information
	1/16	Introduction How do you use numbers? Moranis: My Days are Numbered		Assignment 1
	1/21	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - no classes
	1/23	Numbers and Measurement How do you use quantitative reasoning? Numbers in art and architecture Number systems
	1/28	Numbers and Measurement More about number systems
	1/30	Numbers and Measurement The Ancient Maya Maya numeration system		Assignment 2
	2/4	QUIZ 1 Numbers and Measurement More about the Maya numeration system		Assignment 3
	2/6	Fibonacci numbers Fibonacci rabbits The rise of quantification in the West		Project 1 - due February 20 Extra Credit Assignment - due February 27
	2/11	Number and Ratio
	2/13	Number and Ratio Fibonacci Numbers and Art		Study questions
	2/18	Presidents' Day - no classes
	2/20	QUIZ 2 Number and Ratio The Golden Ratio		Drawing a Golden Spiral
	2/25	Number and Ratio The Golden Section and Golden Rectangle Leonardo's Annunciation Perugino's Madonna and Child
	2/27	Guest lecturer, Visual Arts Professor Carole Rabe Perspective		Part 1 of the midterm - due Wednesday, March 5
	3/3	Painting and the Golden Section Renaissance Perspective Masaccio, Holy Trinity Masaccio, Holy Trinity (diagram) Alberti - Perspective		Study questions
	3/5	MIDTERM EXAMINATION
	3/10	Spring Break
	3/12	Spring Break
	3/17	Review of the Midterm Exam
	3/19	Canons of Proportion
	3/24	The Golden Ratio and the Human Body		Extra Credit Project - due April 2 Mondrian, Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue Seurat, Bathing at Asnières Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ
	3/26	Guest lecturer, Music Professor Mahala Beams Mathematics and Music
	3/31	Mathematics and Music (includes homework assignment) Music in the West
	4/2	QUIZ 3 Introduction to Fractals Handout on Fractals: The Colors of Infinity
	4/7	More about Fractals		Homework: write four measures of music in 4/4 time
	4/9	More about Fractals The Finite State automata		Homework: write out the results of the sixth fold
	4/14	The Dragon Curve The Koch Curve		Project 2 - due April 23 Drawing the Dragon Curve Triangle paper Graph paper
	4/16	Guest lecturer, Biology Professor Susan Bear Your Genetic Inheritance:DNA		In-class response Study questions
	4/21	R. Buckminster Fuller and the Geodesic Dome Quiz on Fractals
	4/23	Mathematics in Nature and Science		More study questions

Final Examination
Tuesday, April 29
1 - 3 pm
STC 102