Lectures
The course meets on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 12 noon - 12:50pm in
XXX.
In-person attendence is not required but is strongly encouraged, since we use regular in-class exercises to reinforce learning.
Personnel
Prof. Mark Alford
Office: Compton 358;
Office hour:
To be determined.
Students are encouraged to ask questions via Piazza (see below)
or to make appointments to see Prof. Alford in person or via zoom.
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To be determined
Zoom help session:
To be determined
(Zoom links are on the course's Canvas page)
Students are also welcome to make appointments to see the assistant
at other times.
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Piazza
Piazza is a forum for students to ask questions, get answers, connect with other students, etc. You can participate anonymously if you want to.
This course has its own Piazza page. You can also access Piazza via Canvas
Please enroll in the class Piazza forum at the P2170 Piazza signup page, access code
8rlp6xr9mmo
Student support resources
Information on student resources, health and safety protocols, etc is
available at the
Provost's Syllabus Resources Page.
Grading
The final grade will be a weighted average of
- homework (25%)
- midterm exam (35%)
- final exam (40%)
- PASS/FAIL:
- A grade of C+ or above counts as a "Pass".
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Homework
- Purpose and Format:
- Tests your understanding of material we have already covered in class
- Must be submitted via Canvas by the due date and time.
- Late homework will only be accepted by prior arrangement with
the assistant or the professor
- Collaboration:
Students are encouraged to form study groups and
discuss the course material with each other, but each student must
independently formulate his or her own homework solutions.
Please make sure you understand the university's
policy on academic integrity, especially the section on
"Copying Or Collaborating On Assignments Without Permission".
- Partial Credit:
When answering a question you will usually only get partial credit
if you just write down an answer, with no justification. To get full
credit you need to give reasons why your answer is correct.
- Showing Units:
When giving numerical answers, always show the units.
Exams
- The midterm exam will be in class on To be decided
The final exam will be at in our regular classroom at 12 noon on To be decided
- Each exam will resemble a homework as much as possible in the
style and length of the questions.
Rules for exams
These rules apply to the midterm and final exams.
- Each student may bring and consult a single letter-size
"crib sheet" of facts and formulas. Both sides of the sheet
may be used, but everything on the sheet must be written or generated
by the student themselves. It should not contain copies
of documents generated by other people.
- Each student is expected to bring a calculator to the exam.
Calculators that can graph or do algebra are permitted. Calculators
(e.g. cell phones) that can connect to the internet or other external
sources of information are not permitted.
- When answering a question you will usually only get partial credit
if you just write down an answer, with no justification. To get full
credit you need to give reasons why your answer is correct.
