• 9/3: 2.1, 2.2
• 9/8: 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
• 9/15: 2.8, 2.9, 1.5
• 9/22: 3.1, 3.2
• 9/29: 3.2, 3.3
• 10/6: 3.3, 3.4
• 10/14: 3.4, 3.5
• 10/20: 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
• 10/27: 1.6, 3.8
• 11/3: 3.10, 3.11
• 11/10: 4.1, 4.3
• 11/17: 4.3, 4.4
• 11/24: 4.4
• 12/1: 4.7
• 12/8: Review

Exams

• Exam 1 (20%) : Thursday, October 9, 2003.
• Derivatives Test (20%) : Thursday, October 30, 2003.
• Exam 2 (20%): Thursday, November 20, 2003.
• Final Exam (20%): To be scheduled during exam week, December 15-20.

Exam Make-up Policy:

1. Multiple final exams at the same time: By Official University Regulations, you should go to the Registrar's Office for a statement of conflict. The Registrar will determine which course has precedence. You should then give this form to the instructor of the course which is required to give a make-up. Two weeks notice is required; failure to complete this procedure in timely fashion may result in a ZERO on the examination.
2. Medical problems: For these you must submit a statement from a medical professional. It is your right not to disclose any details, but we must be assured that you are medically incapable of performing the activity for which you are requesting a make-up; a statement from a medical professional to this effect will suffice. If advance notice is possible and not given your instructor may refuse your request.
3. Emergency absences from campus: Notify the Dean of Students (5-2684), who will then centrally verify the details and notify each of your instructors. This is more efficient than going to each instructor separately and verifying your reason.
4. Religious observances: State Law and University regulations require that a student be excused from academic pursuits on days of religious observances. The University provides a list of major observances, of which there are none on the days of the tests. The regulations also require that the student notify instructors, in writing, at the beginning of the semester or the student may not be excused. While these holidays do not seem to conflict with any course activities, they may conflict with activities that your instructor has planned for an individual section. The deadline for notification is September 24, 2003.
5. Other circumstances: It is impossible to anticipate all of the possible things that can occur. Contact your instructor and explain the problem. (You should provide a written statement.) Your instructor will evaluate the reasons that you have given and come to a decision.

Written Assignments: Homework will be assigned weekly BUT IT WILL NOT BE COLLECTED. You are responsible for knowing how to solve the problems, and we will go over them during the TuTh lectures or (more likely) during the Monday sessions as needed, but you are not required to hand in your solutions. Instead, there will be SHORT QUIZZES every week, consisting of one or two questions DIRECTLY FROM THE ASSIGNED HOMEWORK PROBLEMS. Anyone who attends the lectures, participates in the class discussions, and does the homework (seeking help when difficulties arise) should have no difficulty getting a perfect score on every quiz.    The purpose of the quizzes is to help you assess your understanding of the material and to give you practice for the Exams. Attendance and class participation are important. If you are not in attendance when the quiz is administered, you will receive a 0 for the quiz given that day. If you walk in to class once the quiz is in progress, you may take the quiz, but you will have to turn in the quiz with the rest of the class.   

Policy on Missed Quizzes: If you happen to be absent when a quiz is administered, you will receive a zero for it.    There will be no make-up quizzes.    However, occasionally one has to miss class for one reason or another. Therefore, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped from consideration when calculating the 20 percent of your grade which does not stem from the exams.

Advice for Success This course is fast-paced; some of you may have seen some of this material before, but at least some of the material, will be unfamiliar to you. The most important strategical advice I can give you is: do the reading and work on problems every day so that you do not fall behind. When you get stuck, seek help - that is why we (your Instructor and TA) are here.
I also recommend that you WORK WITH YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS IN GROUPS!! If you are stuck on a problem and seek help from an instructor or a fellow student, you owe it to yourself to aim for an understanding of the concepts and ideas that come up in the discussion (do not just memorize the series of steps leading to the solution). Then, go home and reconstruct the argument for yourself in the privacy of your own brain, to make sure you are not merely reproducing mindlessly something you have not thought through.    Remember that during tests and quizzes, you will have to rely on your own understanding of the material.