Math 421: Exams

Exam 1

 

When

Monday, October 16, 11:15–12:05 (regular class time)

Where

Du Bois Library 1667 PC Lab

What

Chapters 1–2 except subsection 2.4.1
See detailed topics list.

Solutions

Exam 1 solutions are no longer available.

Statistics

Summary exam 1 score statistics will be available.

 

 

Exam 2

 

When

Friday, December 1, 11:15–12:05 (regular class time)

Where

OIT’s PC Lab, Du Bois Library 1667

What

Chapters 3–5 except sec. 4.2; secs. 6.1–6.4 (as originally listed)
See detailed topics list.

Notes

See link to TrigFormulas.pdf on Notes page about what trig formulas to remember and how, and how to use Mathematica to reconstruct others.

Solutions

Exam 2 solutions are no longer available.

Statistics

Summary exam 2 score statistics are available.

 

 

Final Exam

 

When

Friday, December 15
8:00–10:00 a.m.

In case of emergency snow closing, the final will be rescheduled according to the following algorithm:

If UMass is closed until 10:00 a.m.,
   or if UMass is closed until 1:00 p.m.,
   or if UMass is closed all day but open in the evening
      then final will be 6:30–8:30 p.m. Friday;
else if UMass is closed all day and all evening,
      then final will be 6:30–8:30 p.m. Monday (Dec. 18);
else the final is held as originally scheduled.

Where

OIT’s PC Lab, Du Bois Library 1667

What

Covers entire semester’s work.  See list of additional topics since Exam 2 as well as the lists of topics for Exam 1 and Exam 2.

Review

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2:30–3:30 p.m., LGRT 219

Exam conflict
and make-up

A final exam conflict exists when, according to the official exam schedule, you have another final at the same time as the Math 421 exam and the five-digit class number of Math 421 has a higher last digit than the class number of the other course.

In that case:

  • obtain written certification of the conflict from the Registrar’s Office, 213 Whitmore; and
  • two weeks before the final exam—that is, by Monday, December 4—give me the written certification along with the name(s) of the instructor in the course creating the conflict.  Include a copy of your entire final exam schedule.

After I verify the information—including contacting the instructor of the other course to confirm that the conflicting exam is actually being given as scheduled, I will let you know the time and place of the make-up.

The make-up may have to be scheduled as late as the last day of final exams, Saturday, Dec. 23. I will do my best to schedule a make-up so that it does not create another final exam conflict.  This is one of the reasons I need the advance notic from you of a final exam conflict.

Should the make-up time also be a conflict, you will need to request an Incomplete and then take a special make-up exam at the start of the Spring semester.

Notes

  • To find out final exam score & course grade, send  e-mail or give me stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
  • Consult Registrar’s final exams page about exam conflicts

Statistics

Summary final exam score statistics are available

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