Mathematics ???

Office hours: TBA, 927 Evans Hall

Our class meets in ?? This is the course home page (address www.math.berkeley.edu/~???).

Catalogue Description: Mathematics ???

Prerequisites:

This section:

Textbook:

Grading:

The grading will probably be somthing like homework 40%, midterms 15% each, and final 30% of the grade. The final grade is not based on a curve or on previously fixed marks for certain grades. Instead the average grade for the course will be based on my judgement of how well the class is doing, and will be high if everyone is working hard at the homework and doing well on the exams.

Almost all the questions in the midterms or finals will be randomly selected questions from the book similar to homework questions, possibly with the constants in the questions changed. So if you understand how to do all the homework questions you will be able to do all the questions on the exams.

I only change grades for exams or quizzes if there is a clear error on the part of the grader, such as adding up marks incorrectly or forgetting to grade a question. Grades for incomplete answers will never be increased, because this is unfair to students who do not ask for their grades to be increased. I will not increase grades just because someone needs a higher grade to graduate or get into some program.

The final homework grade will be computed from the grades for the 10 or so best homeworks, so it does not matter much if you forget one or two. If you miss the first midterm the mark for the second midterm will be doubled. If you miss the second then the mark for the final will be increased by 50%. If you miss both midterms or the final then you are in trouble. There will be no makeup exams.

Examinations:

You may use a pocket calculator in the exams. You may also bring one (ordinary sized!) sheet of paper with writing on both sides to the exams. Apart from this one sheet, the exams are "closed book".

The first midterm is on ??

The second midterm is on ?? and is on the material covered since the first midterm.

The final is on ?? It will be mostly on the material covered after the second midterm, though there will be some problems on earlier material.

Homework:

Homework is due by the end of the Tuesday lecture 1 week after it is assigned. Late homework will not be accepted. About half the marks for homework will be based on the number of questions that you made a serious attempt on, and about half will be based on more detailed marking of a few questions. Collaboration on homework is fine, but if you hand in similar homework to your collaborator you should clearly state so and say who you are working with, in order to avoid unfortunate misunderstandings.

Incomplete grades

Incomplete "I" grades are almost never given. The only justification is a documented serious medical problem or genuine personal/family emergency. Falling behind in this course or problems with workload on other courses are not acceptable reasons.

Special arrangements.

If you are a student with a disability registered by the Disabled Student Services (DSS) on UCB campus and if you require special arrangements during exams, you must provide me with the DSS document and you must contact me via email or office hours at least 10 days prior to each exam, explaining your circumstances and what special arrangements need to be done. If you do not contact me 10 days in advance you will have to take the exam along with everyone else and under the regular conditions provided for the class. No exceptions will be made.

Reading and Homework Schedule

Lecture	Date	Reading	Exercises (Due in class the next ??)
01-02
03-04
05-06
07-08
09
10			Midterm1:
11-12
13-14
15-16
17 -18
--	----	-------------	(Spring Break 3/24-3/28)
19
20		---	Midterm2:
21-22
23-24
25-26
27-28
29-30
--		---	Final Exam: