Course Mechanics:
How This Course Works:
My job is to help you to figure out this subject.
Your job is to ask questions if you are lost.
That means you are supposed to ask questions, no matter how supposedly dumb.
You can be assured that any question you think up,
there are at least 20 people out there who are desperately glad that you asked.
Important Details:
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Class starts at 8:00AM sharp. Please be on time.
- Office Hours:
I will stick around after class to answer questions.
I will also arrange zoom office hours.
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Grades/Exams:
There will be two midterms and one final, as well as homework and
an occasional quiz in section. The grade breakdown is:
Homework/Quizzes: 10%, Each Midterm: 30%, Final: 30%
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It is difficult to give Incompletes.
University regulations require that you have
must have a compelling reason for an incomplete, plus
at least a C- at the time the incomplete is granted.
The C- requirement can be waived in *exceptional circumtances*, such
as "Martians landed in my dorm room and I had to choose between
studying math or defending Earth."