Syllabus: Math 211 Summer 2018 - Revision history

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-'''Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  You are expected to attend all classes.  Attendance and participation is worth 10% of your grade.  If you miss class repeatedly, you will be in danger of losing all points in this category.  If you need to miss class for an acceptable reason, please email me, and have your absence excused by the Dean of Students.
+'''Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  You are expected to attend all classes.  Attendance and participation is worth 10% of your grade.  If you miss class repeatedly, you will be in danger of losing all points in this category.  If you need to miss class for an acceptable reason, please email me, and have your absence excused by the Dean of Students.  To be allowed a make up on a quiz, you must have your absence excused by the Dean of Students.
 '''Quizzes:'''  There will a quiz on the first class day of every week.  By Friday evening, the material to study will be posted on this website, under the heading "Objectives," above.   I will aim to have quizzes returned graded by Thursday of the same week.

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	'''Homework:''' Homework problems will be passed out in class. Solutions will be given at the same time. Class time will be devoted to doing homework. You are expected to engage in these activities.		'''Homework:''' Homework problems will be passed out in class. Solutions will be given at the same time. Class time will be devoted to doing homework. You are expected to engage in these activities.
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	'''Class Etiquette:''' Please participate in class by asking questions when you do not understand something. Invariably other students benefit from these questions. Please engage in discussions, and please engage with the class, generally. I find it easier to give good lectures when students are asking questions, and engaging with the material.		'''Class Etiquette:''' Please participate in class by asking questions when you do not understand something. Invariably other students benefit from these questions. Please engage in discussions, and please engage with the class, generally. I find it easier to give good lectures when students are asking questions, and engaging with the material.

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 '''Quizzes:'''  There will a quiz on the first class day of every week.  By Friday evening, the material to study will be posted on this website, under the heading "Objectives," above.   I will aim to have quizzes returned graded by Thursday of the same week.
-'''Homework:'''
+'''Homework:'''  Homework problems will be passed out in class.  Solutions will be given at the same time.  Class time will be devoted to doing homework.  You are expected to engage in these activities.

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-'''Class Etiquette:''' Please give the class your full attention and refrain from texting, surfing the web, and similar distractions.  Please participate in class by asking questions when you do not understand something.  Invariably other students benefit from these questions.
+'''Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  You are expected to attend all classes.  Attendance and participation is worth 10% of your grade.  If you miss class repeatedly, you will be in danger of losing all points in this category.  If you need to miss class for an acceptable reason, please email me, and have your absence excused by the Dean of Students.
-'''Homework, Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  Usually I award a maximum of 10 points for each homework set, due one week after it is assigned.  Additionally I award 5 points per day for class attendance.  I like to give the solutions to homework problems at the same time I assign the problems.  Conscientious students, who wrestle with problems before looking at the answers, benefit from having instant feedback about their solutions, right, wrong, or incomplete.  Less conscientious students who use the answers to easily complete the assignments often do poorly on exams.  The responsibility for your education rests in your own hands.  Don't be one of the outliers who use shortcuts to avoid preparing for the exams.    Concerning homework, you are encouraged to work with your classmates, if you find that helpful.  In fact, you are encouraged to do whatever you find most helpful with the homework, but by turning in a solution to a problem, you pledge that you understand the solution, or that you talked to me in office hours or during or after class and made a good faith effort to understand how to do the problem.   If it looks like you got the full benefit from the assignment, I will award you a perfect 10 points.  I may mark you down if it seems that you have copied the answers without including any of the required calculations.  You must include your work.  One more thing about homework: you can turn in your homework by showing me your solutions during office hours or during active-learning periods of class, or after class.  Some students prefer to turn in their work this way because they prefer not to tear pages from their notebooks.
+'''Quizzes:'''  There will a quiz on the first class day of every week.  By Friday evening, the material to study will be posted on this website, under the heading "Objectives," above.   I will aim to have quizzes returned graded by Thursday of the same week.
-'''Computer Software:'''  I am considering using the computer software Mathematica for parts of this course.  I believe that students at American University can install this software on their own machines for free (usually it is very expensive).  Please try to install the software on your laptop during the first week of class.  If it costs money, don't pay for it yet, but report back to me how much it costs.  The link for installing the software is here: http://www.american.edu/cas/tech/mathematica.cfm
+'''Homework:'''
 '''Academic Integrity:'''  ''Cheating is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.''  Consider this:  in subtle ways, cheating to get a better grade on an exam can result in ''lowering'' the grades of some of your classmates.  Certainly this is true when a specific curve is used to assign grades.  Even when I don't use curves explicitly, they can be implicit in decisions about writing and grading exams.  As required by the policy of American University, I will report '''all''' suspected cases of cheating to the Dean's office who will proceed to investigate and adjudicate the issues.   Cheating is giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on exams, from other students or other people, from notes, from books, or from the web.  When inappropriate copying between students is caught, both parties may be culpable.
 '''Public Service Announcement:'''  A representative of AU's Students Against Sexual Violence (SASV) approached me and asked me to include on my syllabi a list of resources available for survivors of sexual assault and their friends.  While sexual violence is by no means the only challenge faced by students, I agree that this issue merits particular attention, so I am honoring her request by attaching the list she gave me:

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 '''Important Dates:'''
-* August 31 (Monday): First day of class
+* May 21 (Monday): First day of class
-* September 7 (Monday): Labor Day, no class
+* May 28 (Monday): Memorial day, no class
-* September 30: Midterm 1A (in EQB-15 2:35PM-3:35PM; in SPA/WARD-ST-01 4:00PM-5:00PM)
+* June 28 (Thursday): Final exam (during class) and last day of class
 '''Tentative grading scheme:'''

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-| Quizes
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 | Final
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 '''Office Hours:'''  Students are strongly encouraged to come to office hours if they need or want help.  My office is Room 108F, DMTI.  Office hours are tentatively scheduled as follows:  (may be adjusted throughout the semester)
-*  Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 PM TO 6:30 PM.
+*  Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 PM TO 6:30 PM, or by appointment.
 '''Tutoring through AU's Academic Support and Access Center.'''

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 * Section 001 (the class that usually meets 02:35PM-03:50PM),  Dec 7, '''02:35PM-05:05PM''': Final Exam, location: in our classroom EQB-15)
 * Section 002 (the class that usually meets 04:00PM-05:15PM), Dec 10, '''02:35PM-05:05PM''': Final Exam, location: in our classroom EQB-15)
 '''Tentative grading scheme:'''
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-| Homework
+| Quizes
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+| 60%
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-| Midterm Exam 1 A & B
+| Final
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 | Midterm Exam 2 A & B

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 '''Class times and locations:'''
+* Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 05:30 PM - 08:10 PM, DMTI 110
 '''Important Dates:'''