Below is the expected syllabus for this course to give you an idea of which topics will be discussed when. We may deviate a bit from this. What we are really doing will be in the section following.

Homework The assignments for the course will not be graded, but students are expected to study the solutions posted for each homework assignment and to be ready to use that material for the weekly quizzes (historically, quiz problems have often come from the homework). I will post solutions here or in the webforum. The homework will always cover the new topics that will appear in that week's quiz (old topics from previous weeks can always be revisted---and probably will if the class doesn't do well on a particular problem).

Quizzes Each week there will be a quiz during the Monday class. Your grade for the quizzes in the class will be determined by averaging your best 7 quiz scores. If you miss a quiz, your score for that quiz is zero.Tthere will be no makeup quizzes: plan to attend class every Monday

Grading There will be weekly in-class quizzes and a final exam. For those opting for a letter grade, the quizzes will account for 40% and the final 50%.The last 10% is fudge factor and participation.

Cheating I hate to talk about cheating, because I like to assume there will be none, but the board office says I must: If the TA finds or I find conclusive evidence that you have cheated on a quiz or exam, you will fail that quiz or exam. It will not be possible to pass this course with a grade of 0 on the final exam. You should know that if you have been officially charged with cheating, and the provost has ruled that you have cheated, you get a black mark on your record: if you have two black marks on your record, you cannot be in any school of engineering major (I am not sure what will happen to you if you are not in one of our majors)