Before taking an exam, work on practice problems and review your notes. I encourage you to come to office hours to discuss any and all aspects of the class. I expect that you will be prepared and coherent. One does not truly understand a subject until one has taught it. I will try not to interfere during your presentations, but I will interrupt if I feel you have made mistakes.
Attendance is mandatory.
If you are absent more than 2 times, I will deduct two percentage points from your final course grade for every missed class after the first two. Late homework is not accepted without a Dean's Excuse. Be sure to include an introduction which gives some background and context for your report. Write the paper as if you were presenting this material to an audience made up of intelligent people with the same background in mathematics and group theory as the members of this class, but with no knowledge of the particular topic you are presenting. Make sure you choose a topic you find personally interesting, and try to convey that sense of enthusiasm about the subject in your paper.