Treat the graded exercise as an open book, take-home quiz, which can be discussed with the instructor but not classmates . The lowest two scores will be dropped when calculating your grade. The goal of the graded homework is to provide a measure of individual student mastery of problems and skills that are too involved to be included on an exam. Please do not collaborate on these graded problems. You are encouraged to work together on all other homework and exercises.
Homework is due in class on the day specified when handed out.
No homework will be accepted after the detailed answer key has been put on the class web site , two days after the homework was due. The exams will be written to be completed in one hour, but you will be given unlimited time. The first two exams will be administered in the testing center and the last exam will administered in a classroom at a time to be arranged. The material requires that exams be cumulative, but primary emphasis will be on the chapters covered since the previous exam. The goal of this course is not to memorize formulas, but to learn how to use models to make predictions.