To learn how to use some of the available computer programs provided with the text software and with Excel to perform some types of analysis. System II will be used if your grade on the final is higher than your grade on the mid term. Classes will begin with the instructor working the homework problems followed by a lecture on a new topic including sample problems from this topic. As time permits, students will be given the opportunity to work homework and homework type problems during class. Every student is required to have read the assigned material and to have worked all of the homework problems prior to attending each class.
Homework is due at the beginning of each class period.
Homework will not be accepted late. If you turn in all homework assignments, the lowest grade will be dropped. If you fail to turn in more than one homework assignment, each assignment that you fail to turn in, starting with the second, will be assigned a grade of zero. The computer will be used extensively in class and each student should familiarize himself or herself with the PC lab located in the basement of the Swilley Library. Homework is to be done by hand unless specifically stated in the syllabus that it is to be done on the computer.