Any brand is acceptable, but we recommend TI-85. There is a homework assignment for every class. These are not to be handed in. In addition, a few problems will be collected occasionally and graded. No late homework will be graded.
Homework needs to be legible to be graded.
To be successful in this course, or any math course, you must do lots of problems. You will not succeed if you don't do the homework, and that means not just the hand-in problems. To keep you honest on the homework that doesn't get graded, I call on people in class to put problems from the homework on the board. This classroom participation counts toward your grade. The grade of incomplete will only be given in very special cases where the student is passing the course with a C or better.