More than two absences will affect your grade and more than four absences constitutes grounds for failure of the course, per the college policy. Please consult the undergraduate catalog or see the professor if you have questions. Academic dishonesty is a serious offense that will seriously jeopardize your grade, since plagiarism or cheating results in a double zero on the assignment in question. The only way to learn mathematics is by doing mathematics and work will be assigned accordingly. Lectures will be informal enough so as too allow students the freedom to interact with the instructor.
Questions are welcome and encouraged.
The majority of the course material will be presented in this way with appropriate guidance and assistance from the instructor. Assignments will take the form of various proofs assigned from the textbook. The final exam will also take the form of proofs of several textbook-like problems.