The final examination will have 100 points from the material specifically since the first examination and 50 points based on material chosen from the entire course. Examinations will be closed book and time constrained. The summary must be hand written and the writing sufficiently large that I can easily read it. Some people use this as a substitute for thoroughly understanding the material. This strategy produces statistically significantly lower examination grades than strategies based on understanding the material.
Problem sets contain problems of two types.
Review problems provide exercises to solidify or apply topics we have covered in class. Preparation problems ask you to read ahead and provide a focus for your effort. You will miss many of these. Problem sets are graded on effort not accuracy. Group work on problem sets is encouraged.