Its purpose is for you to check your understanding of the material covered in class and your reading of the text. It gives you immediate feedback and you will know what questions you need to ask at the next class meeting. I encourage questions and office visits. Homework will be spot checked occasionally and quizzes will be based on it and the most recent lectures.
Primary material is the lecture.
The text book is a back-up reference for my lectures and the lectures will aid you in reading and understanding the appropriate sections in the text. The order in which material is presented in my lectures differs from that in the text but where to go in the text will always be pointed out. Make-up midterms will be allowed only in the most compelling of circumstances and will be more difficult than the original and will not be scaled. The prerequisites to this course will be monitored and instructors are authorized to drop students at any time should it be determined that not all prerequisites have been met. Here are the lectures for this class in MS Word and PDF format.