Practice problem sets will be distributed in class during the semester. Answers to the problem sets will be placed on the course web site. The problem sets are to assist the individual student in understanding the course material and they will not be graded or collected. There also are problems at the end of each chapter in the textbook. Copies of lecture notes are not available from Dr. Orlean.
Students are responsible for obtaining notes for a missed lecture from one another.
After all three hour exam grades have been normalized, the two highest hour exam grades will be summed and a new set of approximate letter grades will be given so that students will know where they stand just prior to the final exam. This exam will include some new material not covered on previous hour exams as well as material from the entire course. To be excused from the scheduled final exam, a student must receive approval from a college dean. There are no pre-ordained quotas for the numbers of A, B and C grades in the course. Cutoffs for A's, B's, C's and D's will be set on the basis of gaps in the final distribution of scores.