Two midterm exams (30% of grade)
Best 6 out of 8 assignments (40% of grade)
Final exam (25% of grade)
Participation in recitations (4.5% of grade)
Communication surveys (.5% of grade)
For the midterms and final, you will be allowed to bring one sheet of paper on which you can write anything in any font size.
Attending 9 recitations will count for full credit.
Course discussions and announcements will happen on Ed.
Assignments, lecture slides, and recitation materials will be posted on Sakai.
All assignments will be posted on Sakai at 10am on the release date.
Gradescope will prompt you to label your pages when you submit. Please do so carefully; this is considered a required part of the upload process. Failure to assign pages will result in a five point penalty.
Please ensure you have access to all platforms, and send the instructor an email otherwise.
For writing up your solutions, we recommend using LaTeX. However, answers typed in other text processing software with correct formatting and properly converted to a PDF file will also be accepted. For example, Microsoft Word has an equation editor. Handwritten answers or PDF files that cannot be opened will not be graded and will not receive any credit.
Assignments are due at 10:00am on Mondays and Thursdays (unless otherwise stated) on Gradescope.
Every student will have 3 late tokens to use during the term. Each one grants you a 24 hour extension on an assignment. To use a late token, you should fill out this form prior to the original due date.
Per university policy, to get a valid grade in the class you must take the final exam as scheduled on DukeHub.
You can discuss the homework with others, but you should write your solution on your own, and you have to mention who you discussed the problems with. If a solution or partial solution is reached during a discussion, everyone is responsible for writing down their solution based on their own understanding (so for example, transcribing a communally solved proof from a whiteboard or Google Doc and then later using these notes to write your own solution is NOT okay.) All collaborators on a given assignment should be noted at the beginning of the write-up. Submitting someone else's solution (even from previous years) with minor changes or asking for solutions on online forums will be considered academic dishonesty.
Looking at previous semesters’ materials/solutions is considered cheating.
For a detailed description of what is allowed and not allowed for the homework, please refer to this chart. If you have questions, please ask.