Grading scheme:
The final grade is given by the following scheme:
homework (10%), the first midterm (20%), the second midterm (20%), and the final (50%).
You must attend the final exam to pass the course.
Homework:
Late homework is not accepted.
Do not submit homework via email. The homework with lowest score will be dropped.
Homework will be collected at the beginning of due date lectures and return in section meetings.
Each homework will consist of about ten problems of varying difficulty (both computational and theoretical), almost all of which will be from the textbook. The exact questions will be available on the Web, and also announced in lectures. Only three of the questions, chosen at random, will actually be graded. Each problem will give 3 points. And there is one more point if you attempt all the questions in the assignment.
You are encouraged to work together on homework but you have to write your own solutions. You cannot copy someone else's solution verbatim.
Exams:
Two midterms, one final. See the schedule for the times and locations.
There will be not be any make-up exams except in extreme and documented circumstances.
Re-grading policy: After the midterm is returned, you have two weeks to submit a re-grading request. Please write down on a separate piece of paper the reason you think that you want your exam to be re-graded.