http://www.math.unl.edu/~djaffe/208
Math 208 - David Jaffe's Section
Instructor: David
Jaffe, Oldfather 936
Phone: 472-7253 (office); 467-5518 (home)
E-mail:
jaffe@cpthree.unl.edu
Office Hours: MTWF from 11am to 12am. That's when I promise to be in
my office, however I welcome your questions at almost any time.
Class: meets MTWF, 9:30am-10:20am, in Oldfather 204.
Homework
You should work all assigned problems. Exactly what is assigned is
determined by the
syllabus, together with any modifications
announced in class. The homework will not be graded.
Just do it!!!
Assessment
Your grade will be assigned based on your scores in the following parts
of the course:
|
|
Number |
Points |
Total points |
| Computer web tests |
|
2 |
30 |
60 |
| Midterm Exams |
|
3 |
100 |
300 |
| Quizzes |
|
10 |
10 |
100 |
| Project |
|
1 |
50 |
50 |
| Final |
|
1 |
200 |
200 |
| Total |
|
|
|
710 |
I'll add up your total points from each of the parts of the course and
assign your grade based on your percentage out of the total available.
I'll try to use the university grade lines (A=90%, B=80%, etc.) but I may
lower the lines (i.e. make it easier to get an A, or B, or whatever).
I will not raise the lines, so you know from the outset that if
you get 90% you'll get an A, and so forth.
Bonus Points
You can earn bonus points from class participation.
The bonus points you earn will be
added directly to your score at the end of the semester.
Class Participation
Every once in a while, I'm going to ask you a question.
What I'll do is ask the question, give you all some time to think about
it and talk with your group, and then I'll pick a name at random from
the class, in such a way that each group is equally likely to be chosen,
and for each group, each member is equally likely to be chosen.
The person I pick will have a chance to answer the question for their group.
If that person can't answer it correctly, even after brief consultation with
the group, some other person will then have the opportunity to try. Each
member of the ``winning'' group gets 3 bonus points. For particularly
difficult questions, I may call for volunteers. You can only gain by
participating in this situation.
Computer web tests
As specified on the syllabus, there are two computer web tests, which cover
prerequisite material. Please note the
timeline for this on the syllabus.
On each exam, you must achieve a score of 80% or
better to receive any credit.
If you get 80% or better, your actual score will be recorded in my gradebook.
You may retake the exam as many times as you like during the official
test-taking period.
Groups
You'll be working in groups of two or three in the
Class
Participation work, and on your projects. I'll ask everyone to form
into groups the first day, but you can rearrange groups for the first couple
of weeks. After that I hope that the groups will remain pretty stable.