Summer1 2016 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 2101.012
Course: Mathematics 2101.012.
Course Title: Linear Algebra.
Time: MTWR 10:10 - 11:40.
Place: Wachman 408.
Instructor: Visnjic, Vladimir.
Instructor Office: Wachman 615B.
Instructor Email: vladimir.visnjic@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: Use email.
Office Hours: MTWR 9:00-10:00.
Prerequisites: Math 1042 with a grade of C or higher.
Textbook: Elementary Linear Algebra, Third Edition, by Howard Anton. ISBN: 0-471-05338-4.
Course Goals: Linear Algebra is applicable mathematics, and a knowledge of it will pay off, especially in courses such as differential equations. It is also a good introduction to upper level mathematics, because there are proofs. The goal is to have you learn enough linear algebra so that it will do you some good, and to get you to think a little bit like a mathematician.
Topics Covered: Vectors, matrices, linear equations, determinants, eigenvalues & eigenvectors, inner products, vector spaces & linear transformations, quadratic forms.
Course Grading: Quiz Average - 12%, Exam 1 - 25%, Exam 2 - 25%, Final Exam - 38%.
Exam Dates: Test 1: Monday, May 23; Test 2: Monday, June 6; Final Examination: Friday, June 17, 10:00-12:00 in Wachman 408.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required. Students who miss 6 or more classes without an excuse will have their grades lowered by one notch (e.g., from B to B-). If you must be absent, please e-mail me to explain.
Quizzes: There will be weekly quizzes on homework problems (except on weeks in which there are tests). The quizzes will be on Fridays unless an announcement to the contrary is made. Your lowest two quiz scores are dropped. There are no makeup quizzes. Missed quizzes are graded 0 and are typically among the two quiz scores that are dropped. I will give makeup exams if there is a documented and acceptable reason that the exam was missed.
Letter Grades: 0-49 F, 50-54 D-, 55-64 D, 65-69 D+, 70-72 C-, 73-76 C, 77-79 C+, 80-82 B-, 83-86 B, 87-89 B+, 90-92 A-, 93-100 A.
Exam Security Policy: Under no circumstances is the use of personal electronic devices such as phones, computers, smart watches allowed during exams. All such items must be stowed away and out of sight for the duration of the exam. Any student found with such a device during an exam will not be allowed to complete the test, will receive a score of ZERO for the test, and will be reported to the Student Code of Conduct Board. In addition, under no circumstances, will students be allowed to bring in any kind of papers for use during the exam. Should a student need extra paper during a test, the proctor will provide it. Any student found using papers that they themselves brought into the exam will not be allowed to complete the test, will receive a score of ZERO for the test, and will be reported to the Student Code of Conduct Board.
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During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.