Class Meeting Info

T/TH   9:30am - 10:45am   in LC 303B

Students are expected to attend the entire class meeting: late arrivals and early departures will not be tolerated. The University of South Carolina Bulletin states that: "Students are obligated to complete all assigned work promptly, to attend class regularly, and to participate in whatever class discussion may occur. Absence from more than 10 percent of the scheduled class sessions, whether excused or unexcused, is excessive and the instructor may choose to exact a grade penalty for such absences".

Instructor Info	Office	Office Hours
Prof. Girardi semester schedule girardi@math.sc.edu	LeConte 309 C 777-5237 (disconnected due to budget cuts)	Thursday   2:15pm - 3:00pm and by prior appt. in LC 309 C
A note from Prof. Girardi about her office hours: I am also available any time that my office door is cracked open (if my door is closed, please do not disturb). MWF are my mathematical research days. Please try to respect this to the best that your schedule allows. Thank you. If I am not in my office during office hours, please wait for I should return shortly. (I'm most likely down the hall getting coffee).

Homework problems (and clarification and hints, but not due date) are posted on the course homepage . If in doubt as to the due date of homework, just ask Prof. Girardi

The work that you submit must be your own. Remember, you will have to take the exams individually so do not become too dependent upon one another. According to the USC Student Handbook code of student academic responsibility, the first law of academic life is intellectual honesty. This is expected of all of you. If you ever have any uncertainty about the ground rules, ask for clarification.

Taking a (highly recommended) glance through the textbook will give a brief overview of the course.

The work that you submit must be your own. (See Collaboration above).
Late homework is not accepted.
There will be no make-up exams.
There will be no make-up quizzes.
Once you leave the classroom with graded work, you cannot ask questions on the grading of it.

There will be 2 (maybe 3) equally-weighted hourly exams along with a cumulative final exam. All exams are closed books/notes. Calculators are not allowed (nor needed). There will be hand-in homework problems. There will be quizzes. Nothing is dropped.

Prof. Girardi's previous exams from this course are posted on the course homepage . Often exam problems are inspired by hand-in homework problems and look-at homework problems.

Your goal is to gain a working knowledge of the material as to prepare you for your 500-level math courses; you have some personal freedom in this pursuit. By the end of the semester, demonstrate that you have mastered the material and your grade will be agreeable. With this in mind, your final course grade will (tentatively) be based on your highest percentage in the below schemes.

	scheme 1	scheme 2
class participation	10 %	10 %
quizzes & hand-in homework	15 %	15 %
hourly exams average	45 %	30 %
cumulative final exam	30 %	45 %
Total	100 %	100 %

The baseline score is indicated below (these thresholds may be lowered later if appropriate).

A	B	C	D	F
90 - 100 %	80 - 89 %	70 - 79 %	60 - 69 %	below 60 %

Academic Honesty. According to the USC Student Handbook code of student academic responsibility, the first law of academic life is intellectual honesty. We expect this of all of you. If you ever have the least bit of uncertainty about the ground rules, ask for clarification. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Violations of this policy will be dealt with according to University guidelines. A Statement of Academic Integrity can be found at http://www.sc.edu/academicintegrity.

ADA. If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Dissabilities Act and need any assistance, notify the instructor by the first class meeting after the last day to drop without a W. More information can be found at USC's Office of Student Disability Services at http://www.sa.sc.edu/sds/ .

Dates
Th	18	Aug	Classes begin
Wed	24	Aug	Last day to change a course schedule or drop a course without a W
Mon	5	Sept	No classes - Labor Day
Th	13	Oct	Last day to drop without a WF
Th-Fri	20-21	Oct	No classes - Fall Break As stated on the official USC Academic Calendar, Fall Break is two (not five) days long. There is a very high probability that we will have an exam and/or quiz on the Tuesday before Fall Break. There are no make-up exams/quizzes.
Tue	22	Nov	Last day to give a quiz, test, or examination. See Examination Policies, under Academic Regulations of the USC Undergraduate Studies Bulletin.
Wed-Sun	23-27	Nov	No class - Thanksgiving As stated on the official USC Academic Calendar, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving is a class day. There is a very high probability that we will have an exam on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. There are no make-up exams.
Fri	2	Dec	Last day of classes
Sat	3	Dec	Reading Day
Tue	6	Dec	Cumulative Final Exam at 2 pm in LC 303B

Learning Outcomes: for learning to come out.