Office Hours: MW 1:10-2:30, 615 PGH
TA Office Hours:
Youssaf Menacer MW10-11 am 343 PGH
Kyle Williams W 1:30- 4, 646 PGH, W 9:30-10:30 in CASA
The Final Exam for this class took place on Friday, May 1, 11 am - 2 pm, online. The average score was 132.37 and the standard deviation was 38.85.The grading scale for the Final Exam is:
| 181-200 | A | 133-142 | C+ | 84-93 | D- | ||
| 172-180 | A- | 123-132 | C | 0-83 | F | ||
| 162-171 | B+ | 113-122 | C- | ||||
| 152-161 | B | 104-112 | D+ | ||||
| 143-151 | B- | 94-103 | D |
The third exam took place Monday, April 27, 7-9 pm online. The average score was 30.69 and the standard deviation was 28.11. The grading scale for the third Exam is:
| 66-100 | A | 31-37 | C+ | 0-2 | D- | ||
| 59-65 | A- | 24-30 | C | ??? | F | ||
| 52-58 | B+ | 17-23 | C- | ||||
| 45-51 | B | 10-16 | D+ | ||||
| 38-44 | B- | 3-9 | D |
The second exam took place on April 1. The average score was 63.66, and the standard deviaion was 25.06. The grading scale is;
| 95-100 | A | 64-69 | C+ | 33-38 | D- | ||
| 89-94 | A- | 58-63 | C | 0-32 | F | ||
| 83-88 | B+ | 52-57 | C- | ||||
| 77-82 | B | 45-51 | D+ | ||||
| 70-76 | B- | 39-44 | D |
The first exam took place on February 7-8. The average score was 72.5, and the standard deviaion was 20. The grading scale is;
| 93-100 | A | 68-72 | C+ | 43-47 | D- | ||
| 88-92 | A- | 63-67 | C | 0-42 | F | ||
| 83-87 | B+ | 58-62 | C- | ||||
| 78-82 | B | 53-57 | D+ | ||||
| 73-77 | B- | 48-52 | D |
Here is a review sheet. Here is another review sheet. Here is another review sheet, and solutions to a similar exam.
EMCF Quiz #2 has been graded. Answers: 1c, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5c, 6d, 7a, 8c, 9c, 10d, 12b, 13a, 14c, 15a, 16d, 17e.
EMCF Quiz #3 has been graded: Answers: 1e, 2a, 3d, 4e, 5a, 6e, 7c.
EMCF Quiz #4 has been graded. Answers: #1 not graded, 2d, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6d, 7a, 8a, 9c, 10a, 11b, 12a, 13c, 14b.
EMCF Quiz #4 has been graded. Answers: 1d, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5d, 6c, 7a, 8c, 9d.
Official scores for exams and recitation quizzes will be available at CASA. There will be quizzes given online at casa. Two hour exams will also be given at CASA.
You will need to make appointments for exams given in CASA. Don't be late!
You will also need to purchase an access code from CASA, which will allow you to download the textbook. This is not optional.
The third hour exam will be in lecture on or near the last class day.
The departmental syllabus for this course can be found here. Here is the Peoplesoft syllabus. Please see the online syllabus for information about prerequisites.
Here is a calendar showing what sections will be covered in each lecture. (Either open the calendar in MacOS Calendar or in 30boxes.com).
There will be three hour exams during the semester. You will have to go to 221 Garrison gym (CASA) to take the first two exams. You will need to make an appointment through Courseware for each exam. The third hour exam will be in lecture on the last class day.
Homework will be collected in recitation every Friday. Here are the homework assignments. I expect that all work that is required to find an answer will be shown in the homework. Homework should be turned in on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Please do not use spiral-bound paper because the frizzy edge on this paper is messy. Be neat, and leave some white space on the paper so that it can be read easily. Homework will be checked for completeness: whether all or nearly all problems are attempted, and whether all work is shown. A list of answers is not usually acceptable. If an assignment is not complete you will get a 0 for that week's recitation quiz.
Grading. For each exam, and for the semester totals of homework grades and of quiz grades, I will compute an average μ and standard deviation σ. If X is your score on exam one, and the average and standard deviation for exam one are μ1 and σ1, then your normalized score for exam one is:
z1 = (X-μ1)/σ1.
Your grade will be determined by a weighted average of normalized scores:
Grade = 0.17*(z1 + z2 + z3) + 0.33*zFinal + 0.16*zQuiz Total .
This means that each hour exam counts 17%, the Final exam counts 33%, and the Quiz total counts 16%.
The numerical result of this calculation will determine your grade as follows:
| z › 1.25 | 1.0 ‹ z ‹ 1.25 | .75 ‹ z ‹ 1.0 | .5 ‹ z ‹ .75 |
| A | A- | B+ | B |
| .25 ‹ z ‹ .5 | 0 ‹ z ‹ .25 | -.25 ‹ z ‹ 0 | -.5 ‹ z ‹ -.25 |
| B- | C+ | C | C- |
| -.75 ‹ z ‹ -.5 | -1.0 ‹ z ‹ -.75 | -1.25 ‹ z ‹ -1.0 | ‹ -1.25 |
| D+ | D | D- | F |
If your Final Exam normalized score is higher than your lowest hour exam normalized score, then I will replace the lowest hour exam normalized score with the normalized final exam score.