Prerequisites: (math2500 and math3100) or math3510

Syllabus and Objectives of the Course: This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the text (omitting most starred sections). Deviations (minor if any) may be necessary. This course is intended to serve as a forum to facilitate your active learning of the material. You are responsible for reading the book, understanding the material and keeping up with the course.

Homework Assignments: Homework assignments will be posted on the course web page at  http://www.math.uga.edu/~szwang/teaching/4150-hwass.pdf.
Take this seriously--Past experience shows that students who do not take homework seriously do poorly on exams and most of them fail.

Bonus problems: Here are some more challenging problems for extra credit of 1% each. If you turn in solutions of these problems for credit, you must work independently and must not discuss them with anyone else.  http://www.math.uga.edu/~szwang/teaching/4150-bonus.pdf.

Exam Dates: There will be 2 one-hour exams before the final exam (closed book and notes).  Tentative dates (normally will not change) are
          Exam 1: Wed, Feb 7 (definitely before the midpoint).                 Exam 1 Solutions
          Exam 2: Wed, March 28 (changed)                                           Exam 2 Solutions
          Final Exam: Friday, May 4, 12-3pm (scheduled by the university). It will be comprehensive.

Other important dates: classes begin, 1/8/07; midtern, 2/26/07; midpoint, 3/1/07; classes end, 4/30/07; or click the UGA Calendar

Make-up Exams, Late Homework: No make-up exams. Late homework will not be accepted (always due during class on the due date). A missed exam or homework will be assigned the score 0. (If you miss one of the hour-exams in an extreme situation, I will apply your final exam score to that exam.) I will drop your lowest score on homework.

Class Attendance and Participation are very important in this class. It is your responsibility to keep up with the class and be informed of time and schedule changes, ad hoc announcements, etc. 

Collaboration and Academic Honesty: You are strongly encouraged to form study groups to work on your homework and discuss the material for the course. However, you must write up your own homework with your own understanding, plagiarism, among other things, is prohibited. Above all, UGA Academic Honesty Policy applies — See the web page http://www.uga.edu/vpaa/polproc/ahpol/main.html.  Here are some quotes from the UGA Academic Honesty Policy: "Every student has an obligation to be informed concerning the terms of this policy. Accordingly, lack of knowledge of the provisions of this policy is not an acceptable defense to a charge of violating this policy."  "Any member of the University Community with direct personal knowledge of the facts related to an alleged violation of Section 5  (Prohibited Conduct) of this policy has a responsibility to the entire University Community to file a charge."

Grading Policy: Course grade will be assigned approximately according to: Homework 20%; Hour-Exams 40%; Final Exam 40%. You need to show steps for solutions of problems. No credit will be given to a straight answer to a problem without explanation, unless it is a yes-or-no type problem.

If your circumstance requires special arrangement, please let me know. I will be glad to accomodate.

This syllabus provides a general guide for the course. Deviation may be necessary.