Course Evaluation
50% required homework
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50% final exam.
Practice problems provide simple examples for you to check whether or not
you understand the material as you go along. They will not be graded.
Sometimes solutions will be posted. At a minimum, you should read each
practice problem and make sure that you know how to do it. If you can't, ask
for help!
Required problems will be graded. Solutions will be posted online.
Assignments turned in after solutions are posted can earn at most 50% of the
total points. Very late assignments will earn less. It is a good
idea to turn in what you have done by the due date, and, if necessary, the rest
later. Please consult Corinne for special circumstances.
In 400/500 level classes, some of the required problems and probably one problem
on the final exam will be marked as "Challenge" problems. 500-level
students are required to do these Challenge problems. 400-level students
are not necessarily expected to do them. However, those students who hope
to get an A are encouraged to do so. While it may be possible for a 400-level
student to get an A without doing any Challenge problems, it may be difficult.
(In PH 320, they are optional and don't count for anything--fun for total eggheads.)
Grading of the Challenge problems will be quite strict; I won't even look at
them unless they seem to be clearly written, coherent, complete, and essentially
correct.