Text: Hoel, Port, and Stone, Introduction to Probability
Theory, 1971, Houghton Mifflin.
Course topics: Introductory Probability (see also the Course
Catalog Entry for Math 361 or the list of UIUC
Probability Theory Classes).
Grading policy: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the total numerical score (0-500 points) achieved on exams. Relative weights are:
| Final: | 150 pts (30% of grade) |
| Hourly Exam 1: | 100 pts (20% of grade) |
| Hourly Exam 2: | 100 pts (20% of grade) |
| Hourly Exam 3: | 100 pts (20% of grade) |
| Weekly Quizzes: | 50 pts (10% of grade) |
| Total: | 500 pts (100% of grade) |
| Week | Dates | Section of book | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | F | ||
| 1 | 8/23--8/25 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |
| 2 | 8/28--9/1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4--1.5 |
| 3 | 9/6--9/8 | (Labor Day) | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 9/11--9/15 | 2.3 | 2.4--2.8 | 2.4--2.8 |
| 5 | 9/18--9/22 | Review | Exam 1 | Return Exam 1 |
| 6 | 9/25--9/29 | 3.1--3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 7 | 10/2--10/6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 8 | 10/9--10/13 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3,4.4 |
| 9 | 10/16--10/20 | 4.5,4.6 | Review | Exam 2 |
| 10 | 10/23--10/27 | Return Exam 2 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 11 | 10/30--11/3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 12 | 11/6--11/10 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 13 | 11/13--11/17 | 6.3 | 7.1--7.3 | 7.3--7.4 |
| 14 | 11/20 | (vacation) |
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| 15 | 11/27--12/1 | 7.5/Apps | Exam 3 | Return Exam 3 |
| 16 | 12/4--12/8 | Apps | Apps | Review |
FINAL ON 1:30-4:30 PM, Monday, December 11.