Department of Mathematics
Math 225 - Fall 2003

                    Chapter 1, Sections 1-7
                    Chapter 2, Sections 1,2,3,6
                    Chapter 3, Sections 1-3
                    Chapter 4, Sections 1,2,3,5,6
                    Chapter 5, Sections 1-3
                    Chapter 6, Sections 1-3, 5-6

Your grade for the course will be determined by a weighted average of your scores for homework,
midterms and a final.   The weights of each will be:
Homework      =   10%
Midterm1        =   25%
Midterm2        =   25%
Final                =   40%

Study guides, review materials, data sets, case studies and applications, and additional resources can be found at
a web site for the course textbook

Assignment 1   Assignment 2  Assignment 3  Assignment 4  Assignment 5  Assignment 6  Assignment 7

Assignment 8   Assignment 9   Assignment 10  Assignment 11  Assignment 12  Assignment 13(not to be handed in)

Here are Solutions to the even numbered problems in Assignment 1.

There will be two midterms and a final exam. Dates and syllabi will be announced at least one week in advance.
The (tentative) dates for the midterms are Thursday October 2 and Tuesday November 11 (changed to November 13).

When: Thursday October 2, during the regular class hour
Where: In class
On What: Everything covered through the end of Section 2.2
Useful Information: The midterm is a closed-book test. No calculators will be needed or permitted.
Average Grade:  Section M1= 42/50  Section N2 = 43/50  Section Q2 = 42/50
Solutions:  Section M1(9am)  Section N2(10am)Section Q2(12noon)

When: Thursday November 13, during the regular class hour
Where: In class
On What: Section 2.3, 2.6; Sections 3.1-3.3;  Sections 4.1-4.3, 4.5 (Section 4.6 is NOT included)
Useful Information: The midterm is a closed-book test. No calculators will be needed or permitted.
Average Grade: Section M1= 53.7/75  Section N2 = 60.9/75  Section Q2 = 59.6/75
Solutions: Section M1(9am)Section N2(10am)  Section Q2(noon)

Section M1
December 16, 2003
8:00-11:00 AM
143 Henry Building (i.e. in the usual classroom)

Section Q2
December 17, 2003
7:00-10:00 pm
138 Henry Building (i.e. NOT in the usual classroom!!)

Section N2
December 20, 2003
8:00-11:00 am
138 Henry Building (i.e. NOT in the usual classroom!!)

8/28/03:  The due date for the first homework assignment has been pushed back to Thursday September 4.

9/01/03:  Two extra problems added to Assignment 1 (due on Thursday)

9/02/03:  1.  There's no need to hand in the `Practice Problems' assigned in Assignment 1.
2. Evening Midterms: Subject to room availability, and unless there are serious objections,
I will schedule the midterm exams in the evening of October 2 and November 11.
The advantages to you are

• more time: the midterms will be one hour tests, but I'll book a room for two hours, and
• more pre/post test review: instead of using a class hour for the test, we can use the time for review.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you have any objections or anticipate any problems.

9/10/03:  Evening Midterms  It seems that a number of people have conflicts between 6pm and 8pm.
I will thus shift the exam time. It will now be scheduled for 5pm-6:30pm .  Please note that there is no other `conflict
time' scheduled for the midterms.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you have any objections or anticipate any problems.

9/16/03:  Evening Midterms  Unfortunately, it looks like an evening time for the midterm won't work.
Thus we'll have to go back to Plan A: the midterm will be during the regular class time on October 2.

9/23/03: Homework due date:In order to  make my office hours more compatible with the Homework due dates,
homework will be collected on Thursdays rather than Tuesdays. I encourage you to come and discuss anything in
the lectures or homework that you don't quite understand.

10/07/03: Last week someone (in Section Q2, I think)  left their copy of the text book in class. I have it in my office.

10/12/03: From the author (David Lay): ``Some bookstores may not carry the Study Guide regularly, or they run out
of stock before classes begin. (In fact, that happened to the bookstores on my campus this Fall.) For that reason, we
have put the first chapter of the Study Guide on the web, to give students a chance to obtain the book by the first day
of classes. The other chapters are not available in pdf format.''

10/30/03: The second midterm will be on Thursday November 13. See here for details.
Also, see here for information on the Final exam.

11/10/03: Section 4.6 has been removed from the syllabus for Midterm 2.

11/17/03: Homework 11 is due on Tuesday December 1, i.e. the first class after the Thanksgiving break

11/25/03: Click here for a Review Sheet listing the major topics and results covered this semester. For more
information about the Final exam, click here.

Lecture Log (i.e. what was done in class)