Instructor: John Perry
Office: Southern Hall, 317C
Office Hours: MWF 9a-12p, MWF11a-1p
Office Phone: 601⋅266⋅5505
Email: john.perry@usm.edu
Instructor’s web page: http://www.math.usm.edu/perry/
Class web page: http://www.math.usm.edu/perry/mat424sp16/
Class meeting time and location: TTh 1-2⋅15p SH 302 (dress warmly!)
Grading: Every homework problem in a section covered in class will be worth a certain number of points. Tests will be worth 100 points each. An independent project will be worth 100 points. I determine your semester grade by dividing the points you earn out of 1000 total. A minimum of 500 points will be necessary to earn a C, regardless of how the rest of the class performs. and not necessarily sufficient! (I probably don’t need to tell you that, since I’ve already looked at the roster.)
In theory, then, you don’t have to take any tests, or do an independent project. You can simply do a lot of homework problems! However, it will take a lot of homework problems to earn 1000 points, so you probably want to do more than just the homework. On the other hand, you can also quit doing the homework once you reach 1000 points, even if half the semester is left! That’s unlikely, though.Late Assignments: Any assignment turned in past the specified due date and time will receive a grade lowered by ten percent for each school day late.
Makeup work: I do not give makeup tests/quizzes/etc. without an excused absence. If you must miss class, then you must also produce documentation of the reason for your absence. If you were sick, you can show me the receipt from the hospital or doctor; if you had a sports event, you can show me the schedule; if someone died, you can show me an obituary notice; if the tire on your car blew out, you can show me the receipt from the mechanic.Mobile phones: I expect you to turn your phone off once class begins, and to leave it off. If you absolutely must use the phone, please step out of class, take care of business, then return. If you use the phone in the class, I will ask you to leave. If you do not comply with this request, you will forfeit the next test. If you use the phone during a test, even as a calculator, you will forfeit the test.
Note: The last day to drop a full-semester course and receive a grade no lower than W is 7 April 2016.
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