ELEMENTARY LINEAR ALGEBRA

MAT 2250, Call Number 10518, Class Id 001

Fall 2009

9:35 - 10:30 M W F, 0114 State

Professor Lowell J. Hansen


OFFICE: 1211 FAB  

 

PHONE: (313) 577-3178  

 

E-MAIL: ad5202@wayne.edu  

 

ASSIGNMENTS MAY BE FOUND AT: http://www.math.wayne.edu/~lowell/mat2250f2009/assign.htm  

 

OFFICE HOURS: 10:45 - 11:30 M F, 1:00 – 2:00 W (other times by appointment) 

 

TEXT:  Linear Algebra, 3rd Edition, by J. Fraleigh and R. Beauregard (portions of chapters 1-7)  

 

GRADE COMPUTATION:    

2 one-hour Exams

50%

Weekly Quizzes

10%

Final Exam

40%

 

APPROXIMATE TIMING OF EXAMS:  
 

EXAM

DATE

TIME

Exam 1

October 16, 2009

9:35 - 10:30 am

Exam 2

November 20, 2009

9:35 - 10:30 am

Final Exam

December 18, 2009

8:00 - 10:30 am

Grade cutoffs for each exam will be determined based on the difficulty of the exam, not on the grade distribution.    

 

POLICY ON MAKEUPS: I plan to give no make-ups. Thus, if you have an actual emergency which prevents you from taking an exam, I will need convincing evidence in order to be willing to accommodate your special situation. If you can provide no such evidence, you will receive a zero for that exam. There will be no make-ups for missed quizzes but I will count only your best five quizzes.   

 

WITHDRAWALS: I will sign no withdrawals after December 7, 2009.   Note that there is a new university policy on withdrawals:  All withdrawals after the drop/add period are to be given a WP (withdrew passing) or WF (withdrew failing) or WN (student did not participate in any credit-earning activity before withdrawing).  My understanding is that any student who does not withdraw earns a grade of A, B, C, D or F (the X grade has been eliminated).

 

CELL PHONES AND PAGERS:   Please make sure they are turned off during class.

 

ARRIVAL:  It is very distracting when students arrive late.  Please be on time.  If this is abused, I will impose a “no entry permitted after class has begun” rule.

 

WARNING TO THE WISE: It is essential to success in this course that attendance be regular and that homework be done daily. Do not allow yourself to get behind.