Contents

• Important Dates and Deadlines
• Required Course Materials
  • Textbook
  
  
• Workload
• Prerequisites
• Why This Course Is Important
• Course Content
• Machines
  • Your Own Machines at Home
  
  
• Analytical Work Must Be Done in L^ATEX

Highlights

• hard copy of (open source) textbook is required, student-printed

• discussion section is required, weekly Quizzes given there

• heavy emphasis on Group work; everyone must participate fully

• Homework grading is interactive, in person, with the TA asking questions of each Group member, and with a separate (i.e. possibly different) grade given to each member

• no final exam; instead, have final Group Project/Homework

• it is required that you read the course Blog every day

• in-class Group Quiz, last day of lecture

• see Important Dates, Section 1

• textbook reading is required, taking at least 3-4 hours each week

• submission of work:
  • Quizzes taken in-class, but required to submit electronic version of your answers (very short) via handin to the professor

  • submit HomeworK via handin to the TA

• failure to comply with course procedures may result in penalties to grades on Quizzes or Homework, or to final course grades