Instructor:
Dr. Kenneth W. Regan 326 Davis
Hall 645-4738 regan@buffalo.edu
Office Hours:
Lectures
(LEC) MWF 12:30pm-1:50pm in Fronczak 408
Required Reading
Examinations:
Organization:
The course will be graded on a total-points system. Letter grades will also be given for individual exams and possibly some assignments, as a help in telling you where you stand, but only the point totals will have official significance.
Homework: 40%
Prelims: 24%
Final: 36%
I reserve the right to 5% leeway in weighting while assigning the final letter grade-this is most typically done for students who do markedly well on the final exam, when it may be treated as if it were worth 32% for that student. This will only be done to an individual student's advantage, and will have no effect on others' grades.
The homework will consist of weekly or bi-weekly problem sets. All
submissions will be in PDF format via CSE Autolab---scanned or photographed PDFs of
handwritten homeworks will be fine.
Problem set submissions must be your own individual work . No joint submissions will be accepted. In an early lecture I will explain the purpose of individual work, academic integrity, and the "qualitative" nature of exercises in this course. I will give guidelines on how work can be done and what can be discussed among you. Cheating will be punished as per department policy-in a graduate community this shouldn't have to be said, but alas it does. The Department's policy statement is available here.
My (KWR) general policy is not to implement a lateness-for-reduced-credit scheme. Instead I say that late work is not acceptable but extensions may be granted on request. Especially in smaller classes I am liberal with extensions, especially the 24-hour kind, but I still wish a request. In return, you get an answer key shortly afterward, and a relatively quick turnaround of graded work before the next problem set is due. In an exceptional situation, you may contact me beforehand.