1. You must bring your YorkCard or other photo ID to every exam.
  2. The course webpage can easily be viewed from the computers in the Math Lab (S525 Ross). The tutors there can assist you.
  3. The course policy forbids the use of calculators on all quizzes and exams.
  4. Much of the information on the course webpage as pdf files. To read these files, your computer must have an Adobe Acrobat reader. If you do not have this program, it can be downloaded for free from http://www.adobe.com Just click on plug-ins & upgrades at the Adobe website.
    If the solutions look like a bad fax, view them with magnification. Alternatively, print the solutions. Either method produces a good looking document.
  5. If you get an error message when trying to read a pdf file, it is probably being downloaded too slowly to your computer. Click on the item with your right mouse button and select "save link as". An icon will appear on your screen. Click on that icon and Acrobat will open the file properly.
  6. There will be in-class quizzes (and no on-line quizzes). The first quiz will be on Friday, Sept. 20. Each quiz will have a question constructed from one of the assigned homework exercises with minor changes.
  7. Quizzes are returned the following Monday in the Math Lab in a green binder labeled "Math 1300, Section A".
  8. The Math Lab will be open Monday through Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, September 17.
  9. The format of Exam 1 will be different from that of recent years.
  10. The format of Exam 2 will be similar to that of Exam 1.
  11. Here is a correct solution of the last example I did in class on Monday, November 11th: Example
  12. Exam 3 will be similar in format to Exams 1 and 2. There will be 9 short questions. You will not be asked to state any definitions or theorems.
  13. The Final Exam will be given on Friday, December 13, 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Student Fieldhouse of the Tait McKenzie Centre.
  14. Old math final exams are on sale by Club Infinity in N537 Ross from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. until Dec. 3.
  15. The course evaluation will be given on Tuesday, December 3.
  16. I will have no office hours during the week December 2 to 6.
  17. My office hours after classes end will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday December 10 and Thursday December 12.
  18. Your lowest quiz mark will be dropped.
  19. If each of your marks on Exam 2, Exam 3 and the Final Exam is at least 10 marks higher than your mark on Exam 1, then your mark on Exam 1 will be dropped.
  20. The Math Lab will be open until December 9.
  21. Quiz 9 and Exam 3 can be picked up from my office during office hours.
    The marks are posted on this webpage.
  22. The final exam marks and course grades are posted on the course webpage.