Syllabus

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• Contact info and Office Hours:
  
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• Required Text
  
  R. Haberman, Mathematical Models, SIAM
  

• Grading
  
  Your final score will be calculated as follows:
  
  10% homework + 20% midterm 1 + 20% midterm 2+ 50% final exam
  
  or
  
  10% homework + 30% max(midterm 1, midterm 2) + 60% final exam
  
  
  whichever gives the higher score.
  
  All the scores during the quarter will be recorded in the MyUCLA grading program.
  
  

• Homework
  
  Homework will be assignmed weekly and will be collected in class before the start of the Friday lecture. The homework will be returned in the Thursday discussion section the following week. The assignments will be announced in class and posted on the course website every Friday night.
  Late homework will not be accepted under any circumstance.
  Your one lowest homework score will automatically be dropped in calculation your final grade.
  

• Exams
  
  There will be two midterms and one final, which can be found on the schedule.
  
  No make-up exam will be given.
  

• Calculator and written materials: You may use whatever resources you wish to do the homework, incluidng calculators, textbooks, TA, etc.., although for the each exams and by the end of the course you should be able to do all the homework questions without any assistance. No calculators, notes or texts will be allowed in the midterms and finals.