Syllabus for Math 361, Sections D1 and E1 (Spring 2003)

REVIEW SESSION FOR EXAM 2 IS THURSDAY, MARCH 20 AT 8:00 A.M. IN ALTGELD 143

Instructor: Richard Sowers
Office: 347 Illini Hall
Phone: (217) 333-6246
email: r-sowers@math.uiuc.edu
Home page:https://math.uiuc.edu/~r-sowers (this syllabus can be found there)
Office Hours: MWF 12--1 and by appointment
Class meets: MWF 11-11:50 in 147 Altgeld Hall (Section D1) and MWF 1-1:50 in 152 Henry (Section E1)

Text: Ross, A First Course in Probability, 2002 (6th ed.), Prentice Hall
Course topics: Introductory Probability (see also the Course Catalog Entry for Math 361.

Grading policy: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the total numerical score (0-500 points) achieved on exams. Relative weights are:

Final:	150 pts (30% of grade)
Hourly Exam 1:	100 pts (20% of grade)
Hourly Exam 2:	100 pts (20% of grade)
Hourly Exam 3:	100 pts (20% of grade)
Weekly Quizzes:	50 pts (10% of grade)
Total:	500 pts (100% of grade)

Final exam:

SECTION D1 (which meets at 11): FINAL IS 8:00-11:00 AM, Friday, May 16.
SECTION E1 (which meets at 1): FINAL IS 1:30-4:30 PM, Wednesday, May 14.

Hourly exams: February 21, March 21, and April 25th. These exams will be given in class.

Quizzes: There will be 12 surprise quizzes, each worth 10 points. The two lowest scores on these quizzes will be dropped.

Richard Sowers (Home Page)

Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1409 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
r-sowers@math.uiuc.edu
(217) 333-6246