Time:

MW, 13:55-14:45 

Place:

Weber SST III, Room 1

Text:

Interactive Linear Algebra [1553]

Course Information

Uniform Syllabus

Instructor:

Prof. Ronghua Pan

Office:

Skiles 108 D

Phone:

(404)894-8947

E-mail:

panrh@math.gatech.edu

Course webpage

www.math.gatech.edu/~panrh/Teaching/Fall 2019/math1553/1553-J.html

Office Hours:

MW, 11:00 AM- 11:59 AM, Skiles 108D (Pan).

Teaching Assistant:

J1: Attarchi, Hassan  ( hattarchi@gatech.edu) 

J2: Gundamraj, Athreya  (agundamraj3@gatech.edu) 

 J3:  Katz, Ian (ikatz6@math.gatech.edu )

Studio:

Friday: 13:55--14:45;  J1(Skiles 257), J2(Skiles 270), J3 (Skiles 271). 

Homework:

Webwork through Assignments on Canvas

Quizes & Tests

There will be weekly quizes based on homework assignments in studio, in-class midterms and one final exam.

Midterms Schedule: Exam 1: Friday, 09/20/2019

Exam 2: Friday, 10/18/2019

Exam 3: Friday, 11/15/2019

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 10, from 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM

Academic Honesty

All students are expected to comply with the Georgia Tech Honor Code (the honor code can be found at http://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/student-affairs/code-conduct). Any evidence of cheating or other violations of the Georgia Tech Honor Code will be submitted directly to the Dean of Students. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

• Using an unapproved calculator, books, or any form of notes on tests.

• Copying directly from any source, including friends, classmates, tutors, internet sources (including Wolfram Alpha), or a solutions manual.

• Allowing another person to copy your work.

• Taking a test or quiz in someone else's name, or having someone else take a test or quiz in your name.

• Asking for a regrade of a paper that has been altered from its original form.

Grading:

The components of the class are weighted as follows:

-- 5% Homework (two lowest scores dropped)

--5% Class participation, as measured by responses to Piazza poll questions

(lowest three scores dropped)

--15% Quizzes (lowest score dropped)

–15% Midterm 1

--15% Midterm 2

--15% Midterm 3

--30% Final Exam

If you score higher on your final exam than on one of the midterms, then your final exam will count for 37.5% of your grade and your lowest midterm will count for 7.5% of your grade. However, any student found guilty of academic dishonesty of any kind in Math 1553 is ineligible for this policy.

Curves:

After all grades are in and all overall percentage scores for students have been computed using the weights described above, grades are assigned. The standard cutoffs are as follows.

A: [90%, 100%]

B: [80%, 90%)

C: [70%, 80%)

D: [60%, 70%)

F: [0%, 60%)

So, to guarantee an A, get 90% or better overall. (90 means 90, not 89.9)

To guarantee at least a B grade, get 80% or better overall, etc.

These cutoffs might be adjusted, but only in the downward direction (to make letter grades higher). In the event of a curve, only your final overall percentage grade for the course will be curved. Individual quizzes and exams will not be curved as we go along.