MAS 3105

Instructor: Julian Edward
    Office: DM 424, phone 348-3050.
    Office hours: Tuesdays 3:20-4PM, Wednesday 4PM or by appointment.
Home Page: http://www.fiu.edu/~edwardj
Home Page: http://www.fiu.edu/~math/Faculty/Edward.htm


Text: Linear Algebra with Applications, by Steven J. Leon, Edition 7E..

Course Material: An introduction to the topics in linear algebra most often used in applications.

Topics include: matrices and their applications; simultaneous linear equations and elementary opera-

tions; linear dependence; vector spaces; rank and inverses; inner products and 'best' approximations;

numerical solutions of simultaneous linear equations; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; iterative methods

for calculating eigenvalues; and systems of linear equations.

 
Grading scheme:

There will be two term tests and a final. In addition, there will be a short quiz each week on Thursday except for the first. There will also be three assignments assigned and collected.

Grading scale #1: Quizzes will be worth, cumulatively, 10% of final grade, and assignments 5% each.  Term test will be 22% each. Cumulative final exam 31%.

Grading scale #2: Quizzes will be worth, cumulatively, 15% of final grade. Assignment 3 worth 5% of final grade. Term tests to be 23% each, final exam 34%. I believe this is consistent with the original syllabus.

Final grade, as a percentage, will be the larger of the numbers obtained from Grading scale 1 and Grading scale 2.

Tentative term test schedule: Oct. 13, Nov. 19.

Final exam will be held in Thursday, Dec. 10 in class 1200-1400.

The grading scale goes as follows:

80-100%=A, 70-79%=B, 60-69%=C, 50-59%=D, 0-49%=F.

Attendance:
    Optional except on test days. If you miss a quiz/test, and in my opinion your absence is excusable, then your final exam will be adjusted to make up. If the absence is not excusable, you get 0 on the missed test. Be prepared to document your excuse with doctor's note, etc.
    You are responsible for any work covered in class, unless told otherwise.
 

Extra help

To be determined.

University surcharge policy: students taking this class for the third time may now appeal the associated surcharge. See registrar's office for more information.

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT includes (but is not limited to) giving or receiving assistance on a test, quiz, or homework assignment for which such assistance is not permitted, falsifying a document to obtain an excusal from a test, and using unauthorized notes on a test or quiz. A more complete definition of Academic Misconduct is given on pp.120-121 of the Student Handbook. Penalties for Academic Misconduct range from an F in the course to expulsion from the university.