Mat320/Complex Analysis

Grading Policy (Spring 2010)

Course Title: Mat320/Complex Analysis

Instructor: Dr.Edward Conjura

Text:  A First Course in Complex Analysis with  Applications
       by- Dennis G. Zill & Patrick D. Shanahan
 
Syllabus: Selected topics from Chapters 1 through 7

Meeting Times & Places : Spring 2008 Semester 
                         Section 01 -T/R  05:30PM-06:50PM
                                     Room SC-P229    
                                     W    05:30PM-06:20PM
                                     Room SC-P209    

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Mat320: Complex Analysis


 Important Facts To Remember About This Course:

 1. Your grade in this course will NOT be a result of 
    what you know or believe you know.
    
 2. Your grade in this course WILL be a result of 
    your ability to express what you know in a 
    clear and mathematically correct way.    


Attendance and Grading

This course is graded on a "letter grade" basis and your 
grade will primarily be determined by tests and homework. 
However, factors such as class participation and work ethic may also 
be used at my discretion to adjust a grade. 

I personally believe that it is impossible to do well, or
even pass this course, without attending class lectures and recitations. 
I also realize that sometimes events occur that may result in you 
missing or being late for a class. We all get sick, and sometimes
things come up that require a change in schedule. If you provide 
me with an acceptable reason for missed time, I will accept it. 
However, as the following policy makes clear, I do reserve the 
right to lower your final grade for excessive unexcused absenses
or tardiness due to your lack of regular participation in the course.
I also reserve the right to improve someone's grade for active and 
productive class participation.

   Three or more unexcused absences could result in a drop in grade
   by as much as one letter. The same is true for five or more times 
   being late to class without a valid excuse. An unexcused absence 
   implies that you are late. For example, if you are late three times 
   and absent twice without acceptable excuse, your course grade could 
   be lowered. 

   Late or Missed Work:  
    
   Work missed because of an unexcused absence will be marked late,
   with a percentage of the total credit deducted.
   
   Assignments must be submitted in class unless other arrangements 
   have been established, such as submission through a computer 
   interface. 
   
   Work left in a mailbox (electronic  or otherwise) or slipped 
   under a door, etc, without my permission, will not be accepted 
   and will be considered late until submitted in the required manner. 
   
   If you miss the beginning of class and walk in at any time during
   class to hand in work, it will be considered late unless a valid excuse
   is provided. If you are not in class to hand in work, but give it to 
   someone else to submit, the same applies. 

   Responsibility For Knowing About Assignments:

   Each student is responsible for assignments made by the professor
   whether or not he/she is present during the class period
   when assignments are made. Assignments will generally be made through 
   the web. However, there may be assignments made during lectures that 
   do not appear on the web.
   
   Missing a test:
   
   There will be three tests and a final exam in this course. Missing any one
   of them could have a serious impact on your final grade. The only way a 
   makeup will be given is if the reason for missing the exam is considered
   by me to be legitimate.

   If you are sick, a doctors excuse will be required. Not feeling well and 
   stopping by the college infirmary will generally not be accepted as a
   reason for a makeup. You must also notify me as soon as possible if you
   believe you will be unable to take an exam, preferably prior to when the
   exam is given but certainly within 24 hours of the exam time and date.   

Work Submitted and Grading

   Standards for Work Submitted

   Your work will be graded on the basis of content (correctness) and 
   other academic and professional standards (academic honesty, timeliness, 
   neatness, organization, presentation style and completeness). 
   For example, paperwork submitted should be packaged neatly 
   (e.g. bound together with with no rough edges). 

   In the case of the homework portfolio, it must be in a binder. 
   Also, there should be nothing crossed out and it should be readable. 
   In general, work should be done in pencil or on a computer so that 
   minor errors can be corrected neatly. Credit will be deducted for 
   failure to do any of the above and/or the work will be returned 
   as unacceptable, depending on the extent and/or frequency of the problem.

   Acadmeic Dishonesty 

   ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Any case of academic 
   dishonesty will be dealt with according to college policy, with minimal 
   recommended punishment generally being a grade of "F" for the course.
   
   Reference to any outside source must be provided with each 
   assignment. Failure to do so may be considered as plagiarism.


   Teamwork
   
   In this course you may choose to work in teams on things like 
   homework. You should find that working in teams will 
   improve your learning and it will help develop interpersonal skills 
   that are essential for success in the "real world". 
   
   If you do work in teams and the resulting work is collected, 
   only one body of work should be submitted. The names of all team 
   members must be listed in the documentation for work done. It will 
   be assumed that the percentage of work that each member contributed 
   to the final product is equal. If this is not the case, differences 
   in effort should be reported to me by the team. 


Course Requirements and Grading

   Grades will primarily be based on: 
 
       Four exams (three scheduled exams during the semester and a final exam)
       
       Homewoprk (team or individual project)

   Class participation and board work may contribute toward 
   improving your grade.

   The point weight toward the final grade of each of the above
   will be approximately as follows:


                  Test #1        100 pts / 22% (1hr 20min) 
                  Test #2        100 pts / 22% (1hr 20min) 
                  Test #3        100 pts / 22% (1hr 20min) 

                  Final Exam     100 pts / 22% (3hrs)      

                  Homework       100 pts / 22%  

   
  Homework:  

   Homework from the textbook will be assigned for each topic
   covered in the course. In general, such work will serve as a basis for 
   exams, and by doing homework you are reinforcing learning
   and preparing for the tests. 

   A portfolio of your homework will be collected and graded. You must 
   maintain an individual notebook binder that will contain all of your 
   homework efforts. This notebook will be collected and graded near the 
   end of the semester.
   
   It is suggested that you maintain your portfolio in a three-ringed 
   binder so that it will be easy to remove and replace work that 
   you redo and to reorder work if needed.
    
    
  

  The Required Nature of Your Answers:
   
   A VERY important thing to remember in this course is that final 
   answers are of no value without supporting work. Simply stating
   a final answer, without supporting evidence, will generally be 
   graded as a failing effort. 
   
   Your work must include the logic used and the process followed in 
   arriving at the final answer in order to be considered for full credit.  

   Please note that some correct final answers can be found in the back of 
   the text. Please also remember that sometimes the answers you see in 
   your text will not include the missing details that demonstrate logic 
   and process. On a test and in your homework portfolio you should not 
   in general submit incomplete answers like those found in the answer key. 
   If you do, it will generally not result in full credit when your work 
   effort is graded.
 
 
  The homework portfolio must contain the following information 
  on a cover page:

                     your name(s)
                     course prefix, course number and course name
                     course meeting days/times (including semester)
                     instructors name
                     course meeting location 

   It must also include a table of content, which will note 
   
                           
                     assignment descriptions                                         
                     dates due
                     lists of problems assigned
                     

    The following must appear with the answers to questions:
    
                     
                     chapter/section number
                     the page number  
                     problem number 
                     problem statement (at least enough of the problem
                     statement so a grader can make sense out of it)
                     

    Also, problems must be answered in the order assigned. 
    
    REMEMBER: Neatness is a virtue. Don't use pen unless you plan to do 
    perfect work and not make mistakes that need to be corrected!
  
    


     Rubric that will be used to grade homework 

    
  
   
    
Recitations:
 
   The time spent by you in the recitation sessiond should be
   spent working on homework. I will not in general attend these sessions
   unless you request that I be there. You should use this common time
   together to help each other with the homework.  


Basis for Test Questions:

   In all cases exam questions will be based on material found in the
   homework assignments, class notes, and the text.
     
   
How Final Grades are Assigned  
     
   Final grades will be based on a 'curve' but cutoffs will not exceed 
   straight percentage (eg cutoff for an A will be no more than 90% of
   total points, no more than 80% for a B, 70% for a C, and 60% for a D).
   Homework will generally be graded on a straight percentage basis 
   and in-class tests will be graded on a curve which is <= straight
   percentage.

   During the semester only letter grades will be assigned (e.g. A, B
   C, D and F). At the end of the semester, final grades will include
   +/- grades (e.g. A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D and F).


    

Last updated 1-19-2010