Online Quizzes: There will be one online quiz assignment every week. These assignments must be submitted electronically through the web. Online quizzes will be scheduled at specific times during the week; most likely Sunday nights at 9:00pm. The duration of the quiz is between 30 and 40 minutes. After the due time the answer key will be turned on and the submission will be turned off. You will be allowed four (4) submission attempts for the online quiz assignment. The grade for the questions correctly solved in the first attempt will be worth 100%, those solved in the second attempt worth 75%, those solved in the third attempt worth 50%, and those solved in final fourth attempt worth 25%. The average online quiz grade weights 20% of your final grade.
Online Quiz Makeup Policy: (READ CAREFULLY)
Make-up quizzes are scheduled on
Monday nights at
10:00pm. This is to help those
who could not manage to make themselves available to take the quiz on Sunday for
whatever reason. The process is done automatically. There is no need to ask for
pemission.
Important things to note:
1-The students who try to
access the quiz on
Sunday will be
DENIED a make-up on Monday.
2-The regular quiz and the make-up are of the
same order of difficulty. Please take the one that fits your schedule best.
3-Under no circumstances a delayed online quiz will be accepted after the
Due-Time.
Exams: Each midterm exam will consist of 15 multiple choice questions on the material related to the indicated chapters. The final exam will consist of 30 multiple-choice questions. There is no penalty for a wrong answer. It is therefore important that you give an answer to every question even if you have to make an educated guess. A formula sheet will be provided for each exam. The formula sheet may be posted on the web for consultation. If you need help consult your TA, the course administrator, or the Lecturer. Bring a scientific calculator to each exam, and make sure that any needed battery is fresh.
Academic Integrity While you are encouraged to form collaborative learning and study groups with fellow students in this class, you are always expected to hand in your own work in this course. Responses to online assignments and exam questions must be exclusively your own work. In addition, sharing private course material (such as lecture slides, videos, assignments, etc.) on social media websites such as Facebook, etc. is considered a violation of academic integrity, as defined by the Rutgers Office of Student Conduct. Any violations of these rules will be personally dealt with by the Professor and may lead to University disciplinary action. It is in the best interest of the students and the morale of the class to follow these rules and not to tolerate any departure from them by others. Any instances of academic dishonesty that takes place in this course must be reported to the Professor immediately. HOW TO PREPARE FOR THIS CLASS- I recommend that you read each chapter before you view the lecture topics. This will enable you to recognize difficult concepts.
- Immediately after each viewed lecture topic, study the lecture material and try to grasp the concepts. Familiarize yourself with the step-by-step worked out problems related to the topic. Then, try to solve these problems by yourself, without looking at your notes.
- Make sure you review the lecture material several times to reinforce the understanding of the concepts. Once you feel comfortable with the material try to solve the homework assignment associated with the material.
- It is very useful if you can memorize the basic formulae that get used often.
- Make use of the resources at the textbook's web site. The site contains numerous ways of exploring the material and of testing yourself.
- Try to get ready for each exam at least one week in advance. Go over all the lecture videos and the write-ups including Lecture notes, Homework Problems, and Online Homework. This is more efficient than cramming for one night (not only will you be tired, you will also forget everything quickly again).
- Practice exams with solutions may be available one week before each exam. You should never study from the practice exams. You do the practice exams just to evaluate yourself. If you did a problem incorrectly, try to review the concept then do the problem again on your own. Do similar problems from the text to reinforce the concept.
- Try to use the exam formula sheet frequently to familiarize yourself with it.
- Remember, exams will only cover the material discussed in class. Exam questions are most likely found somewhere in your notes.