Assessment: This course has several different forms of assessment:

	Homework	practicing the skills we are trying to develop
	Class Engagement	engaging in our on-going conversation
	Exams	putting together the concepts we have been learning
	Project	communicating and applying the concepts we have been learning

Homework: 20% Homework will be assigned weekly, and selected problems will be graded. Homework will be due, scanned into Moodle, by 9am on Tuesday mornings. To allow for the possibility that sometimes you might not manage your time as well as you hope, each student is endowed with two grace days. That is, you may turn in one week's assignment up to two days late, or two different week's assignments up to one day late each. You will "use" a grace day by emailing the scans of your homework to me. After you have used your two grace days, no late homework will be accepted, unless serious circumstances warrant an exception.

Class Engagement: 15% You are expected to attend and be engaged in our class meetings, and do all the warm up homework (WebWork), and provide at least one thoughtful question to our conversation each week.

Exams: 25% each There will be one midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. The midterm is expected to consist of two parts: a written component given during our usual class time on Wed of Week 5, and an oral component which will be scheduled individually over a period of 2 or 3 days (Tues, Wed, and maybe Thursday) of the same week. All travel arrangements for the end of the term should be made for AFTER the time scheduled by the Registrar for our final exam: Tuesday, November 23, 6:30-9pm.

Projects: 15% There will be several (approximately 3) small team projects throughout the quarter.

As a student at Kalamazoo College, you have pledged to uphold the Honor Code. This includes reporting to me any dishonorable behavior you know about involving this class, as well as not engaging in such behavior yourself. Any assignment found to have been submitted in violation of the honor code will receive an automatic F.

Workflow: Generally, the assignments for each week will be available by Saturday morning. Before most classes, you will be expected to read in the textbook and watch a short video or two and do some warm up exercises in WebWork. On Tuesdays, the turn in homework will be due in Moodle by 9am. (This will be based on the M,W,F content from the previous week.)

Obviously, some alterations to this schedule are to be expected, particularly around the time of our midterm exam. These will be clearly noted on our class webpage.

Covid Considerations: As we all know, even though we hope for a reasonably normal quarter, the plans we make for this term may need to be modified.

•       If we must transition as a class to meeting in Teams, we will, and I will update you on what accommodations we'll make.
•       If you must not be in class physically because of a covid screening or test, you must not come. Please ask a classmate to set up a laptop in class and join in by Teams (unfortunately, the classroom computer is not set up for this.)             There is NO recording of class meetings - by anyone. (This applies even if as a class we need to transition to meeting in Teams.) People should feel free to speak without worrying that the questions they ask will remain in the
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•       Note that homework will be collected electronically. Thus, even if you cannot attend class physically, you can still meet the deadline.
•       While office hours are in primarily in person, you can attend virtually. During office hours, students may send a chat request to me to join an office hour via a Teams call. I will send an invitation to join a call as soon as conversation       in person allows a short pause.