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See Canvas for full syllabus and other course materials.

Instructor: Dr. Edward Early
E-mail: edwarde@stedwards.edu
Office: JBWS 168C
Office Hours: M11, T10, W2
Home Page: http://edwarde.create.stedwards.edu/

Attendance/Participation:

• May be withdrawn for absences (WA) with 5 absences

• Collected at the start of each class
• Show work for credit; solutions must be written independently
• Solutions available on Canvas after due date
• No late work accepted (not even for athletes, illness, etc.)
• Early work is accepted, can be delivered or emailed
• Lowest two grades dropped to compensate for not accepting late work

• Three in-class exams, see schedule
• Open-book group quiz (counts as HW grade) before each test
• Comprehensive final exam, check Registrar's schedule for date and time
• No makeup exams, final exam score may substitute for missed exam/lowest score

Grades:

• Three Exams: 42%
• Final Exam: 20%
• Homework/Quiz: 27% (lowest 2 dropped)
• Participation: 10% (default grade is 8/10)
• Free Point: 1% (any extra credit will be credited here)

• D (60-69) is minimally passing, C (70-79) is average, B (80-89) is good, A (90-100) is exceptional
• Grades within 2.5 points of a cutoff (90, 80) will be considered for +/-. A+ is reserved for consistently outstanding work.

• LaTeX
• Writing and revision
• Research mentor