The requirements for CS 322 are six problem sets, five quizzes, a midterm exam and a final exam. The problem sets will require a combination of written exercises and programming. The exercises will involve the design and analysis of algorithms and will require mathematical analysis. The programming exercises will be done in Matlab. Most problem sets will be due approximately one week after they have been assigned. Follow the guidelines at the beginning of each assignment when submitting your problem set. Due dates for the problem sets will be announced in class. There will be a late penalty of 10% for homework handed in up to 24 hours late. No homeworks will be accepted more than 24 hours late. Exceptions may be made in unusual, as deemed so by the instructor, circumstances with permission from the instructor.
Each week there will be a short quiz over the material that we have covered during the week. This will help you to learn the material as we go along and to help you prepare for the midterm and final. Missed quizzes may be made-up with the permission of the instructor, but only if you were absent for a compelling reason. The lowest of quiz scores will be dropped.
Both the midterm and final exams will cover material from lecture, section, problem sets, quizzes and the underlying mathematics with an emphasis on the three guiding principles on numerical analysts. You are not responsible for portions of the text that were not covered in lecture, section or the homework.
There will be a midterm exam on July 25. It will cover the first three weeks of the course. It will be closed-book and 75 minutes long. A make-up midterm exam will be given to any student who is absent from the midterm exam for a compelling reason and gets permission from the instructor.
The final exam will cumulative. The final will either be:
(Final Exam Option #1) held on Monday, August 18, in class from 1:00p-3:00p.
Note that this is a 2-hour, in-class, closed-notes, closed-book exam, though
some equations will be provided.
With this option homework 6 will cover initial value problems (IVP), will be
given out Friday, August 8 and be due Friday, August 15.
Or
(Final Exam Option #2) a take-home exam given out on August 8 and due on August
18, on which you will be allowed to work with a partner, but which will be
between 1 and 2 times harder than a homework and have more questions than a
homework. If this option
is taken then any questions covering initial value problems will serve as the
last homework. To be clear, questions concerning IVP will be clearly denoted as
such questions and will count not only as part of the final, but serve doubly as
the last homework.
I will make only one final exam for the class to take, so it is necessary for you to organize yourselves and decide, as a class, which Option will be given. If no decision has been given to me by the midterm exam, I will choose.
Item |
Percentage |
Problem Sets | 30% |
Quizzes | 20% |
Midterm | 20% |
Final Exam | 30% |
Students are permitted to consult outside published material for the homework, although it will be fully based on lecture notes and the textbook. If a student consults any other reference, he/she must cite the reference. Failure to cite it will be considered cheating.
The penalty for cheating will be an F for the course, following a hearing with the instructor as spelled out in the academic integrity manual. In extreme circumstances the instructor will in addition bring the case before the university's academic integrity board.
Jaime H. Barrera, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, jhb12@cornell.edu
Written 7/9/03