Schedule

A rigid schedule is not conducive to effective learning, since it would limit our flexibility in exploring ideas as they arise in class. A partial and approximate schedule, to serve as a baseline, appears in Figure 1; it will be updated as we progress. Please use it only as a rough guide to plan your studies. Do not use it to schedule travel or other events. If you need a definite answer on when something will or will not occur, you should check with me.

At the beginning and end of each class, I typically announce the topics and textbook sections covered in that class and those due at the next class. It is important that students read the material before the class in which it is discussed and, in general, keep up with readings and studies.





Monday

Wednesday

Friday




September 1st

 ×No class. Labor Day.

3rd     C1

Introduction. § 1.4.

5th     C2

Syllabus, § 1.4.




8th     C3

§§ 2.0–2.1.

10th     C4

§§ 2.2–2.3. HW01 out.

12th     C5

§§ 2.4–2.5.




15th     C6

§ 2.6.

17th     C7

PLY (see readings). HW01 due.

19th     C8

§ 2.7, PLY. HW02 out.




22nd     C9

§§ 2.8-2.9.

24th     C10

§ 2.10.

26th     C11

 Quiz 1, regular class time & place.

Catch-up, review.




29th     C12

October 1st     C13

§§ 2.11–2.$. HW02 due.

3rd     C14

§§ 3.0-3.1. JCoCo (see readings).




6th     C15

§§ 3.2-3.3. HW03 out.

8th     C16

 Midterm Exam 1, regular class time & place.

Catch-up, review.

10th     C17




13th

 ×No class. Fall Break.

15th     C18

§§ 3.4-3.5.

17th     C19

§§ 3.6-3.7




20th     C20

§§ 3.6-3.7

22nd     C21

§§ 3.8-3.9

24th     C22

§§ 3.10-3.12 HW03 due.




27th     C23

§§ 3.12-3.13

29th     C24

§§ 5.1,5.3,5.4. HW04 out.

31st     C25

§§ 5.5




November 3rd     C26

§§ 5.6,5.7,5,8

5th     C27

§§ 5.9,5.10

7th     C28

 Quiz 2, regular class time & place.

Catch-up, review.




10th     C29

§§ 5.11,5.12,5.13

12th     C30

§§ 5.14,5.15,5.16

14th     C31

§§ 5.* HW04 due.




17th     C32

§§ 7.0–7.3

19th     C33

 Midterm Exam 2, regular class time & place.

Catch-up, review.

21st     C34

§§ 7.4–7.5 HW05 out.




24th     C35

§§ 7.6–7.7

26th

 ×No class. Thanksgiving Break.

28th

 ×No class. Thanksgiving Break.




December 1st     C36

§§ 7.8–7.9

3rd     C37

catch-up; review.

5th     C38

catch-up; review. HW05 due.




8th     C39

Catch-up, synthesis, and review.

10th     C40

Catch-up, synthesis, and review.

12th     C41

Catch-up, synthesis, and review.




15th

 ×No class.   Finals week. Check Univ. schedule.

17th

 ×No class.   Final exam: 12:15pm–2:15pm; WW 130.

19th

 ×No class.   Finals week.




Figure 1: Approximate schedule, likely to change. Notation: §§ x.y textbook chapter x, section y.