GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET

Professor S. Soclof

Telephone:  Office (213) 343-4484

E-Mail:  (School)     ssoclof@calstatela.edu
             ( Home)    drsidney@earthlink.net   

Office Location : E&T A 308A

Office Hours for Fall 2001: MW 2:00-4:00 PM

 EXAMINATIONS

The mid-term exam will be 100 minutes long and is tentatively scheduled for the second class session of the sixth week of the quarter. The final examination will be 2.5 hours (150 minutes) long at the time specified in the schedule of classes.

 FINAL GRADE

The overall grade in the course will be determined based of the following factors.

Homework                       5 per cent

Mid-term Exam              37 per cent

Final Exam                    58 per cent

Total                            100 per cent

GRADING SCALE

Your grade in the course will be based on the following approximate grading scale. The actual letter grade divisions will vary slightly upward, or more probably, downward depending on the distribution of numerical scores in the class and the difficulty of exams.

                                                A:  90 - 100

                                                B:  80 -   89

                                                C:  60 -   79

                                                D:  50 -   59

                                                F:    0 -    49

HOMEWORK

Deadlines: The first half of the homework will be due at the time of the mid-term exam, and will be collected and checked during that exam. The second half of the homework will be due at the time of the final exam, and will be collected and checked during that exam. No early or late homework will be accepted.

Format: There are no special requirements for the homework other than it be neatly and legibly done. The homework problems should be arranged in the correct numerical sequence. If a homework problem is out of sequence, please make a note as to where the problem is located at the place that it would normally be located.

Homework Grade: The homework grade will be based on the percentage of the assigned problems that are successfully completed.

Homework Assistance: For assistance with Homework you can (a) ask questions in class, (b) come to my office, (c ) contact me by telephone (office or home), or (d) contact me by e-mail

Homework Answers: The answers to all problems will be supplied together with the homework problem.