Instructional Techniques:

The course will entail various instructional techniques:

1. lecture
2. demonstration
3. group exercise
4. self-instruction, and question-answering by the professor attention to the real world.

Expectations:

• Calculator. You’ll need one, but just the simplest of ones.
• Math skills. You’ll need them, but just the simplest ones.

Policies:

Grades:

Your grade will be based on four things:

1. your general contribution in class (10%),
2. a project, the creation of a Methods section that captures a good experimental design to answer a particular question (30%),
3. a mid-term exam (30%),
4. a final exam (30%).

Cheating:

Don’t. Dire consequences.

Late Assignments:

Your grade will be docked one grade per day late, for your written assignment. As for make-up exams, I will truly hate to have to create a second exam, and will likely be unable to control a natural human tendency to strike back at the person who caused me this burden, likely by making the make-up test harder!

Etc.:

• Make sure you sign in on the attendance sheet every day.
• If you have a question, please ask. I will be very receptive to emails at any time, and phone calls before 10:00 p.m.