Math 140 Schedule

(including important deadlines, study guidelines, and exam descriptions)

Recitation Sessions and Lab Hours: On your class schedule, there are 2 classes per week assigned to Math 140. One class is scheduled in  Carver 449, which is the Math Computer Lab. This is the hour when the Lab is reserved for your section to take the pretests and exams. You can use the Lab at other opening hours but it might  be more crowded. The other class (scheduled in a room other different from Caver 449) is a recitation session. The TA will go over examples and answer questions for each unit.

Units : The course is divided into 10 units, as shown in the table below. Study guidelines for completing each unit, along with detailed unit exam descriptions, are provided by clicking on the corresponding topic in the table (some links may not be available yet).

Each unit is supposed to be completed by the Due Date listed in the table below. Here are the specific rules:

1. You must take a Unit Pretest and a Unit Exam in order to complete the unit.
2. Unit Pretests may be taken online from anywhere, and may be repeated as often as you like (your best score counts).
3. The Unit Pretest and Unit Exam will not be available after the Due Date.
4. The Unit Exams must be taken in the Math Computer Lab (449 Carver). Unit Exams may also be repeated (and the best score counts), but you cannot take more than one exam on the same unit on the same day. The idea is that you should spend some time reviewing the material and your previous exam before trying again.

Virtually no exceptions will be granted to the above rules (see the Due Date Policy for details).

You should always plan to complete the Unit Pretest and Unit Exam a week before the Due Date. This is to avoid for possible illness or other problems. Thus, if you are sick or have some other problem, you still have a few extra days to complete the Unit Pretest and Exam by the Due Date. There are significant incentives for taking Unit Exams and Pretests before the Due Date:

• You can repeat the Unit Pretest as many times as you want, but you can't take it after the Due Date.
• You will be able to repeat the Unit Exam if you want, subject to rule #4 above.
• Grade appeals are generally not granted, except in certain circumstances (see the grade appeals section for details). Thus, if you happen to make some syntax errors or other simple errors on your exam, your only recourse is to repeat the exam, according to the rules above.

Midterm and Final Exams: There will be one midterm exam and one final exam, as shown in the following table. Study guidelines for each exam, along with detailed exam descriptions, are provided by clicking on the corresponding exam in the table. Each exam is supposed to be completed by the Due Date listed in the table below. The Midterm and Final Exams must be taken in the Math Computer Lab (449 Carver). You can only take each of these exams once. You can use the Unit Practice Exams to prepare for the midterm and Final Exams.

Detailed Schedule:

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