Common Guidelines for Math 235 during Spring 2012: Linear Algebra
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Each instructor has a webpage indicating office hours and other
individual features.

Text: Linear Algebra with Applications (4E) by Otto Bretscher.

Topics: Most sections of chapters 1-7.  Instructors should set their
own pace (consistent with the goal for the Common exams) and may skip
sections 5.4, 7.1, 7.6 and parts of 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 6.3 and 7.5.

Common Midterm: Scheduled for 7-9PM Wednesday 7 March 2012 (topics
through chapter 3), exam rooms as follows: 

		Kusner & Wolbach in Hasbrouck 20

		Hatley & Rudvalis in Marcus 131  

In case of a conflict, at least one week (written) advance notice must
be given the instructor so that the student can make-up the Common
Midterm.  Prof. Kusner will proctor a make-up Common Midterm the
following morning (9AM-noon Thursday 8 March 2012 in LGRT 1535 & 1530)
for those students with a documented conflict.  Other make-up needs
(e.g. medical emergencies) will be handled by individual instructors.

Common Final: Scheduled for Thursday 3 May 1:30-3:30PM in Totman Gym.  
(Final exam conflicts are being handled privately according to strict
UMass guidelines by each instructor.)

Email: Please contact Prof. Kusner (profkusner "at" gmail "dot" com)
if there is an issue which your instructor cannot handle directly.

Grading: At least half the grade should be derived from the common
exams (the midterm and final each comprise at least a quarter), with
the remaing grade derived from homework and other classwork (quizzes,
mini-midterms, and the like).  Each instructor determines the final
grade, but all instructors will use a uniform method in converting
percentage intervals to letter grades, according to the following
(preliminary, subject to revision) guidelines:

[0..{F}..40..{D-,D,D+}..55..{C-,C,C+}..70..{B-,B,B+}..85..{A-,A}..100]