MATRIX METHODS

(15-MATH-276-001)

Winter, 2006

The Class Room and Class Times are Room 3220 of the Campus Recreation Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30-1:45 p.m. from Tuesday, January 3^rd through Thursday, March 9^th, 2006 (with an examination in that room on March 16^th).

Teacher: Roger Chalkley

Office: Room 822A, Old Chemistry Building

Telephone: (513) 556-4074

Office Hours: 12:00-12:50 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and

1:45-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday

Textbook: Matrix Methods, by Richard Bronson, 2^nd Ed.,

Academic Press, Boston, 1991.

Subject matter to be covered: Sections 1.1-1.7, 2.1-2.3, 2.5-2.7, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.6, 5.1-5.5, 7.1-7.9, 8.1-etc.

Testing and Grading Policy: Grades are to be based on two Mathematica projects (Project1, Project 2), two 50-minute midterm examinations (Test 1, Test 2), and a two-hour final examination.

Project 1 will be distributed on Tuesday, January 17^th

Project 1 will be collected on Tuesday, January 31^st.

Test 1 will be given on Thursday, February 2^nd.

Project 2 will be distributed on Tuesday, February 14^th.

Project 2 will be collected on Tuesday, February 28^th.

Test 2 will be given on Thursday, March 2^nd.

The final examination is scheduled for Thursday, March 16^th, at 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Project 1 and Project 2 will each contribute 5% to the eventual grade.

Test 1 and Test 2 will each contribute 25% to the eventual grade; and, the final examination will account for 40% of the grade. Please use examination booklets

(“bluebooks”) for each of the examinations.

Pocket calculators and other such aids are prohibited during the examinations.

Withdrawals: A withdrawal with passing status (W) will be permitted till 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 1^st. After that date, withdrawal slips cannot be processed.

(As a mathematics class below the 500-level, this course is categorized as QR (quantitative reasoning)

and, of the four competencies, it fits under ‘Critical Thinking’.)