MATRIX METHODS

(15-MATH-276-001)

Winter, 2007

          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 Thursday, January 4^th through Thursday, March 8^th, 2007 (with a final examination in that room on March 15^th). 

Teacher:  Roger Chalkley

Office:   Room 822A, Old Chemistry Building 

Telephone:   (513) 556-4074

Office Hours: 9:30-11:00 a.m. and 1:45-2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays

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 (Project 1, 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 23^rd

     Test 1 will be given on Thursday, February 1^st

     Project 1 will be collected on Tuesday, February 6^th.

     Project 2 will be distributed on Tuesday, February 13^th. 

Project 2 will be collected on Tuesday, February 27^th. 

     Test 2 will be given on Thursday, March 1^st.

     The final examination is scheduled for Thursday, March 15^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 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’.)