Syllabus

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Hours: Tu, Th 8:35--9:25am and by appointment

Textbook. A First Course in Probability, by Sheldon Ross, fifth edition, Prentice Hall.

Grading. Course grades will be based on the following:

1. Two midterms, each worth 25%. Dates: March 5, April 21.

2. Weekly Homeworks (total of 25%), to be turned in every Tuesday. The homework assignements will be posted here

3. Final (25%). Friday, May 8, 12:30-2:30pm.

4. As usual 90 - 100% -> A; 80-89.9999% -> B; 70-79.9999% -> C and 60-69.9999% -> D.

Statement on scholastic dishonesty: The Faculty Senate version for the first day handout:``As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated.''