Course Syllabus for Math 220 Section 3: Introductory Linear Algebra, Fall 2016 Instructor: Jeanette Martin Office: Neill 313 Phone: 335-4308 Office Hours: MF 9 9:50 AM, W 2:10 3 PM E-mail: martin@math.wsu.edu Web page: Log in to Blackboard at http://learn.wsu.edu/ Class Meetings: TU,TH 12-12.50 PM, Todd 430 Teaching Assistant: TBA Credits: 2 Prerequisites: Math 171 or concurrent enrollment REQUIRED TEXT: The text for this course is Linear Algebra and its Applications, 5th edition (WSU custom edition bundle including MyMathLab) by Lay, Lay, and McDonald. The ISBN is 9780321989925. This text can be purchased at the WSU Student Bookstore (the Bookie) or at Crimson and Grey. REQUIRED SUPPLEMENT: Access to MyMathLab is required for this course. The access fee for this is included in the WSU custom version of the textbook if you purchased this new at the Bookie or at Crimson and Grey; there is an access card packaged with your textbook. If you did not get this, you can purchase the access online at http://www.mymathlab.com, but contact your instructor for more information first. 0BCOURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING The total points you accumulate throughout the semester on the items below will determine your grade: 2 Exams (20% each) 40% Final Exam 30% Homework 30% Your course grade will be determined by the following scale: 93 100% A 80 82.9% B- 67 69.9% D+ 90 92.9% A- 77 79.9% C+ 60 66.9% D 87 89.9% B+ 73 76.9% C 0 59.9% F 83 86.9% B 70 72.9% C- HOMEWORK: Homework is done in MyMathLab. Due dates for each online assignment are shown in MyMathLab and on the syllabus course schedule. Each online homework assignment has two components: an automatically-graded component and a TA-graded component. The TA-graded component will require that you show all your work by typing into the MyMathLab interface. Please do NOT upload scanned/photographed written work; it may not be graded. TA-graded assignments will not be accepted late. Any questions from an automatically-graded assignment that are done after the assignment s deadline will be assessed a 25% penalty. Your lowest score from each component of the homework (your lowest score on from the automatically-graded assignments and your lowest score from the TA-graded assignments) will be dropped at the end of the semester. EXAMS: Exams will be given at night on the dates shown on the course schedule. The exam rooms will be announced before those dates. Exams will be closed book, closed notes. No graphing or calculators are allowed during exams. No make-ups will be allowed for exams except for prearranged absences with appropriate documentation. If you have a schedule conflict with a night exam please contact me well in advance to arrange an alternate time. Documentation of the conflict will be required. FINAL EXAM: There will be a comprehensive final exam on Monday, December 12 from 7 to 9 pm. Early finals will not be given for any reason. Please make your travel plans accordingly.
ATTENDANCE: It is strongly recommended that you do not miss class. You are responsible for all material covered in this course and for turning in all assignments, regardless of attendance. If you do find that you must miss class, there are two ways to arrange excused absences. 1. If you have an emergency situation resulting in an extended absence (longer illness, family emergency), contact the Office of Student Affairs (335-4531) immediately. They will issue letters to all of your instructors excusing you from the necessary class days and assignments. 2. Appropriate letters documenting excused university absences (such as participation in athletic events) will be accepted if arranged before missing class. LATE WORK: Any questions from an automatically-graded component of an online assignment that are done after the assignment s deadline will be assessed a 25% penalty. No other late work will be accepted. Make-up work from excused absences must be arranged in advance. No work of any kind will be assigned after the last day of class and no work of any kind will be accepted after the final exam. TECHNOLOGY: A calculator will be helpful to assist you on the homework, but I encourage you NOT to rely too strongly on a calculator or computerized linear algebra package. Keep in mind that these will not be available to you during the exams. Much of the learning experience in this course will involve the use of the internet. If you do not have internet access, consider arranging an account at one of the campus labs. Information is available from Student Computing Services at the Information Technology Building (ITB), room 2091, 335-0534. Please see me if you are not able to arrange internet access. 1BA NOTE ABOUT E-MAIL: In general, I find e-mail to be a great communication tool but it has limitations. If you have an urgent need to reach me, e-mail is not the best method. Unless you receive a reply from me you should NOT assume I received your message; it is safer to leave a message for me on my office phone. I will not discuss homework problems through e-mail, but I can answer questions about what is expected on an assignment. Also note that e-mail is not always an immediate communication method. I will get back to you as quickly as I can. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Reasonable accommodations are available for students with documented disabilities or chronic medical conditions. If you have a disability and need accommodations to fully participate in this class, please visit the Access Center website to follow published procedures to request accommodations: http://www.accesscenter.wsu.edu. Students may also either call or visit the Access Center in person to schedule an appointment with an Access Advisor. Location: Washington Building 217; Phone: 509-335-3417. All disability related accommodations MUST be approved through the Access Center. Students with approved accommodations are strongly encouraged to visit with instructors early in the semester during office hours to discuss logistics. WSU SAFETY MEASURES: Classroom and campus safety are of paramount importance at Washington State University, and are the shared responsibility of the entire campus population. WSU urges students to follow the Alert, Assess, Act, protocol for all types of emergencies and the Run, Hide, Fight response for an active shooter incident. Remain ALERT (through direct observation or emergency notification), ASSESS your specific situation, and ACT in the most appropriate way to assure your own safety (and the safety of others if you are able). Please sign up for emergency alerts on your account at MyWSU. For more information on this subject, campus safety, and related topics, please view the FBI s Run, Hide, Fight video and visit the WSU safety portal. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: You are encouraged to work together and to discuss homework assignments by asking questions such as, "How do you do this type of problem again?" or "What is the idea here?" But you should not sit down with someone else's work in front of you and refer to it to get your work done. This will not benefit you. Complicity (providing answers for another student) is also a form of cheating. Academic integrity is the cornerstone of higher education. As such, all members of the university community share responsibility for maintaining and promoting the principles of integrity in all activities, including academic integrity and honest scholarship. Academic integrity will be strongly enforced in this
course. Students who violate WSU s Academic Integrity Policy (identified in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 504-26-010(3) and -404) will receive a zero on the assignment is question, will not have the option to withdraw from the course pending an appeal, and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration as defined in the Standards of Conduct for Students, WAC 504-26-010(3). You need to read and understand all of the definitions of cheating: http://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=504-26-010. If you have any questions about what is and is not allowed in this course, you should ask the course instructor before proceeding. If you wish to appeal a faculty member's decision relating to academic integrity, please use the form available at conduct.wsu.edu. CLASS CANCELLATIONS: If a class meeting is ever cancelled for any reason, whatever was scheduled for the cancelled day will be done the next time we meet. If a cancellation occurs, I will post a note on my office door and on the course web site explaining what is happening. KEEPING TRACK: All graded work will be returned to you with the exception of the final exam. Keep all of your returned work for reference and for the resolution of grade discrepancies. The grade book in Blackboard will be maintained so that you may periodically check your points. However, you are expected to keep track of scores for your own information; the grade page should only serve as a quick reference and as a check for accuracy. The Blackboard grade book page will be updated approximately once every two weeks. MyMathLab scores will automatically update in Blackboard every two hours. EXPECTATIONS: Learning is an active process and is not accomplished by sitting and observing. Thus I expect you to work hard to accomplish our objectives. I expect you to take responsibility for your own learning by studying the textbook sections in advance. You should come to class prepared with questions about the reading, and ready to work problems from the topic covered by the reading. If you do not put forth this effort you will not learn, and you may expect that your final grade will reflect this. However, you are not alone in this venture -- please get help if you are having trouble with the material, rather than giving up! GETTING HELP: Why struggle? Successful students make use of available resources, so don't struggle when help is just a few steps away! We want you to succeed, we're here for you, and we have FREE tutoring available in the Math Learning Center (Cleveland 130) and the computing lab in Thompson Hall (Room 1). Check it out! Tutoring begins January 11 th with the following hours: Cleveland 130 is open 4-9pm Sunday, 10am-9pm Monday-Thursday, 10am-5pm Friday Thompson 1 is open 12pm- 9pm Monday-Thursday For more information please go to: http://www.math.wsu.edu/studyhalls/welcome.php LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Use mathematically correct language and notation for Linear Algebra. Solve systems of linear equations using multiple methods. Carry out matrix operations, including row reduction, matrix multiplication and addition, and finding inverses and determinants of matrices. Demonstrate understanding of the concept of linear transformations. Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of vector space and subspace. Demonstrate understanding of linear independence, span, and basis. Demonstrate understanding of dimension and rank. Determine eigenvalues and eigenvectors and solve eigenvalue problems. Determine the orthogonality of a set of vectors. Assessment of these outcomes will be by written examination and by homework exercises.
COVERAGE: We will cover the following sections of the text, give or take a few: 1.1 Systems of Linear Equations 1.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms 1.3 Vector Equations 1.4 The Matrix Equation Ax = b 1.5 Solution Sets of Linear Systems 1.7 Linear Independence 1.8 Introduction to Linear Transformations 1.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation 2.1 Matrix Operations 2.2 The Inverse of a Matrix 2.3 Characterizations of Invertible Matrices 2.8 Subspaces of R n 2.9 Dimension and Rank 3.1 Introduction to Determinants 3.2 Properties of Determinants 5.1 Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues 5.2 The Characteristic Equation 6.1 Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality 6.2 Orthogonal Sets 6.4 The Gram Schmidt Process
8/23 MATH 220: FALL 2016 COURSE SCHEDULE (subject to change) Tuesday Thursday 8/25 Introduction, 1.1 1.1 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 1.2 Introductory Homework due 1.4 Homework 1.2 due 1.7 1.9 Homework 1.5 due Optional Exam 1 Review Exam 1: Wednesday 9/28, 6 pm Covers 1.1 1.7 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 1.3 Homework 1.1 due 1.5 Homework 1.3 due 1.8 Homework 1.4 due 2.1 Homework 1.7 due 2.2 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 2.3 Homework 1.8 due 2.8 (Nul A, Col A) Homework 2.1 due 2.9 (Dimension) Homework 2.2 due 3.1 Homework 2.8 due Optional Exam 2 Review Exam 2: Wednesday 11/2, 6 pm Covers 1.8 2.9 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 2.8 (Subspaces) Homework 1.9 due 2.8 (Basis) 2.9 (Rank) Homework 2.3 due 3.1, 3.2 Homework 2.9 due 3.2 11/8 11/15 11/22 5.1 Homework 3.1 due 6.1 Homework 5.1 due 11/10 11/17 11/24 5.2 Homework 3.2 due 6.1, 6.2 Homework 5.2 due ------------------------- Thanksgiving Break ------------------------- 11/29 12/6 6.2 Homework 6.1 due 6.4 Final Exam Monday, December 12, 2016 7 9 PM 12/1 12/8 6.4 Homework 6.2 due Review Homework 6.4 due