In addition to the WW assignments, there are also homework assignments that require written solutions to problems assigned from the textbook.   Be sure you are getting the assigned problems out of the current edition (4th) of the textbook; the problems are often different in earlier editions. The assigned problems will be posted on the main page of the syllabus week by week.  Sometimes I keep adding to an assignment as the lectures continue, but the complete list of problems due on Friday will always be available, at latest, by 5.p.m on Tuesday of that week.  Check the syllabus after 5 p.m. Tuesday to be sure you have the complete Friday assignment. Solutions are due in class on Fridays.  If you can't be there, then either send your homework with a trusted friend, or slip it under my office door sometime before class--even the day before.  Late homeworks will not be accepted unless there is a legitimate special reason such as illness; missing homework scores count as "0's" The first homework set HW1 will be due in class on Friday, September 7)  Course assistants will grade some (not all) of the solutions you hand in; I will choose the problems to be graded after your solutions are handed in.  Of course, you need to hand in solutions for all the assigned problems because you don't know which ones will be selected. The reason for this process (and for having WebWorK) is that regular graded homework is important and the size of the section makes it very hard to grade all the problems carefully and get them returned to you in a reasonable time. It is a good idea to keep your graded homework papers together in a folder after they are returned.  Of course, they could be useful for future review and studying, but also they are the only existing record of your work --for example, if a question about a "missing homework score" comes up later. The graders will post each homework score in the Grading Center in Blackboard when they are finished.  Normally the score should appear around the time that you hand in the next homework assignment, but some graders will be a little faster with this than others.  So don't worry immediately if grades for a certain homework appear a little earlier for some students than others. Here are some rules and suggestions about handing in the homework,  They will make your solutions easier to find and read and will make the graders much happier.  Always include enough detail in every homework solution so the reader can understand how you got your answer.  Just writing down an answer may not receive credit; it is not the grader's job to try to reconstruct how you got the answer.  Solutions for each problem should be written up very clearly and legibly.  For the sake of the grader, be sure your writing is dark enough to be read easily. Write your homework solutions on 8.5 x 11 paper with "smooth edges";  if you tear your solutions out of a spiral notebook, remove the torn ragged edge.   Please staple the pages together in correct order.  Be sure your name is on each sheet in case pages become separated.  Homework and Academic Integrity:  Talking with other students about homework problems is a good way to learn and I encourage it.  BUT each student must write up his or her own homework  Therefore, no solutions from two students should look too much alike.  After all, everybody says things in a unique way, makes up notation as needed, etc. Suggestion:  a good way to help each other learn and to avoid "copying" even inadvertently from another student is to talk about problems together without taking any notes away from the conversation. This lets you share your understanding and ideas, but then forces you to reconstruct your own understanding on paper.  In case of any doubts, ask me. A goal in most upper level math courses is to develop clear writing and arguments, so  Solve the problems first on scratchpaper; then use the scratchwork to write your hand-in solution.  The reader should feel like s/he is reading a coherent solution, not a bunch of scratchwork from which somebody, with some effort, could write a nice solution; that's not the reader's job. Decide how much detail, calculation, proof, ...  to include in your solution by imagining that it's going to be read by another typical student in this class. The reader should not have to fill in large gaps that you leave in the work. Check your mathematical writing style by reading aloud the words and symbols you have written, exactly as they appear on the page. What you hear should be smooth-sounding English -- or else something is missing on paper! If necessary, rewrite the solution until you think it says what you want to say in a way that's clear and easy to read. Remember that     "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure"        Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)         Do you really want an unhappy and irritated reader evaluating your work?