An Odin account will give you access to the campus-wide wireless network and will make it possible for you to use PSU's computers.
For more information, go to
www.account.pdx.edu.
If you do not have a computer, there are a number of computer labs around campus, where you can use PSU's computers.
For example, there is a computer lab on the first floor of the PSU Library. You'll need an Odin account (see above) to use them.
For information about the library's computer lab, go to
library.pdx.edu/computerlab.html.
The Office of Information Technology manages PSU's computers; more info at
www.oit.pdx.edu.
You'll also need access to a printer, so you can print out the documents and spreadsheets you create.
There is a free software package called OpenOffice, which provides functionality similar to Microsoft Office. For more info, go to
www.openoffice.org.
Homework Assignments:
There will be approximately 9 homework assignments, of one week each. Due dates are (tentatively):
HW 1: End of 2nd week
HW 2: End of 3rd week
HW 3: End of 4th week
HW 4: End of 5th week
HW 5: End of 6th week
HW 6: End of 7th week
HW 7: End of 8th week
HW 8: End of 9th week
HW 9: End of 10th week
Homeworks are due at the beginning of class. Late homeworks will not be accepted without prior approval.
Grading:
The exams may test on material covered only in class and on material
covered only in the reading assignments.
Your grade will be based approximately, as follows.
These percentages are tentative and subject to change.
25% - Homeworks
20% - Midterm Exam #1
20% - Midterm Exam #2
30% - Final
5% - Attendance
Incompletes will not be given.
MailMan Mailing List: PorterClassList
A "MailMan" e-mailing list will be maintained for this class.
From time to time I may post notices about the class and hints/comments
about assignments. Students are encouraged to send mail to the list, too.
All students should
subscribe to this list. Go to the following web page and
enter your email address and a password and click "subscribe".
https://mailhost.cecs.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/porterclasslist/
The MailMan program will email you a confirmation message. You must reply, but you can simply hit your email "reply" button. After being adding to the mailing
list you will get a "welcome" message from me.
To post a message to all the list members, send email to:
PorterClassList@mailhost.cecs.pdx.edu
For additional documentation, see
staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar/mailman/mailman-userguide-0.1.pdf (pdf, 159 kb)
(By the way, if Internet Explorer does not work with MailMan on the Mac, use the "Safari" web browser instead.)
Attendance:
Attendance in class is mandatory. Successful students will arrive on-time, relaxed and full of curiosity.
Attendance will be checked regularly and will count for part of your grade.
Regarding Due Date and Time:
Please bring your homework submissions to class.
All assignments are due at the beginning of class, and not one second later!
I will collect submissions before lecture and I will not accept submissions after
I begin class.
The reason I am such a stickler about this is that I do not want students to miss
lectures because they are trying to finish up a homework.
Plan ahead; all due times are "hard."
I will make extensions to deadlines in the case of medical emergencies
and business travel if you contact me ahead of time.
Working Together:
I encourage students to discuss the material in this class.
Unless an assignment is a group project, you must complete it on your own.
This means you must come up with the answers on your own. You must not ask others for the answers and you must not copy the answers from other students. When copying material from any source, you must put it in quotes and make clear where it was copied form.
It will be considered cheating to copy answers from other students or to submit copied material that is not clearly labeled as such.
Hints on how to study effectively:
Here is a document I wrote, which you may find useful or interesting:
Professor Porter's Study Tips
Snow Closure:
For inclement weather information, call the University switchboard, 725-3000,
for a recorded message about university-wide class cancellation.
Snow closure info is also available at:
www.flashnews.net/pdx.html (click on "View Current Info").
Other Cancellations:
If I should need to cancel class for any reason, I will email the class mailing list.
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