Announcements

Oct 26, 2010

Midterm exam will be held on Nov 2 (tuesday) in class.  Please note the change in the exam date. Exam will cover Ch 1, Ch2, Appendix to Ch 2, Ch 3, Appendix to Ch 3, and Ch 4 of the textbook (3rd ed.). Exam will also cover Ch 1 of the supplementary textbook by Rosen, et al. (3rd ed.).

Exam will be 1 hour and 15 minutes long. It will have the following three parts:

Part A: 20 multiple choice questions     1*20 = 20 marks

Part B: 2 out of 3  Short questions 2*5 = 10 marks

Part C: 2 multi-part problem solving questions 2*10 = 20 marks

To prepare for the exam I srongly recommend you to work out the assignments (1, 2 and 3) which are posted on the course website. You should also work out the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website. You should also study the assigned chapters and your class lecture notes.

Nov 8, 2010

I have posted the midterm exam marks on this course website. You can find your marks by looking for the last 5, 6 or 7 digits of your student ID. Please note that I added 1.5 marks to all students to increase the class average from 67.44% to 70.44%. Last colum of the grade sheet shows your revised marks (out of 50) with this additional 1.5 marks. I will return the marked exams tomorrow in class.

Nov 18, 2010

I have posted Assignment 4 today. Please note that this is a REQUIRED assignment and it is due back on November 25 (thursday) in class.

Dec 10, 2010

Final Exam will be held on Dec 18 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm in SBE1220. As I mentioned in  last class, final exam will cover the materials from  Ch 1, Ch2, Appendix to Ch 2, Ch 3, Appendix to Ch 3, Ch 4, Ch 18 (only pages 523-535, inclusive), Ch 19, Appendix to Ch 19, 20, Appendix to Ch 20, Ch 21, Ch 22 (only pages 647-653, inclusive, and pages 659-666, inclusive)  of the textbook (3rd ed.). Exam will also cover Ch 1 of the supplementary textbook by Rosen, et al. (3rd ed.).

Exam will be 3 hours long. It will have the following three parts:

Part A: 40 multiple choice questions     1*40 = 40 marks

Part B: 4 out of 5  Short questions 5*4 = 20 marks

Part C:  3 or 4 multi-part problem solving questions 40 marks

To prepare for the exam I srongly recommend you to work out  all Optional and Required Assignments (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7). You should also work out the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website. You should also study the assigned chapters and your class lecture notes. In particular, you should make sure that you understand all of the models with a graphical explanation. You should also go through the solutions to the midterm exam which is posted on the course website.

Questions in Part B and Part C of the exam will be similar to the questions in Optional and Required Assignments . To prepare for Part A of the exam, I recommend you to read the textbook carefully and to go through your class lecture notes.  And you should also work out the multiple choice questions the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website.

If you have any question about the exam materials, please free to stop by during my exam-week office hours, which are as follows:

Dec 10th 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Dec 13th 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Dec 15th 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Dec 17th 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Good luck with your exams!