ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 24

Midterm exam will be held in class on October 27 (Thursday). As I mentioned in the class on October 20, midterm exam will cover Ch 1 to Ch 6, inclusive, of the textbook ( 4th or 5th edition). Exam will be 1 hour and 10 minutes long. It will have the following two parts:

Part A: 3 out of 3 'True/False/Uncertain with explanation' type questions or short questions  5 * 3 = 10 marks  

Part B: 2 out of 2 multi-part problem solving questions  30 marks

To prepare for the exam, I strongly recommend you to work out  the optional assignments (1, 2, 3 and 4) which are posted on the website. You should also study the textbook and go through the lecture slides and your class lecture notes carefully.  In particular, you should make sure that you understand all of the models with a graphical explanation.

December 2

Final exam will be held in N1001 (Science Building) from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm on December 9 (Friday).

As I announced in last class, final exam will cover Ch 1 to Ch 13, inclusive, Chapter 18,  and Ch 20  of the textbook ( 4th or 5th edition). Exam will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long. It will have the following two parts:

Part A: 3  'True/False/Uncertain with explanation' type questions or short questions  3 * 5 = 15   marks 

Part B: 3 Multi-part problem solving questions  55 marks (there are two questions which are worth 20 marks each and the other question is worth 15 marks)

To prepare for the exam, I strongly recommend you to work out  the optional assignments (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) which are posted on the website. You should go through the solutions to the optional assignments and midterm exam. You should study the textbook and go through the lecture slides and your class lecture notes carefully.  In particular, you should make sure that you understand all of the models with a graphical explanation.

Good luck with your exams!

December 2

I am holding exam-week office hours as per the following schedule: 

December 6 (Tuesday) 3:30 to 5:30 pm

December 7 (Wedsday) 3:30 to 5:30 pm

December 8 (Thursday) 3:30 to 5:30 pm.

Please feel free to stop by my office (P3028) if you have any question about the final exam materials or if you have any other concern. You can also pick up your marked midterm exams during this time, if you have not already done so.

If you do not have a copy of the study guide and need the solutions to Assignment 3, Assignment 4, and Assignment 6, you can pick up a copy of the solutions to these assignments during my above mentioned office hours.