Location and Time:
The final examination for this course will be held on Monday, December 19 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Stone B50 (our usual classroom). This is the time that the University has scheduled for our final, and all students must take the final as scheduled. Please bring your BU ids and a pen or pencil. You will not be able to refer to any books or other papers. You may use a calculator.

Course Material:

• Chapter 9: All sections.
• Chapter 10: All sections. Omit curvature in Section 10.3. In Section 10.4, we covered pp. 725-729.
• Chapter 11: All sections. In Section 11.8, we covered pp. 822-826.
• Chapter 12: All sections except Sections 12.5 and 12.9. In Section 12.7, we covered pp. 883-887.
• Chapter 13: Sections 1-6.
• Appendix H: pp. A58-A63, pp. A65-A66, pp. A68-A71. (See week 3 homework assignment for more details.)

Old Exams:
Problem #10 on the May 9, 2001 final involves material that we did not cover this semester.

Do not expect our final this semester to involve the same types of questions as the old finals. Your best guide to what might be asked is the homework problems.

Getting Help and Exam III:
Tiffany will hold an office hour Wednesday, December 14, 11-12. Her office is MCS B42.

I will hold an office hour on Saturday, December 17, 3-4. My office is MCS 255.

You can pick up your third exam from Tiffany at a special session at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 16 in MCS 148.

Course Grades:
Your course grade will be computed according to the grading scheme that was given on the syllabus. That scheme already makes an allowance for one bad exam. No factors other than your performance on the exams and your homework are considered when I compute your overall course grade.

I try to be especially careful when I compute your grade, but if you think that I have made a mistake in the computation, then you can check with me AFTER the holidays. If you would like to see how you did on the final, come by my office hours next semester.

Good luck during finals and have a pleasant semester break.