Last updated: 3/31/08
This syllabus is subject to CHANGE. Any changes will be announced in class and on the course web page as the semester progresses.
The reading material is taken from the Course Notes, Part I and Part II, available under "Course Documents" in Blackboard.
HW files are to be emailed from your JMU email account and sent to math248@math.jmu.edu by 11:59pm on the due date.
| Week | Classes | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
| 1 | 1/7-1/10 | Terminology/Program Structure | Part I, Chp 1 & 2 | HW1 assigned - W 1/9 |
| 2 | 1/14-1/17 | Programming Concepts I | Part I, Chp 3 & 4 | HW 1 - due M 1/14 HW 2 assigned - M 1/14 HW 2 - due SU 1/20 |
| 3 | 1/22-1/24 | Programming Concepts II | Part I, Chp 5 & 6 | HW 3 assigned T 1/22 HW 3 - due SU 1/27 |
| 4 | 1/28-1/31 | Computer Arithmetic/Computer Error | Part II, Chp 1,2,3 | HW 4 assigned M 1/28 Project 1 - assigned 1/29 HW 4 - due SU 2/3 |
| 5 | 2/4-2/7 | Computer Error/Fixed Point | Part II, Chp 3 & 4 | HW 5 assigned M 2/4 HW 5 - due SU 2/5 |
| 6 | 2/11,2/13-2/14 | Computing History/Rootfinding | Part II, Chp 5 | HW 6 assigned W 2/13 |
| 7 | 2/18-2/21 | Rootfinding | Part II, Chp 5, Part 1, Chp 1.3 | Project 1 - due W 2/20 HW 6 - due SU 2/24 |
| 8 | 2/25-2/28 | Review | Part I: Chp 1-6, Part II: Chp 1-5 | EXAM 1 (coding) - TU 2/26 EXAM 1 (written) - TH 2/28 |
| 9 | 3/10-3/13 | Linear Algebra | Part II, Chp 6 | HW 7 assigned M 3/10 Project 2 - assigned 3/11 HW 7 - due SU 3/16 |
| 10 | 3/17-3/20 | Linear Algebra & Interpolation | Part II, Chp 6 & 7 | HW 8 assigned M 3/17 HW 8 - due SU 3/23 |
| 11 | 3/24-3/27 | Interpolation | Part II, Chp 7 & 8 | HW 9 assigned M 3/24 HW 9 - due SU 3/30 |
| 12 | 3/31-4/3 | Differentiation | Part II, Chp 8 | Project 2 - due W 4/2 |
| 13 | 4/7-4/10 | Review | Part II, Chp 8 | EXAM 2 - TH 4/10 |
| 14 | 4/14-4/17 | Integration | Part II, Chp 9 | HW 10 assigned M 4/14 HW 10 - due SU 4/20 |
| 15 | 4/21-4/24 | Review | Parts I & II | FINAL EXAM (coding) - TH 4/24 |
| 16 | 4/28 | FINAL EXAM (written) | All | SEC 1: MON 4/28 10:30-12:30 SEC 2: MON 4/28 1:00-3:00 |