Homework for the first week

Homework is (probably) going to be a little different than what you are used to. We won't be doing online homework, for a variety of reasons I'll likely give in the first class. However, hand grading is not really a tenable option with the brutal summer schedule. The compromise is that I'm basically going to spot check your homework - I'll assign several problems, but grade only one. 

• For each class, except possibly days with exams, I will assign several problems (~5 typically). 
• At the start of the following class, I will ask you to turn in one, and only one, of these problems. You will not know in advance which problem I'll chose to grade. 
• The rest of the problems will not be graded, but you will get solutions for all problems.
• I will assign the problems about a week in advance, with about a week's worth of problems at once. This way you can work ahead if you want. 
• The homework for the first week is already posted. The first class is on Tuesday, and you have three problems assigned for Wednesday. At the start of Wednesday's class, I'll announce which problem I want you to turn in, and you'll turn it in.* 
• This will repeat pretty much every day, though you'll have the weekend to worry about Friday's problems.
• I'd like you to use the template format for homework. You don't need to print and write on the template, just use the same headings and follow the same format. You won't need the "Numeric Solution" box very often. 

This should all be clear after the first class. You are allowed to collaborate on homework, but everyone must turn in their own copy of the homework. By "collaborate" we mean "help" rather than "copy" - help each other out if you get stuck, check your answers, but don't just copy each other's work. 

*Ideally just that problem, but if you have other problems on the same sheet you can turn the whole page in. I'll only grade one problem, but we don't have to waste paper.