MATH 316
SPRING 2015
SYLLABUS
 GENERAL INFO
 CONTACT INFO
 OFFICE HOURS
 REQUIREMENTS
 TEXTBOOK
 COURSE DESCRIPTION
 BLACKBOARD
 E-MAIL ACCOUNTS
 GRADE
 QUIZZES
 CLASS TESTS
 FINAL EXAM
 HONOR CODE
 ETIQUETTE
 SCHEDULE
 HOMEWORK

MATH 316

INTRODUCTORY LINEAR ALGEBRA

Spring 2015 Broadcast (DL) Section: M 10-12:40

Broadcast from Gornto 202

Instructor: Dr. Przemyslaw Bogacki

Contact Information

Office

ECS 2220
Mailing address: Math. Dept., ODU, Norfolk, VA 23529

Telephone

(757) 683-3262 (from the main ODU campus, dial: 3-3262)

E-mail

pbogacki@odu.edu (Note: Send your message from your official ODU e-mail address or include "MATH 316" in the Subject line.)

Blackboard

http://www.blackboard.odu.edu (Please see a separate section for more information on the Blackboard course site.)

Office hours (subject to change)
  During these times, Dr. Bogacki will be available in his office - you can stop by, call him, or e-mail him.

Monday

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday

 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Thursday

10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

 In addition to the hours listed above, Dr. Bogacki will check his e-mail several times every day.
The instructor will make every effort to adhere to the announced office hour schedule. However, a variety of factors (e.g., inclement weather, internet access problems, etc.) may affect instructor's availability.

As a student enrolled in this course, you are required to...

  • Have regular access to the World Wide Web using a computer with an appropriate browser.
  • Have a working ODU e-mail account.
  • Attend all classes and participate in the in-class assessments (this is a synchronous course!). For this, you will need to bring to every class a device capable of sending either e-mail or text messages.
  • Take all exams and quizzes on time.
  • Regularly check the course Blackboard site and your ODU e-mail mailbox for announcements from the instructor.
  • Comply with all the requirements in this syllabus (subject to changes as announced on the course Blackboard site), as well as all Old Dominion University requirements, including the Honor Code.

Course Description

Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 212 (Calculus II). An introduction to linear algebra. Topics include matrices, vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Math 316 is an axiomatic development of the fundamentals of linear algebra. Accordingly, students will be required to master the definitions and abstract concepts of this subject.