January 11, 2021 - Week 1 Assignment Correction/Clarification

Hello MTH314 Students,

Sorry for the confusion but after sending out my previous email I learned that, per the new COVID policy, instructors are NOT allowed to assign any required work during the review week (January 11th-15th). I now understand that this policy must be in place because there are large groups of students that do not have access to reliable Internet this week. To be fair and equitable to these students, the 01–Class_Prep-Checklist is no longer required and only recommended.

Please email me if you have any comments, questions or concerns. I am also happy to schedule a zoom or even a phone meeting if anyone would prefer to discuss the class and/or this policy.

Take care,

Dirk

Welcome to MTH314: Matrix Algebra I: with computational applications

Hello MTH314 students,

We are excited to be teaching MTH314 this Spring and look forward to meeting all of you in class next week. Detailed information about the course, including the syllabus, announcements, schedule and assignments can be found on the course website (Bookmark this page!):

MTH314 Course Website

This semester is unique since, due to new university COVID policies, we will not be meeting the first week of class. Instead the first week will be used for reading, review and semester preparation. To this end, it is recommended that all students complete the tasks found in the following website:

01–Class_Prep-Checklist

Since this course will also taught with all sections “in-sync” and since there is no class on Monday (Due to MLK) our first day of class will either be Wednesday January 20th (for MW sections) or Thursday January 21st (for TTh sections) in order to keep the sections on the same basic schedule.

To help with the first week tasks, some office hours will be provided. Please see the office hour schedule on the course website and feel free to stop by to just introduce yourself or ask a question about the first week class.

Dr. Dirk Colbry

MTH314 Course Coordinator on behalf of all of the MTH314 course instructors