This is the main page for MAT 315 at BMCC/CUNY, taught by Prof. Wladis.

Useful course links (you may want to print these out and keep them with you throughout the semester):

• Assignments:
  • Online Quizzes:

    Each chapter has quizzes online at www.coursecompass.com.  You can do these quizzes more than once, and they are automatically graded, so you get instant feedback. 

    In order to do these assignments, you will need to purchase a mymathlab access code from the publisher Pearson.  You have several options: you can buy the book packaged together with the code from the Pearson website (http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321280628), or you can purchase just the code with access to an online e-book at www.coursecompass.com.  You will need:

    1. a credit card or paypal account,
    2. the course ID (wladis57088), and
    3. the school zip code (10007).  

    On the lower left hand side of the screen, under where it says Students, there is a link that says “How to buy access”.  Once you click on this you will be guided through the purchase.

    Right now the book bundled with the code at the Pearson website costs $134.67, and the mymathlab access with the e-book costs $70.  You can save as pdf and print out the e-book section by section, although its use is restricted.   

    The first three sections of chapter 1 of the book are posted here as pdf files, so that those of you who have ordered the book from Pearson but have not yet received it can still read the textbook during the first week and a half of classes. However, for future chapter sections, you will need a copy of the book, either in hardcopy, or online (by purchasing mymathlab access). These links will be removed during the second week of classes.

  • Homework: The first three homework sections of the book are posted here as pdf files, so that those of you who have ordered the book from Pearson but have not yet received it can still do the first three homework assignments. However, for future assignments you will need a copy of the book, either in hardcopy, or online (by purchasing mymathlab access). These links will be removed during the second week of classes.
    • 1.1 #2-30 even
    • 1.2 #2-32 even
    • 1.4 #1-12, 15-17, 24 a,b,c,e all
    • 2.1 #1-12, 27 all
    • 1.3 #2-34 even
    • 1.5 #2-34 even
    • 1.7 #2-30 even
    • 1.8 #2-30 even
    • 1.9 #2-32 even
    • 1.6 #2-14 even
    • 1.10 #2-14 even (for an extra homework point!)
    • 2.2 #2-24 even
    • 2.3 #2-34 even
    • 3.1 #2-14 even, 25-30 all, 33-36 all
    • 3.2 #2-14 even, 21-28 all
    • 3.3 #1-6 all, 19-25 all
    • 4.1 #2-30 even
    • 4.3 #1-8,11-12,15-21 all
    • 4.4 #1-17 all
    • 4.5 #1-12 all
    • 4.7 #1-14 all
    • 4.2 #2-26 even
    • 4.6 #2-26 even
    • 5.1 #2-22 even
    • 5.2 #1-14 all
    • 5.3 #1-4 all, 8-22 even
    • 6.1 #1-18 all
    • 6.2 #1-14 all
    • 6.4 #1-12 all
  • Projects:
    • Chapter 1: (you may complete at most 2 for a grade)
      
      • Network Flow Problems, p. 92, after 1.6
      • Diet Problems, p. 93, after 1.10
      • Loop Currents, 95, after 1.10
    • Chapter 3:
      • Determinants in Analytic Geometry, p. 185
      • The Jacobian and Change of Variables, p. 209
    • Chapter 4:
    • Space Flight and Control Systems, p. 215
    • Hill Substitution Ciphers, p. 223
    • Chapter 5:
      • Dynamical Systems and Spotted Owls, p. 301
    • Chapter 6:
    • Least-Squares Solutions, p. 373
    • Chapter 7:
    • The Singular Value Decomposition and Image Processing, p. 447
  • • Tests and Test Reviews:
    • Test 1: pgs 102-104 #1-22 all, pgs. 183-184 #1-2, 7 (ignore instructions and compute A^-1B directly by first computing A^-1), 10, 15
    • Test 2: pgs 211-212 #1-14 all, pgs 298-299 #1-11 and review 4.7 HW
    • Test 3: Take Home Test (as a Word file)
    • Take Home Final exam: docx version, doc version, pdf version

• Handouts and Surveys:

  • Course Syllabus
  • Student Information Form (from first day of classes)

• Blackboard: The course is hosted in Blackboard, which can always be accessed through the CUNY portal at www.cuny.edu. This is where you can view your grades.
  
  For instructions on how to logon to Blackboard for the first time, click here for instructions on how to logon .
  If you have never used Blackboard before, you have the option to click here for information about how to attend an orientation session.

• Class Mailing List: Click here for instructions on how to sign up for the class email list.
  If class is ever cancelled due to weather or illness, or if I need to contact you about your grade, this will be my main way of communicating with you, so please use an email address that you are likely to check often.

  Be sure to put my email address on your email program's accept list: If you plan on using an email address which is not a BMCC email address, make sure to put my email address profwladis@gmail.com, and the group email list bmccmath301@yahoogroups.com, on your email program's accept list so that my emails to you are not filtered to your spam folder. To find out how to do this, contact your email provider.

• BMCC email: You are required by BMCC to check your BMCC email regularly. While you may always email me from a non-BMCC email address, and you may sign up for the class mailing list with a non-BMCC email address, you must also check your BMCC email for important notifications. Go to http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/email.html to set up your BMCC email account.

• Technical Help: If you encounter any technical problems during the course:

  • For problems with Blackboard, contact Information Technology (IT) at (212) 220-8122 or at it@bmcc.cuny.edu.

  • For problems with BMCC email, contact the Help Desk at BMCC at 212-220-8379 or at helpdesk@bmcc.cuny.edu.