Administrative Stuff

Websites

• Course Schedule and Lectures
• Flipped Classroom:
• watch lecture videos before class
• in class: quiz, misconception discussion, studio activities, and problem solving
• Gradescope for Grades

Communications

• Piazza for all communication
• Do NOT send emails to instructor or TA
• Install Piazza App on phone, tablet, etc.
• Turn-on notifications for Piazza
• Your responsibility to check Piazza regularly.

Grading

• In class multiple choice quiz: 10%
• Mid-Term Exam: 35%
• Final Exam: 35%
• Concept Demo: 20%
• Build one interactive HTML/JavaScript demo teaching a single concept from the course.
• Teams of 2-3 students. Generative AI is allowed but not required; every submission needs an AI use and verification record. See the Concept Demo Guidelines.
• Due within one week after the lecture. Late day penalty of 10% per day.
• Assignments (optional): for self-study, they do not need to be turned in, will not be graded

Grading Rubric

May adjust this depending on how everyone is doing.

Why should we focus on Math when AI Can Already Do a great job?

• AI can calculate, write code, and prove sophisticated results.
• We study mathematics because it gives us practice in how to:
• Break an unfamiliar problem into smaller parts.
• Recognize relevant ideas and decide when they apply.
• Reason from assumptions to conclusions.
• Examine our own reasoning and correct it.
• Develop ideas independently before asking AI for help.

Book

• Not required, lecture notes will be provided.
• But for students who want to read more we recommend:
• Linear Algebra
• Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler. There are YouTube Lectures from the author too.
• Function Analysis: This video playlist from Denmark is excellent.
• Calculus: Measure, Integration & Real Analysis by Sheldon Axler.
• Probability: This video playlist is excellent

Using AI in this Course

• No AI allowed for in-class quizzes and exams.
• Use of AI for learning is encouraged.
• Recommendations for using AI in three modes:
• Independent: predict and attempt the problem without AI
• AI consultation: ask for a hint, a counterexample, a critique of one step, or a second method
• AI Solution: ask for full solution, but check the answer yourself. Verify with a definition, derivation, calculation, counterexample, trusted course source, or small computation.
• Concept demos: AI is allowed but not required; every submission needs an AI use and verification record.

Plagiarism

• This course has adopted the Chegg and Similar Sites policy. Submission of student work (e.g. assignments and/or exam solutions) based on those found on Chegg, Brainly, Quizlet, and other similar websites will result in an Academic Dishonesty Report (ADR) and an automatic failing grade of zero (0.0) for the course. The ADR for students personally posting questions from assignments or exams to these sites will request additional sanctions.