Section 4 Grading
Subsection 4.1 Components of course grade
This class is graded pass/fail.
A passing grade will be earned primarily by participation. There will be some written assignments and maybe a presentation at the end of the semester. Students will be asked to attend some colloquium and/or seminar talks if possible.
Subsection 4.2 Written assignments
Subsubsection 4.2.1 Turning in written assignments
Homework submissions and grading will be paperless. You will turn in your homework by uploading PDFs to BlackBoard. PDFs should have filenames in the following format:
For example:598-Homework-〈number〉-〈your last name〉
598-Homework-01-Teitler.pdf.Subsubsection 4.2.2 Homework formatting
Homework must be typed in LaTeX. LaTeX tutorials are available online, e.g., https://www.latex-tutorial.com and https://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient/. You may wish to use a free online LaTeX system such as https://overleaf.com. (Overleaf includes a LaTeX tutorial.)
For legibility, use the 12pt option (\documentclass[12pt]{amsart}) and \linespread{2.4}. If you use figures, I recommend learning to use TikZ to generate high-quality figures within LaTeX. Alternatively you may use figures/plots generated in other programs such as Sage, Mathematica, Maple, or Inkscape, saved to PDF, and included in your document with commands like \includegraphics. It's also fine to include hand-drawn figures that you scanned or photoed.