As of 3:20pm, class is cancelled for December 5, 2002. I will make up Exam 3 as follows:

1. Plan to take the Final Exam on December 12 at 8:30pm in the classroom.

2. The material that is currently Exam 3 will appear as a portion of the Final.

3. It will be graded separately out of 100 points and used to complete your grading matrix.

4. It will also be divided by 3 and used to calculate your final grade.

So, if you take it and get 84, lets say, that will work in with your other 2 exam scores (lowest of these 3 dropped). Also, it will contribute 28 (84/3) points towards your final exam grade, with the rest of the final worth 67 points. So if you get 55 on the rest of the final, your total final exam is worth 83 points.

IMPORTANT: If UMBC announces a makeup day for December 5, ignore it for this class. I will not plan to use any makeup day they give us. Of course, if something comes up to disrupt December 12th, then it's back to the drawing board!

Homework 5 will be collected on December 12th as well.

Good luck with your studying! If you have any questions, send me an email (artola@umbc.edu) or catch me as "artola3" in Instant Messenger.

- Paul Artola