MA 114 Course Calendar
The schedule below lists the planned activities for this course. See the course syllabus for additional course information. Typos are possible. You are responsible for tracking university closures, final exam schedules, etc. through the NC State University Academic Calendar.
Due dates for assignments should be confirmed through Moodle. Always check the assignments themselves for specific dates. These due dates are tentative based on the start of the semester; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.
Week 1 (Monday, August 17 - Friday, August 21)
3.1, 4.1 - Systems of linear equations; Introduction to matrices
Assignments
- Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Monday, August 17)
- Intro to WebAssign (Friday, August 21)
- Entering Symbolic Answers (Friday, August 21)
Week 2 (Monday, August 24 - Friday, August 28)
4.1, 4.2 - Matrix Addition and Scalar Multiplication (Continued), Matrix algebra, elementary row operations
Assignments
- Homework 3.1 (Friday, August 28)
Week 3 (Monday, August 31 - Friday, September 4)
4.2, 3.2 - Matrix Multiplication, Elementary Row Operations (Continued)
Assignments
- Homework 4.1 (Friday, September 4)
Week 4 (Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 11)
3.3, 4.3 - Applications of GJ reduction, matrix inversion
Assignments
- Homework 4.2 (Friday, September 11)
- Homework 3.2 (Friday, September 11)
Important Dates
- Monday, September 7: Labor Day
Week 5 (Monday, September 14 - Friday, September 18)
4.5 - matrix inverses, Input-Output Models, Exam 1 (Covering 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.2)
📝 Midterm 1: Wednesday, September 16 -- Friday, September 18
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 6 (Monday, September 21 - Friday, September 25)
4.5, 5.1, 5.2 - Input-output models (Continued), linear inequalities
Assignments
- Homework 3.3 (Friday, September 25)
- Homework 4.3 (Friday, September 25)
Week 7 (Monday, September 28 - Friday, October 2)
5.2, 5.3 - The graphical method, intro to the simplex method
Assignments
- Homework 4.5 (Friday, October 2)
Week 8 (Monday, October 5 - Friday, October 9)
5.4, 6.1: The simplex method for standard and non-standard problems
Assignments
- Homework 5.1 (Friday, October 9)
Week 9 (Monday, October 12 - Friday, October 16)
6.1: Non-standard simplex problems (Continued); Introduction to sets, Exam 2 (Covering 4.3, 4.5, 5.1-5.4)
Assignments
- Homework 5.2 (Friday, October 16)
- Homework 5.3 (Friday, October 16)
Week 10 (Monday, October 19 - Friday, October 23)
6.2, 6.3 - Set operations, cardinality, and intro to decision algorithms
📝 Midterm 2: Wednesday, October 21 -- Friday, October 23
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Important Dates
- Monday, October 19 -- Tuesday, October 20: Fall Break (No classes) 🍂
Week 11 (Monday, October 26 - Friday, October 30)
6.4, 7.1, 7.2 - Decision algorithms, permutations and combinations, samples spaces and events
Assignments
- Homework 5.4 (Friday, October 30)
Week 12 (Monday, November 2 - Friday, November 6)
7.2, 7.3 - Relative frequency, probability with equally likely outcomes
Assignments
- Homework 6.1 (Friday, November 6)
Week 13 (Monday, November 9 - Friday, November 13)
7.4 - Probability and counting, conditional probability
Assignments
- Homework 6.2 (Friday, November 13)
- Homework 6.3 (Friday, November 13)
- Homework 6.4 (Friday, November 13)
- Homework 7.1 (Friday, November 13)
- Homework 7.2 (Friday, November 13)
Week 14 (Monday, November 16 - Friday, November 20)
Wrap up, study, and take Exam 3! (Covering 6.1-6.4, 7.1-7.4)
📝 Midterm 3: Wednesday, November 18 -- Friday, November 20
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 15 (Monday, November 23 - Friday, November 27)
Wrap up, study, and take the Final Exam! (Cumulative)
Important Dates
- Wednesday, November 25 -- Friday, November 27: Thanksgiving Holiday 🦃
Week 16 (Monday, November 30 - Friday, December 4)
Assignments
- Homework 7.3 (Tuesday, December 1)
- Homework 7.4 (Tuesday, December 1)
- Final Exam Opens (Thursday, December 3)
Week 17 (Monday, December 7 - Friday, December 11)
Assignments
- Final Exam Closes (Tuesday, December 8)