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, January 12 - Friday, January 16)
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. (Friday, January 16)
- Intro to WebAssign (Friday, January 16)
- Entering Symbolic Answers (Friday, January 16)
Week 2 (Monday, January 19 - Friday, January 23)
4.1, 4.2 - Matrix Addition and Scalar Multiplication (Continued), Matrix algebra, elementary row operations
Assignments
- Homework 3.1 (Friday, January 23)
Important Dates
- Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Week 3 (Monday, January 26 - Friday, January 30)
4.2, 3.2 - Matrix Multiplication, Elementary Row Operations (Continued)
Assignments
- Homework 4.1 (Friday, January 30)
Week 4 (Monday, February 2 - Friday, February 6)
3.3, 4.3 - Applications of GJ reduction, matrix inversion
Assignments
- Homework 4.2 (Friday, February 6)
- Homework 3.2 (Friday, February 6)
Week 5 (Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13)
4.5 - matrix inverses, Input-Output Models, Exam 1 (Covering 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.2)
Assignments
- Homework 3.3 (Friday, February 13)
- Homework 4.3 (Friday, February 13)
📝 Midterm 1: Tuesday, February 10 -- Thursday, February 12
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 6 (Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20)
4.5, 5.1, 5.2 - Input-output models (Continued), linear inequalities
Assignments
- Homework 4.5 (Friday, February 20)
Week 7 (Monday, February 23 - Friday, February 27)
5.2, 5.3 - The graphical method, intro to the simplex method
Assignments
- Homework 5.1 (Friday, February 27)
Week 8 (Monday, March 2 - Friday, March 6)
5.4, 6.1: The simplex method for standard and non-standard problems
Assignments
- Homework 5.2 (Friday, March 6)
- Homework 5.3 (Friday, March 6)
Week 9 (Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13)
6.1: Non-standard simplex problems (Continued); Introduction to sets, Exam 2 (Covering 4.3, 4.5, 5.1-5.4)
Assignments
- Homework 5.4 (Friday, March 13)
📝 Midterm 2: Tuesday, March 10 -- Thursday, March 12
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 10 (Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20)
Spring Break
Important Dates
- Monday, March 16 -- Friday, March 20: Spring Break 🌸
Week 11 (Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27)
6.2, 6.3 - Set operations, cardinality, and intro to decision algorithms
Assignments
- Homework 6.1 (Friday, March 27)
Week 12 (Monday, March 30 - Friday, April 3)
6.4, 7.1, 7.2 - Decision algorithms, permutations and combinations, samples spaces and events
Assignments
- Homework 6.2 (Friday, April 3)
- Homework 6.3 (Friday, April 3)
Week 13 (Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10)
7.2, 7.3 - Relative frequency, probability with equally likely outcomes
Assignments
- Homework 6.4 (Friday, April 10)
- Homework 7.1 (Friday, April 10)
- Homework 7.2 (Friday, April 10)
Week 14 (Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17)
7.4 - Probability and counting, conditional probability
Assignments
- Homework 7.3 (Friday, April 17)
- Homework 7.4 (Friday, April 17)
📝 Midterm 3: Friday, April 17 -- Tuesday, April 21
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 15 (Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24)
Wrap up, study, and take Exam 3! (Covering 6.1-6.4, 7.1-7.4)
Week 16 (Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1)
Wrap up, study, and take the Final Exam! (Cumulative)
Assignments
- Final Exam Opens (Wednesday, April 29)
Week 17 (Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8)
Assignments
- Final Exam Closes (Monday, May 4)