Homework assignments are due prior to the beginning of the lectures on the scheduled dates. Homework submitted after the lecture begins will be considered late. Late homework will be penalized twenty percent of the earned score. No homework which is later than one week will be accepted unless there are extenuating circumstances. Such homework will be returned ungraded unless permission to submit it late is obtained from the instructor.

        It is recognized that occasional assignments will be missed for a variety of reasons including illnesses, family emergencies, term papers in others courses, lapses of memory, etc. For this reason your total homework score will be based on your best sixteen scores from the nineteen assignments. Thus you may miss or "bomb" three assignments without penalty.

        Each homework assignment consists of six equally weighted questions. Each question will be graded on the following point scale (except questions with multiple parts which may be graded with greater resolution):

    3 points - correct answer;

    2 points - nearly correct answer, small inaccuracies or inadequacies;

    1 point - incorrect answer, but with some redeeming elements of truth or reasoning; a correct "yes"/"no" response, or its equivalent, without explanation;

    0 points - totally incorrect answer, no answer, or wrong question answered.

        The maximum possible cumulative raw homework score will therefore be:

(19-3)[assignments] × 6[questions/assignment] × 3[points/question] = 288 points.

         The homework key for each assignment will be posted on the internet shortly after its submission deadline.