Your course grade will be based on problem sets and a research paper.

1. Participation (5%)

Your-class contributions and your journal

2. Problem sets (35%)

We will have seven problem sets, all to be found on our Canvas page.

3.  Mid-term (25%)

We will have one mid-term (Thursday, April 7

4.  Research paper (35%)

Your research paper (detailed on the “Exercises and research project“) page will be due on the last day of exam period (Tuesday, May 24th).