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• Mathematics is a difficult subject to learn. Your complete attendance in all class sessions and working on as many exercises as you can, are essential for you to understand the material in addition to passing the course successfully.

• I highly welcome your contribution to class discussions. Please share with me any difficulties or concerns you have; to the extent that my ability, time, and knowledge permits, I will try to resolve your difficulties.

• If there are particular scientific problems you want me to discuss during class sessions, please tell me about them by personal talk, via email, etc. To the extent that class time and scope permits, I will try to have discussions about them.

• Please attend the class on time and be prepared to be in the classroom for the whole duration of class; please avoid coming late and leaving early as your movement in the class will cause other students to lose concentration on class discussions, and it will take some time before they get their concentration back.

• Please turn your cellphone, pager, watch, and any other sound-making devices off when you come to the class; the sound will cause other students to lose concentration on class discussions, and it will take some time before they get their concentration back.

• Your difficulties must be resolved during my office hours. If it is not possible for you to come during office hours, send me an email stating why you cannot come during office hours, and we will arrange an appointment to meet at a time suitable for both of us.

• I have the assumption that you understand and value academic integrity and consider it below your dignity to violate it. Plagiarism and cheating on quizzes and exams will result in breakage of trust and association.

• Everyone is most welcome to attend any of my classes as listener, without any restriction on my part, as long as university regulations allow.

 Acting as my TA

• I highly welcome your inclination and enthusiasm to assist me in carrying out teaching tasks. Please send me an email stating your desire to be the TA and your reasons why your consider yourself qualified for the job. You should obviously have already passed the course, or its equivalent, successfully in previous semesters.

• In selection of TAs for my classes, I strongly favor students who have attended my classes. Your chances of being admitted as my TA are significantly higher if you have already passed a course with me so that I know your attitude, personality, and work habits, to be able to determine whether we can smoothly work together.

 Graduate Seminar Classes

• What is a graduate seminar course?

• Graduate seminar courses are offered with the aim of assisting graduate students develop and enhance their oral and written presentation skills.

• What should I expect from a graduate seminar course?

• Whenever offered, my seminar classes are held weekly at the scheduled time. I spend the first session discussing presentation guidelines. In each of the following sessions, a seminar somehow related to the title of the seminar course is given by one of the students, by an invited colleague, or by me.

• How many seminars am I expected to present?

• You must present at least one seminar during the semester. If number of registered students is low, you may be required to present two seminars.

• Is attendance mandatory?

• If you have formally taken the seminar course and expect a transcript grade to be determined and sent by me at the end of the semester, yes your attendance in all seminar sessions is mandatory, and 5% will be subtracted from your seminar transcript grade for absence from each session.

• I am an undergraduate student. Can I take a graduate seminar course with you?

• You must come to my office for us to talk about it. I permit you take my graduate seminar course only if you have passed all the mandatory basic courses in the B.S. program, and only if I am convinced that taking the seminar course will be beneficial for you.

• Can I audit your seminar classes (attend as listener)?

• Everyone is most welcome to attend any of my classes as listener, without any restriction on my part, as far as university regulations allow.

• If I audit your seminar class, will I be given a chance to present a seminar?

• I highly appreciate your inclination to contribute to my classes. Formally registered students have naturally a higher priority for presenting seminars since their presentation will determine their transcript grade. If there is extra time, you are most welcome to present a seminar.

• Will I pass the course if I attend all seminar classes but do not present any seminar?

• No. You must present at least one seminar to pass the course. The quality of your presentation, together with your class attendance record, will determine your transcript grade. Without presenting a seminar, you will not pass the seminar course.