Semester OS

Built from the two syllabi you provided: linear algebra (sessions scheduled Mon-Wed-Fri) and intro algorithms (lectures scheduled Tue-Thu). The plan maps both published schedules onto your term (Feb 3 through May 16, break week of Mar 24), consolidates every deadline into one calendar, flags the crunch weeks, sets a weekly rhythm, and runs your linear algebra grade math at the end. All 23 dated items come from the two syllabi; the two finals carry TBC dates because both are registrar-scheduled in finals week.

Course requirements

Linear algebra (3 lectures plus 1 recitation per week), from the syllabus grading section:

Intro algorithms (2 lectures plus 2 recitations per week), from the syllabus grading section:

Master deadline calendar

Mapping assumptions: linear algebra sessions run MWF from Feb 3, skipping break week; algorithms lectures run Tue-Thu from Feb 4, same skip. Quiz dates are as you supplied.

Pattern note: linear algebra sets land on Wednesdays except where an exam shifts the week; algorithms set dates cluster irregularly, with problem set 3 and problem set 4 due 48 hours apart.

Crunch-week heat map

Weekly operating rhythm

You did not give a weekly study-hours figure, so blocks are sized at defaults; say the word and I re-cut them.

• Mon, Wed, Fri after each linear algebra lecture: 30-minute same-day block. Notes consolidation plus two worked examples.
• Tue, Thu after each algorithms lecture: 45-minute same-day block. Lecture notes plus opening the current problem set.
• Wed evening: linear algebra problem set session. The MWF pattern lands sets on Wednesdays; start each set two sessions before it is due.
• Thu evening: algorithms problem set session, same start rule.
• Wed evening, 20 minutes: recitation prep for both courses. The algorithms syllabus ties recitation attendance to quiz performance, so this block protects the quiz weeks.
• Sun: 60-minute weekly review, 30 minutes per course, heavier on whichever course has a HIGH week next.
• Exam prep windows (Feb 24, Mar 4, Mar 31, Apr 8, Apr 28, finals) override the standing rhythm.

Policy flags

• Algorithms late policy: 1 percent off per six minutes past the deadline, no credit after ten hours. It is the sharpest deadline of your term; every algorithms set gets submitted the day before.
• Algorithms sets: collaboration allowed, write-ups written alone, collaborators listed. Proofs go into the grading tool in LaTeX, with your critique of the posted solution due by the next lecture.
• Linear algebra homework: talking with other students encouraged, solutions written by you. Some problems require MATLAB.
• Linear algebra exams: calculators and notes are both prohibited.

Grade math: linear algebra

Target 90, problem set average 85 so far, problem sets worth 15 percent.

• Points earned toward target: 0.15 x 85 = 12.75
• Remaining weight: exams 45 + final 40 = 85 percent
• Needed average on remaining work: (90 - 12.75) / 0.85 = 90.9 percent

Assumption on record: the three exams are worth 15 percent each, split from the stated 45 total. In plain terms, an 85 problem-set average leaves almost no cushion: you need to average 90.9 percent on every exam and the final to finish at 90.

Delivery report

23 dated deadlines plus 2 TBC finals are on the calendar; the per-exam split is the one assumed number, flagged in both the requirements table and the math. Crunch weeks: Feb 24, Mar 3, Mar 10, Apr 7, Apr 14, May 5, and the finals stretch. First action this week: start both problem set 1s now and submit each by the day before its due date.

Next steps: confirm both registrar final dates and I will replace the TBC rows; send scores as they arrive and I will re-run the standing math; when an exam is a week out, hand me the lecture notes and I can build the study kit against the crunch schedule.