Math/Stat 302 102 Introduction to Probability Winter 2000
http://www.math.ubc.ca/  athreya/302

Instructor: Siva Athreya
Time: 4:30-6:30
Room: BUCH D339
Day: M,W.
Office: 236, Mathematics Building.
Office hours: Monday at 2-3pm, Tuesday at 3:30-4:30pm, or by appointment.

Text: Introduction to Probability and its Applications, Second Edition, by Richard L. Scheaffer.

Syllabus: Section: 1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.7, 3.1-3.9, 4.1-4.4 (4.5 included October 25th), 4.6,4.10, 5.1-5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1-6.5, 7.1-7.4.

E-Mail: My e-mail address is athreya@math.ubc.ca. Please send me an email, so that I can put you on the class list. If you haven't obtained an e-mail account, then information on setting one up is available at http://www.firstyear.ubc.ca/orientations/e-mail.asp

WWW-page: I shall maintain a course home-page, at the following address:
http://www.math.ubc.ca/   athreya/302 . The page should serve as a useful archive.

Project: Each of us will do an independent study project dealing with an application of probability and submit a report. There will be a list of subjects to choose from. The project will be graded on the report's material content, amount studied and referenced, presentation and the results achieved. I shall keep you posted on this as the semester progresses.

Worksheet: We shall be doing a worksheet in many classes. The worksheet will have problems on the material discussed in class either that day or the previous day. It will occupy the last half-hour of the class.

Quizzes: There will be a 15 minute quiz every Wednesday. The topics will be announced in class the previous wednesday.

Exams: There shall be three exams in the semester.
Triterm 1: October, 18th
Triterm 2: November 15th
Final Exam: December **

Grading: Triterm 1 is worth 25 % of the grade. Triterm 2 is worth 25 % of the grade. Final exam is worth 35 % of the grade. The project is worth 10 %. The quizzes consists of 5 % of the grade.

Following is a tentative schedule for the material covered in class, from the text. Please try to read the chapters before the lectures in which they are covered.

Date	Chapter		Date	Chapter
Sept. 6	2.1,2.2,2.3		Oct. 23 -25	4.6,4.10,5.1,5.2
Sept. 11-13	2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7		Oct. 30 - Nov.1	5.3,5.4,5.6,5.7
Sept. 18 - 20	3.1,3.2,3.3		Nov. 6 - 8	6.1,6.2,6.3
Sept. 25 - 27	3.4,3.5,3.6,3.7		Nov. 13 - 15	6.4,Review, Triterm II
Oct. 2 - 4	3.8,3.9,4.1		Nov. 20- 22	6.5,7.1,7.2
Oct. 11	4.2,4.3		Nov. 27- Nov. 29	7.3,7.4, Review
Oct. 16 -18	4.4,Review, Triterm I

Studying and Homework: The course requires at least two hours of study for each hour of class time. Homework will be announced in class and posted on the web. It is imperative that you try,(and write up solutions for), the homework problems before their respective due dates. The problems given are a small selection so please do try other problems for practice from the text. You are encouraged to work together on solving the problems. We shall try to discuss the homework for a few minutes in class.

Feedback: Please feel free to drop by my office during office hours, to clear up difficulties or to just discuss mathematics. I would appreciate feedback from you as the course progresses. If there are suggestions/clarifications that you have then feel free to ask me.