Math 394, Probability I (3 credits), Winter 2019

• Office : Padelford C-333
• E-mail : hoffman (at) math (dot) washington (dot) edu
• Office hours : Tuesday 2:30-4:30

Course Information

• Description : (from the course catalog): Sample spaces; basic axioms of probability; combinatorial probability; conditional probability and independence; binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in MATH 126 or 2.0 in MATH 136; recommended: MATH 324 or MATH 327. Offered: jointly with STAT 394; AWS.
  
  
• Lecture : LOW 201, MWF 8:30-9:20
  
  
• Textbook : Anderson, Seppäläinen and Valkó, Introduction to Probability
  
  
  
• Grades : The grade for this class will be based on homework, one midterm and a final exam. The homework will be due in class on Wednesdays.
  
  
• Homework, Quizzes and Exams
  
  
  • Homework (20% of grade) There will be one homework assignment per week except the week of the midterm.
    
    
  • Midterm (30% of grade) In class on Wednesday February 13.
    
    
  • Final Exam (50% of grade) Tuesday, March 19, 8:30-10:20, LOW 201

Syllabus