Those NEW to this COURSE, START HERE !

1. Go to  Orientation Materials for course orientation.  There will be NO orientation meeting.  Please read the orientation material.
   
   
2. Visit Important Dates and MARK your Calendar.
   
   
3. It is recommended that you follow the Sample Study Schedule.
   To complete this course, simply follow the instructions in that schedule.
   
   To have an overview of the course contents, go to the Table of Contents and Course Materials.
   
   Skip to 4, if you are going to follow the Sample Schedule.
   If you like to study the materials in an order different than the suggested schedule, go to Table of Contents and Course Materials and pick subjects at your own risk. They are ordered following the suggested schedule but you can visit them in any order through the Table of Contents.
   If you do not follow the suggested schedule, you still have to hand in homeworks by their due date and take the test and the exam on the specified date at the specified time. See "Test and Exam" and "Homework" below.
   
   
4. There is a textbook for this course, and you need it.
   
   
5. Communication with the instructor:
   
   
   • The main communication medium is e-mail.
   
   
   
6. Other information for your possible interest is given below.
   
   
7. If you need me,
   
   my e-mail address is     toida@cs.odu.edu