Instructor: Tatiana Xifara
Office: Baskin Engineering 365B
Email: xifara@soe.ucsc.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:00 pm
Lectures:Tuesday, Thursday 10:00-11:45 am, Kresge Clsrm 321
Required Text: Probability and Statistics. Fourth Edition (if you have the third edition that's fine too). Addison Wesley. M.H. DeGroot and M.J. Schervish (2002).
Additional Reference: A First Course in Probability (sixth edition). S. Ross. Prentice Hall
Course Objectives:The course aims to provide an introduction to the basic
ideas of probability, distribution theory and their applications. The main goal is to develop
basic mathematical tools to consider models that incorporate uncertainty using a probabilistic framework.
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Discussion Sections:
Tutoring
Tutoring may be available, if a suitable tutor can be found. If you know anyone who might be a good tutor for this course, please let me know.
If you qualify for classroom accomodations because of a disability, please submit your Accomodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me during my office hours in the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact the DRC at 459-2089 V, 459-4806 TTY.
You are reminded of the University's Policy on Academic Integrity. I hope not to have to remind any of you individually about this policy.
"In Praise of Lectures" gives some ideas about the purpose of lectures, note-taking, and not being afraid to ask questions. It's target audience is more advanced mathematics students, but everything it says applies here. Think about the ideas it presents, and you will have a better time in AMS131 lectures. In particular