ASTR 10, Vista College, Spring 2004
Instructors: Dr. Korpela
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Homework Assignments
The purpose of the homework sets is to help you understand course material
better. The problems will be a mixture of short answer questions and
quantitative problems.
Homework assignments are due at the beginning of each class. Since I don't
want any of us to fall too far behind, late homeworks will only be accepted
for one week, with a penalty of 50%. Each homework will contribute
slightly more than 1% to your final grade.
Please be as neat as possible in your write-ups. It is difficult to grade
something that cannot be read, and I will not waste my time trying to
decipher illegible material. Please clearly write your name on every page
you turn in, and please staple multiple pages together.
I encourage you to discuss homework assignments with one another. Do not,
however, copy from one another. Turn in your own homework, written up in
your own way. If you work together in a group, please
put the names of the other people in your group at the beginning of your
homework.
You MUST explain your answers!
Credit will not be given unless I am convinced you understand the material.
This means that on the problems which are mostly mathematical or involve
diagrams you will not get full credit just by writing down equations and
numbers. You must explain, in words, what it is you are doing with the math.
This not only lets me know that you understand, but it will help you not
get lost.
Despite this, brevity is desirable. No answer should be longer than
a single short paragraph, unless more is specified in the question.