Course Syllabus
MA 406 General Topology Spring 2014
Lectures will be in MB1 at 11:05 AM on Wednesdays and Fridays; Tutorials
at 11:35 AM on Mondays.
Course Text
General Topology by Stephen Willard.
Course Description
Prerequisite: This course assumes knowledge of Real Analysis MA 413.
We will cover Sections 1-9,13-19,26-28 in the book. If time permits we
will discuss some or all of the sections 20, 22,23, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44.
Grading
Tutorials/Quizzes | : 2 + 28 = 30 %
|
Midterm Exam | : 30 % |
Final | : 40% |
Tutorials
Tutorials will be assigned every week and will be posted on Tutorial site for the class.
Tutorials are meant to help you learn the material regularly. You are
expected to have spent some time thinking about the tutorial problems
before they are
discussed in class. During the tutorial you may be asked to write up the
solution of a problem and submit it. There will be marks assigned to the
submitted tutorials.
Exams
The final exam will be comprehensive. Make up exams will be offered only
when you have a valid excuse. If you
are cleared by Dean of Student Affairs to be excused from an exam then
you should talk to me to arrange for a make up exam.