How to proceed through this course: 

First, review the blackboard web site thoroughly and get familiar with where things are.  Next, review the syllabus in detail and visit the Schedule.  Note that the Schedule will be something you visit frequently and you can bookmark the link to the external content for quick access (won't have to login to blackboard.fhsu.edu to get here).

Typically, you'll read and prepare homework on a weekly basis:

• Read the on-line lessons and the textbook chapters as indicated on the course schedule. Also review audio and screencasts related to the lesson posted or linked on the class web site on blackboard.fhsu.edu.  BE PATIENT when loading screencasts as they are large files and the server has to work hard to push out that content.
• Complete the homework assignments (assigned problems are listed on the assignment area of your course on blackboard.fhsu.edu). Make a first attempt at the homework well before the due date so you can ask questions with enough time to get an answer before you have to hand it in.
• Submit your homework on blackboard.fhsu.edu
• Complete an undergraduate student project or a graduate student term paper as described in the syllabus.
• Hand in required assignments by the due date.
• Prepare and complete take home exams in a timely manner to the best of your ability.

You must activate your Tigertracks account which then allows you to use your mail.fhsu.edu e-mail account. Check your e-mail regularly, or forward it to an account that you will check regularly. The instructor will use the blackboard e-mail function to make announcements to class on occassion and blackboard will send e-mail by default to your mail.fhsu.edu e-mail.

Some old practice exams are available below in .PDF format.  Work through the problems and check your understanding of the concepts. I don't have solution guides for these and even though they are old, I might actually use some of these questions again on a real exam sometime.

Practice exam 3

Practice Exam 2

Practice Exam 1

Used with permission of the Author; Copyright (C) Kevin A. Shaffer 1998 - 2022, all rights reserved.