Exam Information

4/26/25

The department and university have issued further updates to the conditions under which the Final Exam must be administered. Based on these updates:

• The exam will be open notes, homework solutions, study question solutions, program comments.
• For those taking the exam remotely, the pdf file will be made available on the class Canvas page shortly before the prompt start of the exam at 10:00. You must be connected to the zoom link https://fsu.zoom.us/my/kagallivan Links to an external site. (available on my home page) around 9:45 so all of you can be admitted and the communication reliability verified. You are required to scan and upload your solutions immediately on receiving instructions to so do at the end of the time allotted for the exam.
• For those. taking the exam in the classroom, you must arrive around 9:45 so the hard copies can be distributed to allow the prompt start of the exam at 10:00.
• For those who have not yet done so, send me or Yue email indicating your choice of location for taking the exam or your choice to not take the exam.
• Due to the mixed nature of the method of administration of the exam, the starting and ending instructions will be strictly enforced.
• You are encouraged to not rely excessively on your access to notes. Creating an index into your sources is encouraged to increase the efficiency of any note access you perform.
• Finally, anyone requesting an incomplete must have the agreement completed before the time of the Final Exam. Anyone, not showing up for the exam without a completed incomplete or not having sent the email mentioned above, will be assumed to have chosen not to take the exam and your grade will be finalized accordingly.

4/22/25

1. The university has updated its Final Exam policy for this semester. A remote option will be provided. For FCM 2 this will be done at the same time as the in-class Final Exam. It will be done using the zoom link used for class office hours and remote meetings. 

2. Anyone, who plans to take the Final Exam and use this option should email me ASAP.

4/21/25

1. The Final Exam is Thursday May 1, 2025, 10:00 -- 12:00 in the usual classroom under the same rules as Exams 1 and 2.

2. The exam is comprehensive and covers through material in Set 32 on Implicit RK methods. If there is time this week the material in Set 33 will be discussed in the lectures but you are not responsible for it on the Final Exam.

4/2/25

1. Exam 2 will be held in the usual classroom 232 LOV

3/31/25

1. The last material on Exam 2 is Gauss Quadrature, i.e., Set 25 and associated homework and study problems.

3/26/25

1. Exam 2 will be Tuesday 4/8/25 at 6:30 PM in a classroom to be announced later. As with Exam 1, send email if you are not available at that time giving times when you are absolutely unavailable. The intention is to operate as with Exam 1, i.e., a small number of students take the exam on Wednesday evening.

2. Exam 2 will be conducted under the same rules as Exam 1.

3. Coverage for Exam 2 starts with Set 16 and goes through to Gauss quadrature in Set 25 along with all of the study questions and graded homework material associated with these sets. (The sections indicated to be for you reference only are not covered, e.g. Peano kernel theory.)

2/17/25

1. Exam 1 will be Tuesday February 25 at 6:30 PM in the regular classroom. An alternate earlier session will be held for those that are unavoidably unavailable. You must get approval to take the exam in the alternate session.

2. Exam 1 will cover all of the class material through Set 15.

3. You may prepare and use 2, 8 inch by 11 inch, sheets of paper with handwritten notes only on both sides of each sheet. Any attempt to use any other reference material other than the two pieces of paper will result in a failing grade on the exam.

2/10/25

1. Exam 1 will be the week of February 24. Currently, I plan it to be Tuesday 2/25 at 6:30 PM in the usual classroom. Each of you are requested to send email to kgallivan@fsu.edu indicating if this is an acceptable time and listing all of the other times after 6:00PM that week you are not available. The latter information will allow the scheduling of the exam at a different time or an alternate time for, hopefully, a small number of students.

1/4/25

1. The Final Exam is Thursday May 1, 2025, 10:00 -- 12:00.

2. This is the time currently listed on the Registrar's website. It should be checked for changes before Final Exam Week.