Goals of this Section

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This is the introduction to the overall course and it contains the syllabus as well as grade information.

By the end of this section students should be able to:

Know the goals of the course.
Understand what kinds of things to expect in this course.
Be familiar with the Contextual Based Learning approach.
Find the information they need that is contained in the syllabus.
Know how grades are calculated for this course, and calculate their own grades at any point in the semester.