"I think the course will be very easy, but I am thinking of taking it as a review. What is the minimum amount of work that's required?"

The minimum required work in this course includes all of these:

• Complete the required work in the software before or during the weeks indicated in the course outline.
• Complete the required class participation activities.
• Complete the homework according to the guidelines and mail it in by the deadlines.
• Complete the exams by the deadlines.

If this seems like more work than you need to do to learn the material, then this is not the right course for you.

If any of this is a problem, please email me and let's discuss it.

If you do enroll in the course and then find that you are unable to meet the deadlines, I certainly want to help you but you must email me with details to start a discussion about it. You will be required to report to me regularly (a couple of times each week), and spend additional time on the software, so that I can be sure that you will be able to finish the course. You will also be required to work productively on the software for about 8 hours each week until you catch up (perhaps longer if you are more than a week behind).

How can I predict?

If you expect to only do the minimum required work in the software, I encourage you to try the software first. Read the details above and try it on a lesson or two to see if you really are able to do all the Pretest problems. Once you are enrolled in the course, you'll need to do whatever it takes to learn the material, not just the minimum.

I recommend that you look over the Test Reviews before you start the course. Probably you can just go down the list of problems and develop a pretty good idea of how many of those problems you could do easily and correctly without review.