The department is forcing me :-) to go to a conference in Hawaii from Jan. 3 - 10, so I will miss the first week of class.  My teaching assistant or another faculty member will be present on Monday, January 7 to hand out a syllabus and to give further instructions for ISM 6938 and ISM 6485.  The syllabus  and schedule of assignments for both of these classes will be available for download at my web site.  jfc 12/31/2001