Syllabus for Math 17A, Sections A01-A06
Fall Quarter 2007
Instructor:
 Professor Bob Guy
Office:
 MSB 2136
Email:
 guy@math.ucdavis.edu
Phone:
 754-9201
Textbook:
 C. Neuhauser Calculus for Biology and Medicine (prepared exclusively for UCD Math Dept. from the 2nd ed.) 2004, Pearson Custom Publ.**
Webpage:
 http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~guy/teaching/math17a/
Homework and announcements will be posted here.
Class:
 MWF 1:10-2:00 in CHEM 194;  Discussion on Thursdays according to section (see below).
Office Hours: 
TBA
** The content of the book is identical to that of C. Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 2nd ed., 2003, Prentice Hall.

Discussion Sections and Teaching Assistants
The discussion sections meet on Thursday.  The times and places for these meeting are listed below.  In these sessions, you will take quizzes, and your TA will use the remainder of the time to go over concepts and problems.  In addition to running discussion sections, all TAs will hold office hours.  These will be posted as soon as possible. 

Section
 Location
 Time
 TA
 Office
 Email
A01 ART 204 4:10-05:00 PM Anastasia Raymer MSB 3229 araymer@math.ucdavis.edu
A02 OLSON 205 5:10-06:00 PM Anastasia Raymer MSB 3229 araymer@math.ucdavis.edu
A03 OLSON 205 6:10-07:00 PM Sonny Mohammadzadeh MSB 3123 green351@math.ucdavis.edu
A04 CRUESS 107 7:10-08:00 PM Colin Middleton MSB 3202 cmiddleton@ucdavis.edu
A05 OLSON 147 7:10-08:00 PM Andrew Port MSB 2232
 aaport@math.ucdavis.edu
A06 CRUESS 107 8:10-09:00 PM Thomas Hunt MSB 3125 hunttw@math.ucdavis.edu

Lead TA:  Hillel Raz, MSB 2125, hraz@math.ucdavis.edu The lead TA will hold office hours and is responsible for the administration of the class.   Please contact Hillel with questions on adding, dropping, grading, etc.

Quizzes
For each week there is not an exam, there will be a short quiz (10-15 minutes) at the beginning of your discussion section.  Your two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.  There will be no make-up quizzes given for any reason.  You must take the quiz in the discussion section for which you are registered.

Exams
We will have two midterm exams during the quarter and a comprehensive final exam.   Make-up exams will only be given for university excused absences and must be arranged in advance with the lead TA and the instructor.  The exam dates are given below so plan accordingly. 
Midterm 1
 Friday, October 26th
Midterm 2
 Friday, November 30th
Final Exam
 Thursday, December 13th, 6:00-8:00 PM

Grading
Your grade will be based on your performance on quizzes, midterms, and the final.  The weights for each of these are as follows:
Quizzes (best 5 of 7)
 20%
Midterm 1
 20%
Midterm 2
 20%
Final Exam
 40%

Homework
Homework will be assigned daily, but it will not be collected or graded.  It is up to you to keep up with assignments.  Completing the homework is crucial for most students to do well in the course.  If you need to do more problems than what I assign, do them.  Do not fall behind on your homework because understanding new material requires that you understand previous sections.  The quiz problems will be based on the homework.

Calculators
Your homework, quizzes, and exams may require the use of a calculator.  Any scientific calculator will be sufficient.  If you forget to bring your calculator to a quiz or exam, one will NOT be loaned to you and you may NOT share with someone in the class.

Prerequisites
You will be dropped from the course if you have not satisfied one of the following
Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning,  psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable  accommodations must contact the Student Disability Center (SDC). Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the SDC. If you have any questions, please contact the SDC at 752-3184 or sdc@ucdavis.edu.

Learning Skills Center
The Learning Skills Center (2205 Dutton Hall, 752-2013) offers free tutoring and runs a Math 17A workshop Tuesday and Thursday 12:10-1:00 PM in 3216 Dutton.

Some Important Dates
October 24, Last day to drop the class;  
November 12, Veteran's Day Holiday;  
November 22-23, Thanksgiving Break