::math 16c:: syllabus

course:

mat-16c-001 (summer session 1)

instructor:

Ezra Gouvea

title:

short calculus

web site:

http://math.ucdavis.edu/~ezrag

meeting:

MTWRF 9:00--9:50 A (hart 1130)

email:

ezrag

math.ucdavis.edu

crn:

56514

office hours
(in kerr 475):

M	10--11
T	1--2
W	11--12
Th	12--1
F	10--11

Welcome to the third quarter of "short calculus" at UC Davis! This is a six week course, with five lectures a week; so take extra care to stay on top of the material. If you find yourself falling behind (or, better yet, before you fall behind), you may need to take a new approach to learning. You might want to try to:

read the book---(especially if you feel lost during the lecture) try reading the relevant section (check the tentative lecture schedule) before you come to class, after class, while you're doing homework, etc. (reading math is not like reading some other subjects---you must concentrate on what the author is saying, and it's perfectly normal to have to read a passage three, five, or ten times);
participate in lecture---try to follow along and ask questions when something doesn't make sense;
find a study group---reading the book will be easier if you have a study buddy to help cure your apathy and confusion;
come to office hours---I am here to help (also, this might be a good place to start looking for a study group); and
do your homework---it will help.

Information

The prerequisite for this class is math 16b (or 21b), and we will continue to use Larson and Edwards' Calculus: An Applied Approach (6th edition) as the text-book. We will be studying differential equations, functions of several variables, infinite series, and Taylor polynomials.

There will be three exams, and nine homework assignments (graded on a curve calculated at the end of the class). You are encouraged to work together on homework; but all work that you turn in must be written by you, and you must understand it well enough to reproduce on your own. Of course, no form of group work is allowed during the exams.

	::grading::
exam 1	................25%
exam 2	................25%
exam 3 (final)	................25%
homework	................25%

Resources

There is a sample exam (1) to help you study for exam 1. But do not expect our exam to be similar. Make sure to note that this sample doesn't include section 7.3.
Here are the solutions to exam 1.
There is a sample exam (2) to help you study for exam 2.
Here are the solutions to exam 2.
There is a sample exam (3) to help you study for exam 3. But, again, do not expect our exam to be similar.
Here are the solutions to exam 3.

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