MAT 16A (FALL 2008)

MAT 16A-002: SHORT CALCULUS (Fall 2009) (CRN 29323)
MWF 11-11:50AM, 3 Kleiber Hall

Instructor: Janko Gravner, 3210 Math, 752-0825,
email: [my last name, all lower case][at]math[dot]ucdavis[dot]edu.
Note: Please only use email in an emergency, e.g., if you are sick and you cannot reach me by phone. I will not reply to emails with questions about the class material, etc.
In an emergency, you may also contact the lead TA for this course, Jing Xia, to the address jxia[at]math[dot]ucdavis[dot]edu.
Off. Hrs: Mondays noon-1pm, Tuesdays 1-2pm, Wednesdays noon-1pm, or by appointment, at my office.

TA HELP: In the Calculus Room, 3118 Math. Hours are Monday through Friday, 11-6, and should be posted at Math Department Calculus Room info.
ADDITIONAL HELP: go to Math Department Learning Tools page.

PREREQUISITE: Math Placement Requirement. You will be dropped from this class if you do not satisfy the requirement!

TEXTBOOK: Math 16 for University of California, Davis, by R. E. Larson, B. H. Edwards (Cengage, 2009). Sections covered (in order): 1.1--1.5, 3.6, 1.6, 2.1, 8.1--8.3, 2.2--2.4, 8.4, 2.5--2.8, 3.1--3.8.
The book seems identical to Calculus: An Applied Approach, 7th Edition (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006), by the same authors, so feel free to get a used copy of this one.

GRADE:

Course grade will be based on the following:

Homework 50 points,

Midterm Exam 1 (Wednesday, October 21, in class): 100 points,

Midterm Exam 2 (Friday, November 20, in class): 100 points,

Final (Thursday, December 10, 10:30am--12:30pm, place TBA):200 points,

TOTAL: 450 points.

I will follow this grading curve:

0-40%: F

41-50%: D

51-65%: C

66-80%: B

81-100%: A

COMMENTS:

Please bear in mind that talking, cellphone ringing, newspaper reading, etc. disrupt the lectures.

If you have any problem at all that requires special accomodation, please let me know well in advance! In particular, the Student Disability Center asked me to post this message:

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 530/752-3184 or sdc@ucdavis.edu.

Exams (with solutions) from the last time I taught this course are available here. However, material presented in the lectures will be the basis for the exams. A few additional sample finals are available on the Math Dept.'s Sample Final Exams page.

Homework will be assigned every Wednesday, and will be due on the following Wednesday, by the end of the lecture. The homework will then be graded by graders as soon as possible, then returned to the boxes in the basement of Wellman Hall. Each assigned homework will have equal weight in the final homework score.

Since grading a homework assignment takes about a week, you may not get your last assignment back before a midterm. If you need that assignment to study, I suggest you make a copy of it before you hand it in.

Late homework will not be accepted under any circumstances, as it is a major inconvenience to the graders.

Use of books, notes, and calculators will not be allowed on any exam.

There will be no make-up exams. A missed exam counts as 0 points. If you miss the final you will automatically receive an F. The grade I (Incomplete) will not be given in any circumstances. If you miss the final because of illness or other emergency, please petition for the Retroactive Drop. I will support your petition. You will also need support from your College Dean, so please talk to them first.

Solutions for the midterms will be posted here.

MAT 16A-002: SHORT CALCULUS (Fall 2009) (CRN 29323) MWF 11-11:50AM, 3 Kleiber Hall

MAT 16A-002: SHORT CALCULUS (Fall 2009) (CRN 29323)
MWF 11-11:50AM, 3 Kleiber Hall