Instructor: Prof. Joel Hass
Office: 2222 MSB
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 2:10-3 PM in 2222 MSB.
email: hass(at symbol)math.ucdavis.edu
Note: If you email me or a TA, please put "21A Fall 2011" on the subject line.
Otherwise it is likely that your email will go into a junk folder.
Announcements: The first discussion sections will meet on September 22nd as scheduled. The first sections will be a chance to get introduced to your TA and to webworks, our homework system.
Enrollment: If you have questions about enrolling in the class, please see the Undergraduate Staff in 1130 MSB. They have up to date information on waiting lists, likelihood of openings, etc. Class access is limited by classroom capacity and cannot be overridden by a PTA.
If you have routine questions about homework, webworks, class organization etc, please check first with your TA.
The course grade will be based on the following formula:
Homework: 15%.
There will be weekly homework and the lowest homework grade will be dropped.
Quizzes: 20%. Four quizzes will be given in discussion section. The lowest will be dropped. No makeup quizzes.
Midterm: 25%. Scheduled for Monday, Nov 7, 2011 in class.
Final: 40%. Scheduled for Wednesday, Dec 7th, 8-10 AM.
In addition to the graded homework, I will assign each week about 10-15 exercises from the textbook. These will be guides to the type of problem that will appear on the exams. In fact one or more exam problems will be very similar to these exercises. I will list these exercises weekly on the web page 21A HW. There will be four quizzes given in your discussion section. I will base your quiz grade on the highest 3 quiz scores, dropping one. The quiz problems will be similar to exam problems and will be carefully graded to give you feedback on how to write up a solution to a math problem. Each quiz will consist of roughly one problem, whereas the midterm will have about five and the final will have about ten.
How to do well in this class Doing well in this class requires a time committment. We will not have enough time in lectures to give detailed discussions of all topics. You should be prepared for class by looking at the textbook ahead of time, and by reviewing it after class. Do the ungraded assigned exercises. They are not easy and will require some thought, but if you master them you should be well prepared for the exams.
The Final Exam will be held Wednesday, Dec 7th, 8-10 AM.
Syllabus
The official department syllabus is found at
Course syllabus.
Textbook: Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 12th Edition, by Thomas, Weir and Hass.
ISBN-10: 0-321-58876-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-58876-0
You may find this book split up into two halves. The first half
(called Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals Single Variable, 12th Edition)
covers 21A and 21B. The second part
(called Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals Multivariable, 12th Edition")
covers 21C and 21D material. If you are planning to take only one or two quarters of calculus, you may want to just buy the single variables text.
If you get a version with MyMathLab you might find that useful, but it is not required.
You do not need to buy any solutions manuals or other books.
Sample Finals and old Finals from 21A can be found at the links below:
See Past Exams.
Old exams from around the country: Exams with solutions
UCD Student Academic Success Center, 2205 Dutton Hall, Phone: 752-3000.
They run workshops to review areas such as trigonometry and algebra. Free tutoring. Also have lots of other resources.
UCD Counseling Center, 219 North Hall, Phone: 752-0871.