FALL  2011

Calculus, MAT 21A.

Sections  C1-C5.

When and where: MWF, 8:00-8:50 AM. HARING 2205.


Course homepage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kapovich/21a/21A.html

Instructor: Professor Michael Kapovich (kapovich@ucdavis.edu).

Office Hours: MF, 9:40 -10:30 AM.  2224 MSB.


Sections:

C1: T, 4:10-5:00 PM. HUTCH  115.   TA: Dustin Mayeda (dmayeda@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3131.  Office hours:  T, 2-3pm.

C2: T, 5:10-6:00 PM. HARING  1204.   TA: Amanda Back (aback@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3219.  Office hours:  M, 2-3pm.

C3: T, 6:10-7:00 PM. HARING  1204.   TA: Amanda Back (aback@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3219.  Office hours:  T, 10-11am.

C4: T, 7:10-8:00 PM. HART  1130.   TA: Kevin Schenthal (kschenth@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3202.  Office hours:  T, 2-4pm.

C5: T, 8:10-9:00 PM. HART  1130.  TA: Kevin Schenthal (kschenth@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3202.  Office hours:  T, 2-4pm.



Lead TA: James Polsinelli (polsi020@math.ucdavis.edu)
Office: 2117.  Office hours:  W, 11-11:50am.

Please, address the lead TA all the questions related to WebWork.

As long as you are registered for MAT21A, section C, you can attend any sections 1 through 5 of this class and come to office hours of any TA, including the Lead TA.  Note, however, that you will get back your graded exams during the discussion section you are assigned to.


For the issues like which courses you should take as a math major,
you can talk to undergraduate advisors at the math department
 


Course Description:
Prerequisites: two years of high school algebra, plane geometry, plane trigonometry, and analytic geometry, and satisfying the Mathematics Placement Requirement. We will cover: Functions, limits, continuity. Slope and derivative. Differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions. Applications to motion, natural growth, graphing, extrema of a function. Differentials. L'Hopital's rule.

Not open for credit to students who have completed course MAT-16B, MAT-16C, MAT-17B, or MAT-17C. Only 2 units of credit to students who have completed course MAT-16A or MAT-17A. GE credit: SciEng.



You do not need graphing calculators for this class, neither we will use any computer programs to do homework. The most important tool that you will be using in MAT-21ABCD sequence is your brain!  

Attendance of the class is encouraged but is not required. If you prefer, you can simply read the textbook. However, some things I will be doing in the class are different from the textbook. 
 
Additional information (formal syllabus)


Textbook:    Thomas' Calculus, Early Transcendentals, by Weir, Hass, 12th edition. Pearson/Addison-Wesley.


Note that we will not use the Media Upgrade provided by the publisher of the book in our class. In particular, you can buy a used copy of the textbook.

Sections of the textbook to be covered:

1.1-1.6; 2.1-2.6; 3.1-3.11; 4.1-4.7.

Pdf files of some lectures:

Lecture 1: 09/23/2011

Lecture 3: 09/28/2011

Lecture 4: 09/30/2011

Lecture 5: 10/3/2011

Lecture 6: 10/5/2011

Lecture 7: 10/7/2011

Lecture 8: 10/10/2011

Lecture 9: 10/12/2011

Lecture 10: 10/14/2011

Lecture 11: 10/17/2011

Lecture 12: 10/24/2011

Lecture 13: 10/26/2011

Lecture 14: 10/28/2011

Lecture 15: 10/31/2011

Lecture 16: 11/2/2011

Lecture 17: 11/4/2011

Lecture 18: 11/7/2011

Lecture 19: 11/9/2011

Lecture 20: 11/14/2011

Lecture 21: 11/16/2011

Lecture 22: 11/23/2011

Lecture 23: 11/28/2011

Lecture 24: 11/30/2011

Lecture 25: 12/2/2011


Exams:

Bring your student Id for all the exams: Midterms and Final!


There will be a comprehensive final examination and two midterm exams. Before each exam I will post material covered on the exam and a practice exam with solutions.

All exams are ``closed notes, closed book, not laptops, no calculators". Paper will be provided, just bring pen/pencil and eraser. 

You are not allowed cell phones (or other means of electronic communication such as PDAs) during the exams. If I (or a TA) see you having such a tool of electronic communication during an exam, it will be grounds for 0 score for the exam. If you are found cheating on an exam, you will get 0 score for this exam. 


Midterm 1: October 21 (Friday), Haring 2205.

Midterm 2: November 21 (Monday), Haring 2205.


Final  Exam:  Wednesday, December 7, 8:00—10:00 AM.  HARING 2205.  

 
Solutions for the exams, scores and grades will be posted at SmartSite page for this class.

Note for the students who are taking MAT-21A concurrently with MAT-21B: Since
the final exams for these classes are scheduled on the same date/time, send me an email
1 month prior to the final exam: Special arrangements will be provided for you.


Grading:

Homework =20%, Midterm I =20%, Midterm II =20%, Final Exam =40%.

There will be no makeup midterm given. If you miss a midterm for a medical reason (or another valid reason, like a sports competition, death in the family, etc.), the final exam will count for 60% (rather than 40%) and the midterm will not count. If you miss both midterms for a valid reason, the final exam will count for 80% and the midterms will not count. There are no makeups for the homework.

I will use curve for the final grade but the midterms and the final are not curved.

Cell phones: Turn them off before the class; repeated offenders' cell phones will be confiscated for (at least) 24 hours.


ADA Statement:

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the quarter to discuss any such accommodations for the course. You have to bring me a disability letter at least 7 days prior to the exam so I can make appropriate arrangements.



Important dates:


The first day of classes: Friday, September 23.  The last day of classes is Friday, December 2.  There will be no classes on Friday, November 11 (Veteran's Day) and November 24-25 (Thanksgiving Holiay).


Homework:


Homework will be done using WebWork, which is a free online homework grading system. Homeworks will be assigned every Monday and will be due next Monday, by 23:59 PM PST (regardless if it is/was a holiday or not). No late submission will be accepted. The first homework will be assigned on Monday, October 3.  Homework submission and grading will be done through WebWork.


Visit this web page weekly for homework assignments.  


Visit this web page  to learn how to use WebWork (if you did not use it before).