MAT 21C Calculus, Professor Naoki Saito, Spring Quarter 2008

Instructor: Professor Naoki Saito, 2142 Mathematical Sciences Building (MSB), e-mail: nsaito@ucdavis.edu

However, please direct all administrative emails to the Lead TA Ernest Woei woei@math.ucdavis.edu.
If there are any problems or questions, direct them first to the lead TA. If this proves insufficient, then email me, or preferably, see me in my office hours.

Course Outline: Check out the syllabus. We will cover Chapters 11 (Infinite Sequences and Series), 12 (Vectors and the Geometry of Space), 14 (Partial Derivatives), and 13 (Vector-Valued Functions) in that order (except those sections not listed in the syllabus).

Prerequisite: A passing grade in MAT 21B or MAT 16C or MAT 17C.

Textbook: Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendental, by Weir, Hass, Giordano. 11th ed. 2005. Addison-Wesley.
The textbook is connected to the online supplement MyMathLab where all of the homework will be done (and graded online). See the information below.

Class Meeting Times:
Lectures: MWF 2:10pm-3:00 pm KLEIBER 3
Discussions/Teaching Assistants:

B01 R 0310-0400P ART 204 / Kim, Edward ekim@math.ucdavis.edu
B02 T 0710-0800P OLSON 223 / Shao, Chengwu cshao@math.ucdavis.edu
B03 T 0510-0600P CRUESS 107 / Mikaelian, Arpy arpymikaelian@math.ucdavis.edu
B04 T 0610-0700P WELLMAN 212 / Hole, Jason jhole@math.ucdavis.edu
B05 R 0410-0500P YOUNG 192 / Forehand, James forehand@math.ucdavis.edu

Office Hours: You are allowed to attend any office hours below:

Professor Saito, MW 3:15pm-4:15pm, MSB 2142
Lead TA Ernest Woei, T 2pm-3pm, MSB 2147
TA Edward Kim, R 1pm-2pm, MSB 2131
TA Chengwu Shao, F noon-1pm, MSB 3139
TA Arpy Mikaelian, T 11am-noon, MSB 3131
TA Jason Hole, M noon-1pm, MSB 3129
TA James Forehand, R 2pm-3pm, MSB 2202

You are encouraged to first try all of the work yourselves, then seek help in office hours. There are several department resources available to you listed at the bottom of this page.

Course Webpage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~saito/courses/21C.s08. Please visit this page regularly and frequently for updates and announcements.

Grading: The grade will consist of four elements: weekly homework (using MyMathLab), weekly quizzes (First 15 minutes in discussion section), midterm, and final exam.

Homework: 20 % (weekly, no grade will be dropped)
Quizzes: 30 % (the lowest grade will be dropped)
Midterm: 15 %
Final: 35 %

Since the grade structure is flexible enough, there will be absolutely no exceptions to this policy.

Midterm: Our midterm exam will be held tentatively in class on Monday, May 12. The coverage is from Sec.11.1 to 11.9 (or up to 11.10 depending on our progress) and from Sec.12.1 to 12.5. A practice exam will be provided later.

Final: Our final exam is 3:30pm-5:30pm, Tuesday, June 10 (the room will be announced later). Note that the final exam is cumulative.

Calculators, Cell Phones: Calculators are not necessary for this course and will not be allowed on exams or quizzes. Neither will cell phones. If you want a clock/watch during exams, bring one, but you will NOT be allowed your cell phone (use of cell phone during exam is grounds for a 0).

Homework: Homework is assigned after every lecture to give you practice with the material covered in the lectures and it will be done using MyMathLab (information found on that link). The due date of each homework set is one week after the assigned date. More precisely, 11:59pm of Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for the problems assigned on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, respectively. (Exceptions are the HW for the first lecture on March 31 (M) which is combined with the HW for the second lecture on April 2 (W) and hence the due date is 11:59pm of April 8 (T); Also, there will be no HW assignment for the last week lectures, i.e., June 2nd and 4th.) The homework assignments can be found online when you log into the MyMathLab Course Compass. The course code for this course is saito88015, you will need this number when you register for MyMathLab. Follow the instructions at MyMathLab Info. Even if you already have your MyMathLab account, please check MyMathLab info page. There are several computer labs on campus that have the necessary plug-ins installed. These are:

75 Hutchison - 26 seats
1131 Meyer - 31 seats
177 MU Station - 29 seats
163 Shields - 21 seats

The homework, additional problems, and/or clarification of the concepts covered by the current week will be discussed in your section and questions will be taken. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!
The assigned homework problems are the minimum necessary to understand the material in the course. Do the problems carefully. I would suggest that you solve the problems on paper first and then transfer the results to MyMathLab. This way, you can bring your papers to the office hours if you have any questions on the homework problems.
MyMathLab allows you to attempt a problem 3 times and gives you feedback along the way.
I strongly recommend that you do homework every day, not just before it is due.

MyMathLab Setup: Go to the MyMathLab Info page for detailed setup information. You are REQUIRED to set up a computer account to do the Homework.

Quizzes: Except for the first week (Mar.30), 15 minute quizzes are given in the beginning of each discussion session. Quizzes will cover the material from the lectures of the previous week. Your TA will grade your solutions to the quizzes and return them to you after one week.

Solutions: Homework solutions are available via MyMathLab.
Quiz solutions are available in PDF format on the solutions page on Friday morning after the quiz.

Other Resources:

Calculus information of all types at calculus.org.
UCD Learning Skills Center, 2205 Dutton Hall, Phone: 752-2013. 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.
Adam Von Boltenstern, the Academic Peer Advisor for the Math Department, holds his office hours as follows: TWR 11-noon, at 2229 MSB. He is available to answer any questions about the department, campus resources, and other basic things about school for any undergraduate student. His email is: uadvisor@math.ucdavis.edu.