MAT 16B

Winter 2007

Professor Monica Vazirani


Links to:
  -- Homework -- TAs -- Office Hours --  Calculus Room -- Syllabus -- Exams -- Announcements -- Handouts

CRN:  50740

Instructor: Monica Vazirani,   3224 MSB,   e-mail: mjvazirani@ucdavis.edu   phone: 752-2218
However, please direct ALL administrative emails to the Lead TA blakehunter@math.ucdavis.edu
If you email me or the TAs, you MUST put M16B in the Subject. If you do not, I will delete it as spam.

Teaching assistants:


email
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Ferreira, Jeffrey jpferreira@ucdavis.edu (calc room 11-6 daily NEW T/R 10-6)
Barrera-Rodriguez, Carlos cabarrera@ucdavis.edu
Hunter, Blake ( Lead TA) blakehunter@math.ucdavis.edu


Class meetings: Lectures: MWF 0210-0300P CHEM 194

Discussions :  16B does not have TA discussion sections, however you may go to the Calculus Room for help. 
            Calculus Room:  M-F, 11-6, MSB 3118

Office Hours:   Monica Vazirani   3224 MSB .  Mondays 3:10-4pm.
Wednesdays, often 3:10-4pm, (but occasionally 11:45-12:30).
These will be "primary" office hours and "secondary" office hours since I'm also teaching 150B, so will have to balance how much attention I give each set of questions.

Final: Our final exam is  Monday, March 19 at 4:00 pm in 123 SCILEC       [which has nearly enough room for alternate seating]
People taking two finals scheduled at that same time need to let me know by March 9. Please give me your name and SID and the conflicting course and instructor for that course. (Your other  exam will most likely then be at ?.)

Syllabus: The syllabus can be found on the official dept website.  A more detailed schedule should be updated here.

Textbook: Calculus an Applied Approach, Seventh Edition By: Larson,  Edwards

Supplement : Student Solutions Guide,  By: Bruce Edwards. Answers to almost all odd numbered exercises.

Course Outline: We will cover chapter 5, small parts of 4,6,8

Calculators: Calculators are not necessary for this course and will not be allowed on tests. 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.)

Tests: Calculators will not be allowed on the tests (nor cell phones).  Bring your student ID cards to all exams.
  • First Midterm: W. Jan. 24; Covers all of Chapter 4, and Sections 5.1, 5.2, 8.5
  • Second Midterm: Fri. Feb. 16; Covers 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.5 [don't worry about logistic growth]

  • Final: 4.5, 4.6, 5.1-5.7 (but more emphasis on 5.5, 5.7), 6.1-6.6 (with LESS emphasis on 6.4, 6.5; in particular do NOT worry about "Present Value" and "Logistic Growth"); 8.5, 9.1-9.3 (with more emphasis on 9.3). Cumulative, but emphasizing integration methods, and material since the second midterm.     Monday, March 19 at 4:00 pm in 123 SCILEC
    People taking two finals scheduled at that same time need to let me know by March 9.

    • As always, you are responsible for the Academic Code of Conduct on exams.

    Quizzes: There may be pop quizzes in lecture.

    Homework: Homework is assigned to give you practice with the material covered in the lectures. It will  be turned in.  It will be graded.  In an ideal world, every problem of every set would be graded carefully.  In the world of budget constraints and public universities, only a few selected problems will be graded each week, and even then, only part of the alphabet (by your last name) at a time.
    The assigned homework problems are the minimum necessary to understand the material in the course. Do the problems carefully.
          I may assign homework more often than once per week! Working on exercises should be something you do every few days, not racing through the night before the due date.  However, it will only be collected weekly or every 2 weeks. 

    I strongly recommend that you do homework every day, not just before it is due.
    NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!.
    Homework assignments are available on-line.


    Once grades are entered on MyUCDavis, please check your score is recorded correctly.  If it is incorrect, you have until three weeks after its due date alert us to the error. 

    Grading:

  • Midterms: 25% each;
  • Final: 40%
  • Homework and quizzes: 10%;   (One lowest homework  grade will be dropped)

    • Other resources: Calculus information of all types at calculus.org.

    Useful links.  Suggestions about study habits.
    Learning skills center, 3rd Floor, Voorhies Hall, Tel.: 752-2013. They run workshops to review areas such as trigonometry and algebra. Free tutoring. Also have lots of other resources. Learning skills center.
    Counseling center, 219 North Hall, 752-0871

    Prerequisite: A passing grade in 16A. (I'm honestly not sure of the exact requirements for 16B.) All students enrolling in Math 16A were required to satisfy Mathematics Placement Requirement