Instructor: Prof. Jesús A. De Loera.
email: deloera@math.ucdavis.edu or CANVAS

Lecture: MWF 11:00-11:50 PM (over ZOOM until further notice), all recorded and posted to Aggie Video.
Office hours: MWF 3:00pm-4:00pm (over ZOOM). or by prior appointment.

Teaching Assistants (zoom links for sections will be in canvas)
Prawin Sankar (pbramesh@ucdavis.edu),
Andrew Ballin (asballin@ucdavis.edu),
Benjamin Godkin (bmgodkin@ucdavis.edu),
Evuilynn Nguyen (evtnguyen@ucdavis.edu)
Lead TA (in charge of CANVAS,ZOOM,GRADESCOPE,etc issues only) Cameron Bjorkland (bjork@math.ucdavis.edu)

Text: BioCalculus: Calculus,Probability, and Statistics for the Life Sciences latest Edition
by Stewart/Day (Cengage).

Description: This course is an introduction to integral calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and analytic geometry with applications. We will study fundamental theorem of calculus, integration, elementary first order differential equations, and matrices.

I intend to cover the topics in the order and timing stated in the official department syllabus (of course, minor variations may occur).

Pre-requisites: MAT 17A or equivalent. Ask if you have any questions.

All grades and communication will be through CANVAS.

Grading policy and Rules:

IMPORTANT: Calculators, books or notes are NEVER allowed in the exams. You have been warned.

IMPORTANT: Attendance is NOT required, but you are responsible to know everything I say in class

IMPORTANT: Due to the pandemic I will record all lectures (quality not controled!). Quizzes can be taken online

There are 100 points possible in this course to be gained as follows:
• (25 points) There will be 7 quizzes (20-25 mins long), each worth 5 points. They happen every week during your discussion session. I will drop the lowest 2 scores.

  QUIZZES are the MIDTERMS of this class!

• (35 points) There will be 8 Webwork homeworks, Each homework is worth 5 points. I will drop the lowest score.
  NOTE: Each Homework will have many many problems, each worth a fraction of a point, thus you need to do all problems correctly to reach the 5 points.
• (35 points) The final exam is comprehensive and counts for a TOTAL of 35 points. FINAL EXAM DATE: March 14th, 2022, 10:30am-12:30pm.
• (5 points) There will be two LABS (using Rstudio). Each Lab is 5 points. I drop the lowest score.
• HOW I ASSIGN GRADES: At the very end of the quarter, with all scores available (and not before), I will assign grades based on the statistical information of the points obtained by all students.
  I compute the mean, standard deviation, etc. and set letter grades according with those numbers. In my experience, the mean is often a grade of C+
  and the grade of A is hard to obtain as it is typically starts at least 2 standard deviations above the mean.

  IMPORTANT: There are no make-up quizzes, no late homework is ever accepted. That is why I will drop the lowest scores from the calculation of the grade.
  There is no extra credit work or makeup tests to raise your grade either. Please do not ask.

• HOW TO BEST STUDY?: Mathematics is not an spectator sport!

  You learn by doing lots of hard problems and intense mental effort. Therefore, I give students plenty of opportunity to practice and you are expected to work intensively outside the classroom solving exercises, reading the book, thinking about the theorems, etc. I estimate a minimum of 3 hours work
  at home per lecture. Learning happens by doing!

  To receive a high score you need to solve many exercises. In addition to the homework, and to motivate you to try more problems, about a 1/2 of the problems in the quizzes will come from exercises in the book or from exercises I mentioned in lecture. Homework exercises are possible choices too. Doing a lot of problems increase your chances of a good grade.

  The most important thing is what YOU learn through your doing. Mathematics is fun and very pretty, try to get the material in your soul! Make sure to think about the material everyday.
  Do not fall behind and if you do, seek help early (from me, your TA, the Learning Skills center, etc). Careful, it is easy to fall behind! Learning Math is like climbing a mountain, I am here to guide you and try to help you carry yourself to the top, but it is your effort that will get you there!