MAT 21C Calculus, Professor Naoki Saito, Spring Quarter 2006

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 1:10pm-2:00 pm HUNT 100
Discussions/ Teaching Assistants:

B01 R 0710-0800P PHYGEO 130 Woei, Ernest woei@math.ucdavis.edu
B02 R 0410-0500P HUTCHISON 102 Manjarrez-Gutierrez, Fabiola fabiola@math.ucdavis.edu
B03 R 0510-0600P BAINER 1060 Barrera-Rodriguez, Carlos carlosbr@math.ucdavis.edu
B04 R 0610-0700P BAINER 1060 Barrera-Rodriguez, Carlos carlosbr@math.ucdavis.edu
B05 R 0810-0900P PHYGEO 130 Woei, Ernest woei@math.ucdavis.edu

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

Professor Saito, MW 10:30am-11:30am, MSB 2142
Lead TA Ernest Woei, R 10am-noon, MSB 2147
TA Carlos Barrera-Rodriguez, T 1pm-3pm, MSB 2202
TA Fabiola Manjarrez-Gutierrez, F 3pm-4pm, MSB 2137

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: https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~saito/courses/21C.s06/. 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 in class on Friday, May 12. The coverage is from Sec.11.1 to 11.9 and from Sec.12.1 to 12.5. The discussion sections on May 11 (R) will review the materials instead of quizzes. A practice exam will be provided later.

Final: Our final exam is 8:00am-10:00am, Monday, June 12 at EVERSON 176. 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, March 29th, whose due date is 11:59pm of Thursday, April 6th; Also, there will be no HW assignment for the last week lectures, i.e., June 5th and 7th.) The homework assignments can be found online when you log into the MyMathLab Course Compass. The course code for this course is saito02806, 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 is important information on the First Name and the Last Name of your MyMathLab account you need to follow. There are several computer labs on campus that have the necessary plug-ins installed. These are:

75 Hutchison
93 Hutchison
163 Shields
177 MU Station
1131 Meyer

The homework will be reviewed in the discussion 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.
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. It IS possible to not buy the book if you have good computer access. You do not need to buy any supplements (answer workbooks etc).

Quizzes: Except for the first week (Mar.30) and the week prior to the midterm, 15 minute quizzes are given in the beginning of each discussion session. We will cover the material from the previous week lectures. 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.
Heather Bergmann, the Academic Peer Advisor for the Math Department, holds her office hours as follows: M 2-4pm, R 12-2pm, at 2229 MSB. She is available to answer any questions about the department, campus resources, and other basic things about school for any undergraduate student. Her email is: uadvisor@math.ucdavis.edu.