Math 114: Calculus II
Professor Chinburg - Fall 2008

Contact Information:

TA: Pilar Herreros
Office Location: DRL 4C11
Office Phone: 215 898 5973
Office Hours:Tuesday 12:30-1:30pm, Wednesday 10-11am, and by appointment.
E-mail: pherrero@math.upenn.edu

Recitation Hours:
Section 215: Tuesday 8:30 - 9:30 am, in DRL 3N6.
Section 216: Tuesday 9:30 - 10:30 am, in DRL 3N6.
Section 217: Thursday 8:30 - 9:30 am, in DRL 2N36.
Section 218: Thursday 9:30 - 10:30 am, in DRL 2C2.

Announcements:

General Information for the Class:

  • Class meets: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:00-3:00 pm, in DRL A1

  • Textbook: Stewart, Calculus, 6th Edition.
    Maple/Calculus Lab Manual for Math 114

  • Homework: consists of the core problems of the sections covered in class, and it will not be collected or graded. It is important to work through these homework problems on your own, and to ask any questions you have, in order to be prepared for the quizzes and exams.

  • Quizzes: There will be a 10min weekly quiz in recitation. There will be no makeup quizzes. If you have a serious illness, or another personal or religious reason that conflicts with a quiz let me know in advance, with written confirmation by your college advisor. No exceptions will be made after the quiz.

  • Midterm exams: There will be three midterms, on Wednesday Oct. 8 ,Monday Nov. 3 and Friday Dec. 5. The tests will be written by Prof. Chinburg. Any questions about the exams should be directed to him.

  • Final Exam: The final course exam takes place December 17th from 12 to 2 pm, and is written by a committee of Math 114 professors. The same exam is given to all sections of Math 114 at the same time during finals week.

  • Grades: Quizzes will be graded on a 10 point scale for mathematical correctness. I will drop your two lowest quiz scores when calculating your final quiz grade.

    Quizzes will be 25% of your final grade, each midterm will be 10%, and the final exam will be 45% of your final grade.

  • For more information on the course go to Professor Chinburg's Class Webpage.

  • To check your grades go to Blackboard.

  • For Math 114 information, including syllabus, core problems, sample exams, Maple demonstrations etc.

  • For General Mathematics Undergraduate Information.

    • Help Resources:

    It is important that you understand that our only objective is to help you understand the material better. Period. So, if you have problems, for example if you are falling behind with homework, if you have difficulties understanding what is presented in the lectures or maybe you are simply getting worn down because of the general work load, there are several things you can and should do.

  • Email me or come see me and tell me about your problems. If I can't help you with your problems, I know of somebody who can!

  • Go to office hours. Both mine and Prof. Chinburg's, that is what they are for. (My office hours are T 12:30-1:30pm and W 10-11am, Prof. Chinburg's office hours are M 3-4... or by appointment.)

  • Go to Sunday review. A graduate student will be in DRL A2 every Sunday from 7 to 9 pm to answer any Math 114 related question you may have.

  • Go to the Math/Maple Centers. Every Monday to Thursday evenings, between 6:30 and 9:30 pm, there will be a graduate student waiting for your calculus questions. Check the Schedule.

  • You can get online help using the computer program Blackboard. In the "Discussion" section for this course you can send your own questions and reply to questions of others. It is like a chat-session just for your calculus course. Someone from the Math. Dept. will be monitoring this to help answer questions on Monday-Thursday evenings, 9pm-1am.

  • If you want one-to-one help, you can get a tutor. You can request an appointment at The Tutoring Center or find a private tutor in the Math Department Approved Private Tutors list (the average salary is 40$ an hour).

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