Instructor: Lechao Xiao
Email: xle (at) math(dot)upenn(dot)edu
Office: DRL 3N4C
Office Hours: TTH 1:30-3pm, Wendesday 4-5pm and by appointment
Lecture: TTH 1:30-3:00pm, DRLB 3N1H
Course Website: Course materials/communications will be posted on Canvas: https://canvas.upenn.edu/courses/1309263
Syllabus: here
Text: Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals Custon Edition for the University of Pennsylvania
Please make sure your textbook comes with an access code for My Math Lab
General Math 104 website: here
Course Description: Brief review of High School calculus, applications of integrals, transcen- dental functions, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s theorem, and first order ordinary differential equations. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus. For further info see here.
Your grade will depend on attendance, homework, quizzes, 2 Midterm exams and a cumulative final.
Breakdown:
Midterm Exams : 15% each
Final Exam: 30%
Attendance: 10%
Written Homework: 10%
MyMathLab: 10%
Quizzes: 10%
Online Homework: We will have weekly online homeworks at MyMathLab. Our course ID is TBA.
Written Homework: turned in before Tuesday's lecture. No make-up homework, however, you will be allowed to drop your lowest grade.
Quizzes: There will be weekly quizzes on Mondays during recitations. The worst 2 quizzes will be dropped. The first quiz will be in week 3.
There are two exams and a final. The policy for all exams, the final included, is that students are allowed to bring one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper full (both sides) of formulas. Calculators are not allowed on any exam.
Midterm Exam 1: In-class, Feb 16th, Tuesday.
Midterm Exam 2: In-class, Mar 22nd, Tuesday.
Final Exam : Common final, May 5th, Thursday, 12-2pm.
Your grade will depend on attendance, homework, quizzes, 2 Midterm exams and a cumulative final.
TA: Jeremiah Keenan
Office Hours: TBA
Email: jkeenan (at) sas (dot) upenn (dot) edu