Math 115 Spring 2016

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Christopher Croke

Office: 3E3 DRL

Office hours: Tuesdays 1-2, Thursdays 3-4 and by appointment.

e-mail: ccroke at math.upenn.edu

phone: ext. 8-7846

ASSISTANT:

Mr. Marcus Michelen

Office 3C11

Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 1:30-2:30 and by appointment.

e-mail: marcusmi at math.upenn.edu

General information about Math 115 can be found at http://hans.math.upenn.edu/ugrad/calc/m115/

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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During the first week of class there will be recitations on Wednesday Jan 13 and Friday Jan 15. Since Wednesday Jan 13 is run on a Monday schedule, those scheduled for Monday recitations will meet instead on Wednesday Jan 13. On Monday Jan. 18 there will be no recitations (MLK Day). There will be no quiz the first week of classes.

Homework Assignments.

Class notes.

Exam 1 information.

Exam 2 information.

Final Exam information.

TEXTS:

[C] Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals Second Custom Edition for the University of Pennsylvania Pearson 2011. ISBN 10: 1-256-32659-3 ISBN 13: 978-1-256-32659-5.

[P] Schaum's Outlines Series "Probability", 2nd edition, by Seymour Lipschutz, McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-135203-1 or 0-07-175561-0.

[H] "Linear Algebra" by Jim Hefferon, St. Michael's College; text dowloadable for free from http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linalg.html/.

OFFICE HOURS:

Besides the hours listed above, we are also available many other hours of the week by appointment. Please take advantage of these opportunities for help. Come in so that we can get to know you.

OTHER HELP:

Besides the office hours, there is lots of help available from the department.

CORE PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS FROM PAST FINALS:

Since there is much material to cover in Math 115 and more problems to work through than we have time to cover in lecture or recitation, we have chosen core problems to help define the course. In addition, there is a set of Sample Final Exams . Together, the core problems and past finals define both the material of the course and the level of difficulty expected. Your objective is to understand thoroughly how to solve them and to develop some facility with the underlying mathematics.

RECITATION:

During each recitation there will be a 10-15 minute quiz taken from the homework assignment. There will be NO MAKE UP QUIZZES; however, you will be allowed to drop your lowest two quiz grades (absence). The quizzes combined count as much as a midterm, namely 15% of your grade. Recitations will begin with a discussion of the assignment due. The quiz will be given in the last 10-15 minutes of the period.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

Each week's assignment will consist of the relevant core problems, problems from past final exams, plus additional work from the text or other sources. Some of the problems will be marked with an (M) to indicate that they may be done using Maple. You are responsible for the entire assignment. Solutions must be written LEGIBLY and turned in at recitation. One or two of these problems will be graded, and a record kept of all the homework turned in. The homework will count for 25% of the final grade.

EXAMS:

There will be two midterms during regular class time:

Tuesday February 16.

Tuesday March 22.

Each midterm is worth 15% of the course grade. The exams will be closed book, and multiple choice with partial credit. No calculator is allowed but a 81/2" by 11" sheet of notes is permitted.

NO MAKE UP MIDTERM EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN

The FINAL EXAM that is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, May 5, Noon - 2pm. The exam is closed book, multiple choice with partial credit. No calculator is allowed but a 81/2" by 11" sheet of notes is permitted.

COURSE GRADE:

The course grade is made up of 2 midterms at 15% each, quiz grade at 15%, homework (including Maple) grade at 25%, and the common final grade at 30%.