MTH 141 (Fall 2006):
College
Calculus I (sections G and H)
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-6284 ext. 126.
Office Hours: M 4-5pm, F 11-12am, or by appointment.
Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu
Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/141/141fall06.html
Lectures: MWF 2:00-2:50pm (section G) and 3:00-3:50pm (section
H)
Room:
109 O'Brian (section G) and 262 Capen (section H).
Textbook: Stewart, Single Variable Calculus (Early
Transcendentals, 5th Edition/UB customized 5th edition).
TA's Labs (Starting from Sep 5) - Section G1: M
1:00-1:50am, 212 O'Brian
Hall.
Section G2: W 1:00-1:50pm, 337 Bell
Hall.
- Section H1: W 2:00-2:50pm, 106 Talbrt Hall.
- Section H2: F 2:00-2:50pm, 106 Talbrt Hall.
- TA
- Jocelyn Bell (sections G1 and G2) and Douglas LaFountain
(sections H1 and H2)
Math Help Center - Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building
to answer any math questions you might have. The room opens on Monday,
September 11. See here
for
hours and more info.
Course Description - This is the beginning of a 3-semester sequence in calculus for
students of mathematics, natural science and engineering. We shall
cover limits, derivatives, their applications,
and integrals.
Text To Be Covered (Outline) - Chapter 1: 5-6. Chapter 2:
1-9.
Chapter 3: 1-8, 11. Chapter 4: 1-5, 7, 10.
Chapter 5: 1-5.
Lecture
schedule
Prerequisite - Trigonometry or NYS Regents Course III or MTH 115 (Survey Of
Algebra & Trig).
Homework - Homework will be assigned every Friday, except those weeks
with term tests, and will be due at the beginning of the lecture the
next Friday. There will be totally
11 homework assignments.
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Homework
Assignments
Exams
- 10-minute in-lab quizzes will be given.
There will be totally 5 quizzes (see the Lecture
Schedule for time). The quiz problems are selected from
the homework.
There will be three 50-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Friday, September 29.
Term Test 2: Friday, November 3.
Term Test 3: Friday, December 8.
Most of the term test problems are similar to
those in the homework.
No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in quizzes and term tests.
Late Policy - No late homework will be accepted. No make-up quizzes.
Grading Policy - The 3 lowest homework grades and the lowest quiz grade will be
dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 8 homework and
best 4 quizzes.
Your final grade will be determined by:
Homework: 20% Quizzes: 20%
The lowest grade term test: 10%
The 2 higher grades term tests: 25%
Disabilities - If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course
work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as recruiting note
takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please
advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review
possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.
Important Dates - Friday, Sep 8
Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, Sep 8
Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the math
department.
Friday, Oct 20 Last day to RESIGN from
the course - an "R" appears on transcript. ( Note: 1st semester
UB students are eligible to resign up to
3 weeks later - Nov 10. Must contact your advisor before Nov 10 to
discuss this option.)
Making Up Incompletes - To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:
1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an incomplete
in
your original course.
2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 237, and ask
Rosemarie Marciniak to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.
3) Sign the petition.
4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original
instructor
for signature.
b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
by repeating the course, take the approved petition form to me
for signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Rm. 237 Math
Bldg. by the last day
of add/drop - Friday, September 8.
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