MTH 141 (Spring 2017): College Calculus I (section W)

Instructor: Hanfeng Li

Office: 104 Mathematics Building.     Phone: 645-8762

Office Hours: T 10:00-11:00am, W 2:00-3:00pm.

Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu

Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/141/141spring17.htm

Lectures: TR 11:00am-12:20pm               
Room: Nsc 216

Textbook: Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals MTH 141, 142, 8th custom UB edition. It consists of Chapters 1-11 of the standard 8th edition of Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Available at the UB bookstore and the Cengage website.

TA's Labs (Starting from February 6)

Section W1: T 1:00-1:50am, 138 Bell Hall.                                           
Section W2: R 4:00-4:50pm, 146 Park Hall.  

                                   

TA

     Qiao Wang

Controlled Enrollment

     This is a Controlled Enrollment Course. If you need to repeat this course in the future (because you failed it, resigned from it etc. at the first attempt) you may be forced to do it in a UB summer or winter session. Registering to repeat this course in a Fall or Spring semester may be difficult or impossible. For more information see the Repeat Policy in the  UB Undergraduate Catalog.

Math Help Center

Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building to answer any math questions you might have. The center will open on Monday, February 13. Hours are 9am-4pm.

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: 4-5.      Chapter 2: 1-8.     Chapter 3: 1-6,8,10.      Chapter 4: 1-5, 7, 9.      Chapter 5: 1-5.

Lecture schedule

Prerequisite

NYS Regents Course B, or ULC 148, or MTH 115.

Learning Outcomes

http://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/cas/math/Undergraduate/MathUG-MTH141_syllabus.pdf

Homework

Homework will be assigned on WebAssign every Thursday, except the last week and those weeks with term tests following, and should be finished by the next Saturday. There will be totally 10 homework assignments. Access to WebAssign is bundled with the textbook. You can also buy a stand-alone access card to WebAssign through Cengage website. 

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 similar to those in the homework.

There will be three 80-min in-lecture term tests: 

Term Test 1: Tuesday, February 28.
Term Test 2: Thursday, April 6.
Term Test 3: Tuesday, May 9.
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 make-up quizzes.

Grading Policy

The 2 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%      Term tests: each 20%

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

Monday, February 6         Last day to add/drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, April 21           Last day to RESIGN from the course - an "R" appears on transcript.

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 233, ask for Patti Wieclaw and ask her 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 Patti Wieclaw in Rm. 233 Math Bldg. by the last day of add/drop - Monday, February 6.

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