Unique numbers: 53270, 53275
Lecture time and place: Tu-Th 9:30-10:45, GEA 105
Professor: Lorenzo Sadun, RLM 9.114, x1-7121, sadun@math.utexas.edu
Office hours: Tu-Th 8:15-9:15, W 9-11. I generally keep an open door and welcome visitors at other times, too.
Teaching Assistant: Alisa Marzilli, RLM 10.146, alisa@math.utexas.edu
Course website: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/403L
Sections: You are assigned, according to your unique number, a section that meets on Mondays and Wednesdays. 53270: MW 8-9 AM, GEO 112 53275: MW 5-6 PM, CPE 2.210
Textbook: Applied Calculus with Linear Programming, by Barnett and Ziegler, (this is similar but not identical to the 5th edition of Barnett and Ziegler's Applied Calculus)
Prerequisites: M403K, M408C or M308L with a grade of at least a C. If you do not meet these requirements you will AUTOMATICALLY be dropped from the course.
Syllabus: Sections 7.3, 7.5, 8.1-8.7, 9.1-9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1-12.7, and appendix B: 6.1-6.4.
Homework: Homework from the text will be assigned in lecture and posted on the course web page. Homework will not be collected or graded. You should work on the problems listed by the date given, working out carefully as many of them as you need to be sure that you can do any problem in the assigned sections. Use any unassigned odd problems and the even problems as extra practice. You are strongly encouraged to work together on homework. A solution manual (for the odd problems) is on reserve in the UGL.
Homework Quizzes: During most Wednesday discussion sections the TA will give a quiz consisting of one or two homework problems taken from the homework ``due'' that day. There will not be quizzes during weeks with exams. In the last week of September, the quiz will be on Monday (the 28th) instead of Wednesday, as Wednesday is a religious holiday, Yom Kippur. The top 10 of your 11 quizzes will account for 10% of your grade.
Exams: There will be three midterm exams, at the regular lecture time. Location to be announced. NO MAKEUPS WILL BE GIVEN. You must see me promptly an provide a documented excuse if you miss an exam. Exam 1 is a ``basic skills'' test covering all techniques of integration of functions of one variable and partial differentiation of functions of several variables. Exam 1: Tuesday, September 15 Exam 2: Tuesday, October 20 Exam 3: Thursday, November 19
Final Exam: Friday, December 11, 9:00-12 noon. Location TBA. The final exam will be comprehensive.
Grading: There are 500 possible points, divided according to:
Homework quizzes - 50 points.
Exam 1 - 50 points.
Exam 2 - 100 points.
Exam 3 - 100 points.
Final Exam - 200 points.
If you miss a midterm exam with an excused absence, your grade will be based on the remaining scores, scaled appropriately.
Calculators: Calculators may not be used on the first exam or on the homework quizzes. They may be used during the other midterms and the final exam.
Other sections: There are three other lecturers teaching M403L: Margaret Symington, Debra Carney and David Fonken. These sections are all coordinated, with common homeworks.
Help: The Learning Skills Center (Jester A332, 471-3614) has self-paced materials, video tapes, computer programs, counseling, tutoring, and refresher courses, many of these at no charge to enrolled UT students. Their web site is http://www.utexas.edu/student/lsc/.
More Help: Office hours are free tutoring. Please come. You're not only doing yourself a favor, but are also giving me valuable feedback. The more questions you ask, the better my next lecture will be. If you cannot come to my office hours or the TA's, go to Symington's, Carney's or Fonken's office hours, or to their TAs'. A common office hour list will be distributed in a few days.
Lecture vs. Discussion vs. Textbook: The lecture, text and discussion sections all ``cover the material'', but in fundamentally different ways. The text is detailed, containing every algorithm and formula you will ever need and a lot that you'll never need; reading the book it can be hard to tell the difference. The lecture is about concepts and context, explaining how everything fits together. The homework and discussion sections are about problem solving. This links concepts and algorithms, using your conceptual understanding to figure out what formula applies to what situation, and thereby learning how to apply calculus to the real world.
Suggested study method (your mileage may vary): 1) Skim the relevant portion of the book, forming conceptual questions. Doing this before lecture will make understanding the lecture a lot easier. 2) Attend lecture, paying most attention to the concepts, not the details. 3) Read the text again for details. 4) Do the homework, forming technical questions along the way. 5) Attend discussion and office hours and ask your questions. 6) Re-read the text and redo some homework with the answer to those questions in mind.
Homework vs. Exams: Homework is primarily a learning tool, while exams are primarily for assessment. These goals are different, so there is no reason to expect exam questions to necessarily resemble the homework. Some exam questions will be similar to homework, but others will probe your understanding of how different topics fit together, or see if you can use a calculus concept in a slightly unfamiliar setting. That's the real test of whether you understand a subject, and so that's what will appear on the exams.
Academic Integrity: A classroom is a place to pursue truth in an atmosphere of honesty and mutual respect. Cheating has no place here. Anybody who cheats on a quiz or exam can expect an F in the course and referral to the Dean of Student Affairs for possible suspension or expulsion from the University.
Honor and Dignity: I hope the class will choose to adopt an honor code (see attached sheet), allowing me to treat each student with the trust and respect that he or she deserves.
Homework # 1 (due next Wednesday): 6-1 # 39-48, 55-59 odd, 65, 66, 69, 70,73-75, 77-81 odd 6-2 # 13-37 odd, 41-44, 47-50, 59-61, 63, 65, 70, 71 7-3 # 5-27 odd, 29-32, 33-39 odd, 45-47, 51, 53