MATH 131, SPRING 2006
| Section | Time | Location | Instructor |
email | Office Hours |
| 01 | MWF 9-10 AM | 361 McDonnell |
Gary Jensen | Jensen's e-mail | MWF
5-5:30 pm in 104 Cupples I |
| Q & A Session | Tue 4:30-5:30 PM | 207 Cupples
I | Gary Jensen |
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| Discussion Session A | Th 9-10 | 218 Cupples I
| James Gill | Gill's e-mail | Friday 10-11 and 12-1 in Lopata 102 |
| Discussion Session B | Th 10-11 | 218 Cupples I
| James Gill | Gill's e-mail | Friday 10-11 and 12-1 in Lopata 102 |
| Discussion Session C | Th 12-1 | 218 Cupples I
| James Gill | Gill's e-mail | Friday 10-11 and 12-1 in Lopata 102 |
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Examination Schedule
There will be three evening exams during the semester: E1 , E2 ,
E3, and a final exam F.
Click Math Lookup to
look up your score on the multiple choice part of the exam.
The hand graded scores and the total scores will be recorded in the
telesis gradebook for the course.
Text and Goals:
Calculus : Concepts and Contexts, Third Edition,
James Stewart
This course is an introduction to differential and integral calculus
of functions of one variable. The material in Chapter 1 of the
text is assumed known by the students. The course begins with
Chapter 2 and concludes with Section 5.5.
Grades
Each of the Exams will count 16%, and the Final counts 20%, toward the
final course grade. The quizzes all together will be 16%. The
WeBWorK will be 16%. To be more precise, if E1, E2, E3
are the three exam scores,
F is the final exam score, Q is your quiz
score, and W is your WeBWorK score, then your total
T is given by :
T = .16 (E1 + E2 + E3) + .2 F + .16 Q
+ .16 W
In cases where the lowest of the E1 -
E3 is less than F, this lowest value will be
replaced in the formula by F. Thus, the lowest
exam will be dropped out in computing T
provided this lowest score isn't F. (NOTE: If the
lowest exam score is achieved more
than once and it is less than F, then only one of these
scores will be replaced by F).
Then your letter grade for the course will
be determined by the scale appearing in the following table.
| Numerical Range | Letter Grade |
| 97 <= T <= 100
| A+ |
| 94 <= T < 97
| A |
| 90 <= T < 94
| A- |
| 87 <= T < 90
| B+ |
| 84 <= T < 87
| B |
| 80 <= T < 84
| B- |
| 75 <= T < 80
| C+ |
| 70 <= T < 75 | C |
| 65 <= T < 70 | C- |
| 60 <= T < 65 | D |
| T < 60 | F or NC |
If you are taking the courses pass/fail, then you will need a value of
T >= 65 to receive a pass (that is, a grade of C- or better).
Policy for taking exams:
- Always bring your Washington University Photo ID to exams.
Proctors will check student ID's.
- Scientific calculators (meaning those without graphing or
computer algebra capabilities) are allowed on the Exams and
Quizzes. The TI30X is an example of a scientific calculator
allowed on exams and quizzes.
- On the day of an exam you can look up your exam room assignment.
There is a link to this look-up on the above Exam schedule and
on the Lesson Schedule. You will be able to enter the exam
room a few minutes before the starting time to locate your
seat, on which you will find a personalized exam booklet with
your name printed on it in large letters.
Missed Exams:
If
you are unable to take
one of Exams E1-E3
for legitimate reasons ( such as
verified illness or serious family emergency
) you will
not be given a make-up exam. You
first need to explain to me why you missed the
exam and if everything is in order you
will receive an excused absence. Your grade
for the missed exam
will be calculated by a statistical
proceedure which uses your scores on the other
taken exams, including the Final. If
the only exam you miss is the Final Exam,
and for that you receive an excused absence, then
you must take a make-up
Final exam at the begining of
the Fall semester 2006.
Missed Quizzes:
There will be 12 Quizzes during the semester, 9 taken from suggested
exercises on the Lesson Schedule
and 3 from Focus on Problem Solving sections. Quizzes missed,
for whatever reason, will receive a grade of zero, but
in calculating your Quiz
total, the three lowest quizzes will be dropped, with the
condition that at most one
Focus on Problem Solving quiz can be dropped.
Exam Returns:
There will be a short time after each exam is graded
when you can look
at your graded exam in the Math Office
(room 100 in Cupples I) if you feel there might
have been some error in the grading.
After that the exams will be returned in class.
Once the exams
are returned it will be more difficult
to check for possible errors in grading.
Homework:
Weekly homework assignments will be collected and
graded via the computer through the system called WebWork (see
WebWork
information). The problems will be similar to, or a selection
from, the suggested exercises on the Lesson Schedule.
Resources for Help with Math 131:
-
Old Exams, with and without
solutions, are posted at
Old Exams
so that you may see what kind of questions have been asked in the past
few semesters.
- Calculus
Study Groups: Study groups are organized
as needed by
The Center for Advanced Learning
located
in Cornerstone
(in Gregg Hall
on the south 40). They are conducted
by graduate and undergraduate math
students. If you want to belong to such a study
group
you must make a commitment to attend
the group regularly
( not just " come when you feel like it" )
. For more information click on
Cornerstone or
call them at
935-5970.
-
If you want more help with your problem solving abilities or study
habits, you might want to consider Calculus Peer Led Team
Learning (PLTL) . Enrollments will probably begin on
Friday January 20. PLTL sessions will
begin meeting on the weekend of January 28.
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