Lectures: MWF 10—11 AM, Rebstock 215
Instructor: Richard
Rochberg
Cupples I, Room 208
rr@math.wustl.edu
935-6799
Office
Hours: MWF
11-12 or any other time
that I’m in my office; I’m in my office parts of most days. If you want to make
a definite appointment we can set that up before or after class or by e-mail.
Mathematics Department Office: Cupples
I, Room 100,
935-6760.
Links: The
course’s main web page is www.math.wustl.edu/~rr/128. There
are links there to: this and any other handouts, exams from earlier
semesters, the exam seating lookup page, the exam grade lookup page, the
student’s web site for this textbook, the Student’s Manual to accompany our
test, the WebWorks home page, and a link to the Calculus Help Room Schedule site which also has other useful information.
Calculators: You
should bring a basic scientific calculator to exams and quizzes. You may not
bring a graphing or programmable calculator.
WebWork: There will be WebWork assignments each week, except
the weeks of midterm exams and Spring Break. The assignments will be available
at 9AM on Monday of the week, all answers must be submitted before 8PM on
Thursday of that week, and the solutions will be available on Saturday morning.
The first assignment will be available Monday, January 25.
Quizzes: Those same weeks there will be a short quiz at the
beginning of the discussion section. The first quiz will be Thursday, January
28.
Grades: Your semester grade for
WebWork will be based on your 8 best scores. Your semester grade for the
quizzes will be based on your 8 best quiz scores. Your numerical grade at the
end of the semester will be based on the semester quiz grade and WebWork grade, each counting 10% of the total; and the four
exam grades, three midterms and the final exam, each counting 20% of the total.
The scale for converting numerical grades to
letter grades will be set at the end of the semester. However everyone with a
score of 90 or above will receive an A- or better, 80 or above a B- or better
and 65 or above a C- or better.
Important Dates:
Wednesday, January 20 First
class
Tuesday, February 9 First
Midterm,
Monday, March 8 Spring
Break, no class
Wednesday, March 10 Spring
Break, no class
Friday, March 12 Spring
Break, no class
Tuesday, March 16 Second
Midterm,
Tuesday, April 13
Third Midterm,
Friday, April 30 Last
class
Friday, May 7 Final
Exam,