Math 203,
Honors Mathematics I, Fall 2022
Instructors
- Xiang Tang, Cupples I, 112B, xtang@math.wustl.edu
Text
- Calculus, Volume I by Tom Apostol, (Wiley) Second Edition,
1967.
- Transition to Higher Mathematics: Structure and
Proof by Bob Dumas and John McCarthy (Available
free here)
Office
Hours
- In Office: Monday 9-10, Tuesday 9-10; Zoom: Monday 4-5,
and by appointment.
Course
Webpage
- http://www.math.wustl.edu/~xtang/Fall2022-honors.html
Prerequisites
- AP Calculus BC, Score of 5, or equivalent.
Assistant
to Instructor
Lectures
- You are strongly suggested to attend the lectures. No talk, food
and drinking is allowed in class. Please close
your cell phone or change it to ``silent". Information
about materials covered and homework assigned every week
will be updated on the course website.
- The Discussion Sections, led by our AI, will be held
on Wednesday at 11-11:50. Quizzes will be given in the
discussion sections on 09/14, 09/28, 10/26, 11/9, 12/7.
Homework
- You will have graded homework turned in every Wednesday by
6 p.m. Late
homework will not be accepted! The
homework collected is to be considered a bare minimum of
homework that you should do. You are encouraged to do more
problems in the exercises sections.
- Put the following information at the top left corner of
each page of your homework: full name, student ID, and
the due dates. Your turned in homework will be graded on
several factors including accuracy and neatness. It is your
responsibility to make sure the grader can understand your
work.
- Homework is an extremely important part of the course.
Whilst talking to other people about it is allowed, too
often this degenerates into one person solving the problem,
and other people copying them (often justified to themselves
by saying "I provide the ideas, X does the details" - but
the details are the key. If you can't translate the idea
into a real proof, you don't understand the material well
enough). So we introduce the following rules:
(a) You can only talk to someone else about a problem if you
have made a genuine effort to solve it yourself.
(b) You must write up the solutions on your own.
Suspiciously similar write-ups will receive 0 points.
Exams
- There will be two midterms and one final. The following is
the schedule
| Exam 1 |
October 14th |
11-12 |
| Exam 2 |
November 18th |
take home |
| Final |
December 20th |
10:30-12:30 |
- Exam Materials You should bring the following equipment to
each exam:
- Your Washington U photo ID card
- Several pencils (with erasers)
- 3x5 note card with any helpful notes you care to make.
Please
do not bring the following with you to your exam:
- Notes other than the 3x5 card
- Scratch paper (there is plenty of room to write on the
test booklet)
- Non-approved calculators
Grading
scale
- Homework: 20%, Quiz: 10%, Mid1: 20%, Mid2: 20%,
Final: 30%. The grades are assigned according the percentage
you are in the class.
- You are expected to take the exams at their
scheduled times. If you are away because of a
university sporting event or field trip, then you may
arrange for your coach or professor to administer the
exam. Excused absences may be granted in the case of
illness or bereavement. All excused absences must be
granted before the exam is taken. The final exam date
cannot be changed for reasons of traveling convenience.
- Letter grades will be given based on your overall score.
The cutoffs for the various letter grades will be no higher
than the following:
- In total, we will collect 10 homework. You are allowed to
drop the lowest homework score.
- The score of the final test can be used to replace the
lowest midterm exam score.
Calculator
- You are NOT allowed to use
a graphing calculator on the exams. You will be
allowed to use a scientific calculator, (for example, a
TI30X, generally available for $13 or less). Be sure
the calculator you choose can handle logarithmic,
exponential, and trigonometric calculations. It would
be wise to use this calculator when you work your homework
problems so you will be comfortable with it when you take
the exams.
Disability
Resources
Covid Policies
- Students are expected to follow university-mandated
COVID safety procedures.
- If you are sick, quarantined, do not come to class
in person. Watch the recorded lecture for that day
instead.
Homework assignments
Week 1. (Due 09/14) Ex. I 2.5 1. A,B,C, 5, 9,
17, 18.