Final Exam:
Date, Ground Rules and Rooms.
LecturesMonday/Wednesday/Friday10:30 - 11:20 Smith Hall (SMI) - Room 304 InstructorProfessor Daniel Pollack
TAs
Ilker Kocyigit (FB)
Aleksandr (Sasha) Aravkin (FA and FC)
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Topics
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Homework will be assigned daily. The homework will form a core part of the course. See the syllabus for the problems due. You are responsible for all of the problems assigned. The problems assigned during the week will be collected in Quiz Section on the following Tuesday. No late homework will be accepted, however your lowest homework score will be dropped in computing your total homework grade.
Your homework will be graded by either the TAs or our course HW grader (depending on the week). Due to limited time the homework graders do not correct all the problems. They will correct only 3 problems (choosen by the instructor) and check whether you have done all of the problems. Your HW score will be based on both of these. It is important to keep up with the homework. It is very important to do all the homework in order to learn the material. The significant amount of effort which you will make in completing and mastering all of the homework each week will be directly reflected in your homework grades, and indirectly will have a big influence on your performance on the exams. It is important to keep up with the homework. The homework will play a key role in your learning the material.
The best way to be sure you get the most out of your homework is to work with others. I strongly urge you to form a study group and work collaboratively on the homework problems. This way you'll learn more, and you'll maximize your chances of getting all the problems correct. The only limitation on collaboration is that, after you and your study group have worked out how to do the problems, you must each write up your own solutions in your own words.There will be 2 midterm exams. They will be given on Thursday, January 31 and Thursday, February 28 as listed in the syllabus. They are meant to take 50 minutes but you can take the full 70 minutes of Quiz Section. You must bring a Photo ID to all exams.
The final exam will take place from 1:30pm to 4:20pm on Saturday, March 15 in TBA. It will be held in Anderson 223.
You are allowed to use one handwritten, two-sided 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes.
GRAPHING CALCULATORS AND CELL PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED during exams or quizzes. You may use a scientific calculator.
There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and well-documented reason (which means mandatory attendence at a University sanctioned event) for missing a midterm, speak to the professor about it at least one week before the exam.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays you will meet with a Teaching Assistant in a smaller group.
This gives you a chance to get more of your questions answered. Thursday's TA section
will be 80 minutes long so that, in addition to getting help with your homework, there
will be time for a worksheet that you can work on while the TA circulates and answers
questions.
You must do the worksheet during the section, you may not hand in an already
completed worksheet for credit.
At the end of the class the TA will collect the worksheets and give you one of three
possible scores: 0 (if you did nothing or did not hand in a worksheet),
1 (if you left early or did very little), or 2 (if you clearly made an honest
effort to complete the worksheet). The average of these grades will be converted
into a score out of 30 points which will contribute to your overall course score as
described above. It should be clear that you should all plan on easily getting
all of these 30 points.
The midterm exams will be held in TA Sections.
The TA's are:
| Sections | Name | Office | |
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| FB | Ilker Kocyigit | PDL C-113 |
ilker@math.washington.edu |
| FA & FC | Aleksandr (Sasha) Aravkin | PDL C-114 | aleksand@math.washington.edu
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You can also use the smaller Single Variable Calculus but only if you are sure you will not be taking Math 126.
Calculators
You will need a scientific calculator for Math 125. It must have trigonometric functions, like Sin and Cos, as well as logarithms and exponentials (ln and exp). GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED on quizzes and exams in Math 125 this Winter. A graphing calculator is any device with a multiline display that has the ability to graph mathematical functions. Examples are the TI-85 or the HP-48G. See your instructor before the first exam if you are not certain if your calculator is acceptable.
As a courtesy to your instructor and your fellow students, please be sure to turn off your mobile phones before coming into the classroom. Any calls received during class will bring the classroom discussion to an abrupt halt and all attention will be diverted to the call recipient until the call is ended and phone turned off.
A grade of Incomplete will be given only if a student is doing satisfactory work up until the end of the quarter, and then misses the final exam due to a documented medical or family emergency.