Honors Calculus
Please note that this is the honors section of Math 124. This class will move a little more quickly than the other sections. We will also cover a bit more of the theoretical material. It is a smaller class, with only about 60 students. (The other sections have about 120.) There will be fewer routine drill exercises in the homework and more challenging multi-step problems. You will, however, take the same final exam as the other sections.
The Course
This course is an introduction to differential calculus. We will talk about functions and their derivatives, as well as related ideas like limits and continuity. In addition to the usual facts about derivatives, like the product rule and the chain rule, we will spend quite a bit of time talking about applications. This means the homework will involve a lot of story problems, particularly later on in the quarter. If you want a good grade in this class, you should expect to spend about 10 hours a week on homework.
Grades
Your grade is determined by how you do relative to the class as a whole. Grades will be based
on total points earned.
There are 320 possible points:
- Worksheets--20
- Homework--50
- Quizzes--50
- 2 Midterms--50 points each
- Final--100
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Homework
will be assigned daily, see the
WebAssign site for the problems due. You are responsible for all the
problems assigned (ie: any of it could appear on the exams). The problems assigned during the week will be due at 11pm on the following Wednesday.
Quizzes and Exams
- There will be a 20 minute quiz most Thursdays, except for the weeks of the exams. These will usually cover the homework
from the preceeding week. They will be very similar to the homework problems. The TA's will grade them and
return them to you the following Tuesday. The quizzes are closed book/closed notes. There are no make up quizzes, but I
do drop your lowest quiz score.
- There will be 2 midterm exams. They
will be given on the dates listed in the syllabus. They are meant to take 50 minutes but you can
take the full 80 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, Dec. 7. Note that this is not the time listed
in the final exam schedule.
The location will be announced later.
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Rules for taking exams
- You are allowed to use one handwritten 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes.
- Graphing calculators are not allowed on exams or quizzes. You may use a scientific calculator.
- All cases of suspected academic misconduct ("cheating") will be reported to the Dean's Office.
- There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and
well-documented reason for missing a test, speak to the professor about it.
Quiz section
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. Tuesday's quiz 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. Most
weeks there will be a quiz on Thursday. The midterm exams will be held in Quiz Section.
The TA is:
| Sections | Name | Office | Email |
| HA & HB | Brendan Pawlowski | PDL C-109
| salmiak 'at' math.washington.edu |
Text
Calculus, Early Transcendentals by James Stewart
(The Seventh Edition).
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
124. It must have trigonometric functions, like Sin and Cos, as well as
logarithms and exponentials (ln and exp). I recommend the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS, which
costs about $13 on Amazon. The Sharp EL243SB is also a good
choice. It is a little less easy to use, but costs only $5. Graphing
calculators are not allowed on quizzes and exams in Math 124 this Autumn. 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-49G. See
your instructor before the first quiz if you are not certain if your
calculator is acceptable.
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