Math 125  - Fall 2009

 

Lectures

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
125 A :  9:30 - 10:20
125 B : 10:30- 11:20
Mueller Hall 153


Instructor

Steffen Rohde

Padelford Hall C-337
Phone: 206-543-6171
email : rohde at math dot washington dot edu

Office hours: MW 1:30-2:20
              and by appointment

Topics




  • Math 125 Materials Website. This website has a large number of quizzes and exams from previous quarters. Most of this material is also available at the University Bookstore.

  • The Math Study Center is a great place to work on math, WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED HELP

 

 

Solutions to the 2002 midterm

 

 


The Course

This course is an introduction to integral calculus. We will review antiderivatives and then study the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Then we will use this theorem to compute areas and volumes, as well as a number of other applications. A variety of techniques to compute difficult antiderivatives will be discussed. We will conclude with an introduction to differential equations. We will essentially follow the schedule of the Math 125 Materials Website, but will on occasion be a bit slower or faster.

If you want a good grade in this class, you should expect to spend a lot of time (probably more than 10 hours a week) on homework.

Grades

Your grade will be determined based on your total score for the course, which is computed as follows:

  • Worksheets—5%
  • Homework—10%
  • First Midterm—25%
  • Second Midterm—25%
  • Final—35%

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Homework

will be assigned on a weekly basis, see the Math 125 Materials Website for the problems due. You are responsible for all the problems assigned. Homework will be collected in Quiz Sections on Thursdays of the following week. For instance, on  Thursday, October 8, homework from week 1 will be due. The lowest weekly homework score will be dropped. No late homework will be accepted.

Worksheets

On Thursdays, you will work in groups of three on worksheets in your quiz section. The worksheets are an integral part of the course. Some of them lay the groundwork for the lectures, some of them explore topics in greater detail than in lecture, and some of them give you practice on basic techniques. You will get full credit for each worksheet, regardless of whether you get the right answers, if you show up and make a good effort. Bring a copy of the worksheet to the quiz section. But you are expected to do them in your section, you will not get credit if you do them at home, turn them in and leave.

Exams

There will be 2 midterm exams. They will be given on Thursday, October 22 and Thursday, November 19. They are meant to take 60 minutes but you can take the full 80 minutes of the 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, December 12, room TBA.
Note that this is not the time listed in the final exam schedule.

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Rules for taking exams

You are allowed to use one handwritten 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes (two sided).

GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED on exams or quizzes. You may use a scientific calculator.

There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and well-documented reason for missing a test, contact me well in advance.

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. Thursday'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. On Tuesdays, you will get help with your homework and occasionally will take a quiz. The quiz will not be graded (solutions will be discussed in your section) and the quiz will not count towards your grade. The quiz is meant to help you checking your understanding, and to get used to the questions you might find on exams. You will hand in homework on Thursdays to your TA and they will return it to you, usually a week later. The midterm exams will be held in Quiz Section.

The TA's are:

Sections

Name

Office

Office Hours

Email

AA, AB

Kristin Schmidtke

 TBA

TBA

kks22[_a_t_]u.washington.edu

AC, BA

Shuwen Lu

 PDL C-8H

TBA

shwlou[_a_t_]math.washington.edu

BB, BC

Cody Holdaway

 PDL C-8H

TBA

codyh3[_a_t_]math.washington.edu

Text

Calculus by James Stewart. This is a custom edition of the Sixth Edition and is available at the University Bookstore. 

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