University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign

Math 115 - Preparation For Calculus

Instructor: Thomas Carty
carty@uiuc.edu

Section X1 at MWF 12:00-12:50 in 1320 Digital Computer Lab

Office: 121 Altgeld Hall
Office Phone: 265-6205
Office Hours: Monday at 10AM and Wednesday at 3PM

Syllabus

ALEKS Instructions

Homework

Grades

Tutoring:

Free Tutoring for Math 115 is in 123 Altgeld Hall from 4 to 6PM Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

The Math Department's private (not-free) tutor list can be found here.

Past Hour Exams

Announcements:

5/10: Extra Extra Office Hours for Finals Week

Tuesday the 11th: 11:15 to 12:15
Wednesday the 12th: 11:30 to 1
All office hours are by Tom and will be held in either 121 (or 123) Algeld Hall.

5/05: The solutions to the first version of exam 3 are here.

5/04: Extra Office Hours for Finals Week

Wednesday the 5th: normal office hours
Friday the 7th: 11:00 to 12:20
Wednesday the 12th: 11:30 to 1
All office hours are by Tom and will be held in either 121 (or 123) Algeld Hall.

5/04: The Final Exam will be held on Wednesday the 12th at 7PM in our usual classroom

4/27: Exam 3 will be a take home exam handed out on Monday the 3rd and returned at the start of class on Wednesday the 5th. The exam will cover material from exponetial and logarithmic functions through any trigonmetric topics covered in lecture. Note that you will be required to work on the exam alone. Detailed instructions will follow.

4/27: The solutions to the second version of exam 2 are here.

3/29: Exam 2 will be on Wednesday, April 7th. The emphasis of the exam will be on any and all materials related to Ration Functions to Logarithms.

3/07: Friday, March 12th - Lecture Hall Change
The College of Engineering requires our classroom for activities during Engineering Open House. As a result, on Friday the 12th we will have class in 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall.

2/24: The solutions to the first version of exam 1 are here.

2/23: Typos in HW4 fixed and reposted on Tuesday night.

2/10: Furlough Days: The following a the list of days that I will not be on campus. Any lectures and MY office hours will be canceled on these days.

Monday, February 15th - No Lecture
Tuesday, February 16th
Friday, March 19th - No Lecture
Monday, May 10th

2/10: Exam 1 will be on Friday, February 19th. It covers all material through today's lecture and homework 3.

1/25: The following graph will be used in motivational example on sequences.

1/14: The course webpage is complete. The syllabus and ALEKS instructions link are now current.

1/13: The course syllabus is still under constrution.