Math 231 EL1 Fall 2008

• Instructor: Geumlan Choi
• Office: B13 Coble Hall
• Office Hours: 1-1:45 PM, MW
• E-mail:g-choi1@math.uiuc.edu
• Telephone number: 333-7782

• Discussion Instructors:
• Section ED1, ED3: Tran, Khang (kdtran2@uiuc.edu)-- Office Hours: 10-11 AM TuTh at 245 Illini Hall
• Text: Smith and Minton, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 3rd edition
• Office Hours for the Final:
  • Choi: 2--3:30, Monday, December 15, 12:30--1:15, Wednesday, December 17
  • Khang: 10--12, Tuesday, December 16
• Location for the Final Exam: Regular Lecture Room (23 Psychology Building)
• Announcement
• Homework
• Quiz/Exam Solutions
• Practice Problems
• Score Reports
• Syllabus
• Tutoring Services

Exam Dates:

• Exam 1: Wednesday, September 24th
• Exam 2: Monday, October 27th
• Exam 3: Wednesday, December 3rd
• Final Exam: 1:30-4:30 PM, Wednesday, December 17

General Policies:

• Quiz: Except for the first week, there will be a quiz given once a week in which there is not an hour exam. The quizzes will be given during last 15-20 minutes of the Thursday discussion sections. The lowest quiz will be dropped when calculating a semester grade. If you miss a quiz, that will be the one dropped for you.
• Homework: Problems will be assigned and posted on the course webpage on a weekly basis. The problems are for practice and will not be collected. It should help studying for quizzes and exams.
• Calculators are not permitted on quizzes or exams.
• Midterm Exams: There will be 3 hour exams, given during the regular class hour. The exam dates will be announced at least a week before when they are given.
• Missed Hour Exams/ Quizzes: A missed exam/quiz will give 0 point unless you have a valid and verifiable excuse (a note from the Emergency Dean is required). In this case, you must inform me/discussion T.A. before the exam/quiz, or if this is physically impossible, then it should be done as soon as possible afterwards.
• All pagers and Cell phones should be turned off before entering class.
• Academic Integrity: Any student found cheating on an exam or a quiz will receive a grade of 0 for that exam/quiz.

Grading Policies:

• 3 hour exams(17%,17%,17%)-51%
• Final-34%
• Quiz-15%(The lowest score will be dropped)
• Maximum cutoffs for letter grades will be traditional 90%, 80%, etc with plus and minus.