Instructor: Alexandru Zaharescu

Office: 449 Altgeld Hall

Phone: 265-5439

E-mail:   zaharesc at math dot uiuc dot edu

Textbook: Smith and Minton, Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, (single Variables Volume) McGraw Hill (3rd edition)

Prerequisites: Math 221 is intended for students who have had a year of calculus in high school

Syllabus

Lectures: MW 1:00-1:50 PM, 100 Materials Science and Eng. Bld.

Office hours: Alexandru Zaharescu: By appointment.
Artan Sheshmani (sheshman@math.uiuc.edu): Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-2:00 PM, B1 Coble Hall.
Jung Jin Lee (junglee2@math.uiuc.edu): Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:00 AM, 341 Illini Hall.
Ali Heydari Khosro (aheydar2@uiuc.edu): Tuesdays 12:00 - 13:00, B1 Coble Hall.
Ryan Rettberg (rrettbe2@math.uiuc.edu): Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 PM, B1 Coble Hall.
Zhou Dong (zhoudong@math.uiuc.edu): Thursdays 3:00 - 4:00 PM, 223 Illini Hall.

Tutoring: Every Monday through Thursday, 7-9 PM,  Room 1 Illini Hall. 

Course Policies

Aleks Assessment: All students must undergo a precalculus assessment using the software system called ALEKS. Details on the ALEKS Assessment System can be found at:
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Bourbaki/ALEKSCore.html

Homework: Problems will be assigned and posted here after each lecture. The problems are for practice and will not be graded, but should help studying for quizes and exams.

Section 1.2  #1-6.
Section 1.3  #1-34.
Section 1.4 #1-35.
Section 1.5 #1-34.
Review Problems page 142 #15-54.
Section 2.1 #7-8, #17-24, #35-36.
Section 2.2 #1-18.
Section 2.3 #1-28.
Section 2.4 #1-16.
Section 2.5 #1-28.
Section 2.6 #3-20.
Section 2.7 #1-30.
Section 2.8 #1-16, 23-28.
Section 2.9 #1-6, 9-20.
Section 3.1 #1-8, 21-32.
Section 3.2 #1-38.
Section 3.3 #1-38.
Section 3.4 #1-26.
Section 3.5 #1-26.
Section 3.6 #1-10.
Section 3.7 #3-11, 15-16.
Section 3.8 #1-9.
Section 4.1 #1-30, #39-42.
Section 4.2 #5, #13.
Section 4.3 #1, #3.
Section 4.4 #16, #19.
Section 4.5 #1-20.
Section 4.6 #1-30.
Section 5.1 #1-8, #19-24.
Section 5.2 #5-10, #17-20.
Section 5.3 #1, #3, #9, #11, #17, #19.
Section 5.4 #7, #9, #11, #13, #35, #39.

Quizzes: Quizzes will be given once a week in those weeks when a midterm exam is not scheduled. The quizzes will be given during the last 15 minutes of the Thursday discussion sections.
Quiz 1,  from Sections 1.2-1.5, September 13.
Quiz 2,  from Sections 2.1-2.2, September 20.
Quiz 3,  from Sections 2.3-2.7, September 27.
Quiz 4,  from Section 2.9, October 11.
Quiz 5,  from Sections 3.1-3.2, October 18.
Quiz 6,  from Sections 3.3-3.6, October 25.
Quiz 7,  from Sections 3.5-3.7, November 1.
Quiz 8,  from Sections 4.1 and 4.5, November 15.

Midterm Exams: There will be three Midterm Exams, given during the regular class hour. The exam dates will be posted here two weeks before when they are given.
Midterm Exam 1, October 3, from Chapters 1 and 2.
Midterm Exam 2, November 7, from Chapter 3.
Midterm Exam 3, December 3, from Sections 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.

Final exam: 1:30-4:30 PM, Thursday, December 13, room 100 M S E B The Final Exam will be cumulative.

Policy on missed quizzes: There will be no make-up quizzes. A missed quiz will count as 0 points unless you have a legitimate excuse, such as illness, and can show appropriate documentation for it, such as a doctor's note in case of illness. With a valid excuse, a missed quiz will be marked as "excused". This simply means that your quiz average will be based on the remaining quizzes.

If you think you qualify for an excused quiz, get in touch with your TA as soon as possible, but no later than a week after the quiz was given, and provide him/her with appropriate documentation. In case of illness, make sure to get a note from your doctor or hospital personnel.

Policy on missed hour exams: Missed hour exams are treated similarly, i.e., marked as "excused" if a valid excuse is presented (no make-ups), but with one significant difference: The absence from an hour exam has to be documented by a letter from the Emergency Dean.

Calculator policy: Calculators will NOT be permitted on the quizes and exams.

Academic Integrity (Cheating): Any student found cheating on an exam, or quiz  will receive a grade of zero for that exam or quiz.

Grading policy: Final exam: 30%; Three midterm exams: 18% each; Quizzes: 10%; ALEKS 10%

Final Grade:
A score of 92% or better will ensure an A- in this class.  A score of 80% will ensure a B-, and a score of
65% will ensure a C-.

Last modified: November 28, 2007