Winter Quarter, 2005-2006
Instructor: Gabriela Popa
Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:20 - 9:40 a.m. at
O-253.
TEXTBOOK: Calculus, 8-th ed, by D.Varberg, E.Purcell,
S.Rigdon.
Prentice Hall, Inc. (2000)
You should read sections of the book before
they
are studied in class.
Homework will be assigned thorugh "
WeBWorK ".General
information about WeBWorK.Formulas
in WeBWorK.
Solving the homework problems will provide practice for you,
increase your confidence, and help you prepare for quizzes and tests.
Tests & Quizzes: There will be two midterms and one final exams. You may use your calculator. You may not use your text, notes, or solutions to assignments. Except for extraordinary reasons, you must take the examinations at the scheduled times. There will be seven quizzes. The best five quizzes will be counted to bring 100 points towards your grade.
Calculators: You may use graphing calculator. Click here for a virtual graphing calculator.
TENTATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
| MIDTERM I | Friday, January 27. |
| MIDTERM II | Friday, February 24. |
| FINAL EXAM | Tuesday, March 14, 6:00 - 7:48 p.m. |
POINTS:
| Quizzes | 100 |
| Midterms | 2x100 |
| Final exam | 200 |
| TOTAL | 500 |
GRADING SCALE (Percent):
| A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D |
| 90 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 60 |