COURSE GUIDE
Math 141 Lec.2 Fall 1997
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jie Wu
Office: DRL 4N61 , phone: Ext. 8-5976
Office hours:MWF 1-2
e-mail: jiewu@math.upenn.edu
ASSISTANTS:Qiao Xin
Office:DRL 4E7(outer) , phone:8-5971
Office hours:T 3-5pm
e-mail:qiao@math.upenn.edu
Alexei Borodine
Office:4N33, phone:8-5066
Office hours:T 10-11, Th 10-11
e-mail:borodine@math.upenn.edu
TEXTS: Stewart, Calculus, 3rd ed.
Maple/Calculus Lab Manual
Maple Flight Manual
Optional:Maple V software (Release 3).
LECTURE: MWF 11, DRL A1
OFFICE HOURS: Besides the hours listed above, we are also available at
other times by appointment. Please take advantage of these opportunities
for help. Come in so that we can get to know you.
OTHER HELP: Besides the office hours, there is lots of help available for
both Calculus and Maple.
Information about this help can also be found on pages 3-8 of
the MAPLE/CALCULUS LAB MANUAL, but in general the information on the
World Wide Web is more up to date.
CORE PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS FROM PAST FINALS: Since there is much material to
cover in math 141 and more problems to work through than we have time to
cover in lecture or recitation, we have chosen
core problems
(listed on page 10 of the MAPLE/CALCULUS LAB MANUAL) to help
define the course. In addition you will find problems from past final
exams on page 266-277 of the Lab Manual. Together, the core problems and
past finals define both the material of the course and the level of
difficulty expected. Your objective is to understand thoroughly how to
solve them and to develop some facility with the underlying mathematics.
RECITATION: During each recitation except for those during midterm exam
weeks there will be a 10 minute quiz taken from the homework assignment
which is due that week. There will be NO MAKE UP QUIZZES; however, you
will be allowed to drop your lowest quiz grade (which could be an
absence). The quizzes combined count as much as a midterm, namely 15% of
your grade. Recitations will begin with a discussion of the assignment
due. The quiz will be given in the last 10 minutes of the period.
HOMEWORK AND MAPLE ASSIGNMENTS: Each week's assignment will consist of
the relevant core problems, problems from past final exams, plus
additional work from the text or other sources. Some of the problems
will be marked with an (M) to indicate that they must be done using Maple
and there will also be Maple assignments from the MAPLE/CALCULUS LAB
MANUAL. You are responsible for the entire assignment.
Solutions must be written LEGIBLY and turned in by Friday 3 p.m. in
an envelope in front of the
Teaching Assistants office. One or two of these problems will be graded,
and a record kept of all the homework turned in. No late homework
assignments will be accepted but the lowest homework grade will be
dropped. The homework and Maple assignments combined will count for 25%
of the final grade.
EXAMS: There will be two midterms; the first on Tuesday October 7, 7-8:30 pm.
and
the second on Tuesday November 4, 7-8:30 pm.
Each will be worth 15% of the course grade.
NO MAKE UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN.
All sections of Math 141 will have a COMMON FINAL EXAM which is
tentatively scheduled for Friday December 12 from 11 am to 1 pm. The exam
is closed book and multiple choice. No calculator is allowed
but a 5" by 7" card of notes is permitted.
COURSE GRADE: The course grade is made up of 2 midterms at 15% each, quiz
grade at 15%, homework (including Maple) grade at 25%, and the common
final exam at 30%.
NOTE: Incompletes (I's) will not be given to avoid F's.