Calculus and Analytic Geometry

Math 153 (call number 40134-9)

Winter Quarter, 2002

Instructor: Sergei Chmutov

Classes: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. at O-063

TEXTBOOK: Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 5-th ed, by Ellis and Gulick. Saunders College Publishing.
You should read sections of the book before they are studied in class.

Homework: There will be daily assignments. Your solutions will not be collected. I encourage you to work with your classmates on the assignments.

Tests and quizzes: Every Friday will be a test or a quiz. Each quiz will consist of problems selected from the assignments. On the quiz you may use any material in you own handwriting, including class notes and assignment solutions.
There will be three 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.

TENTATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
MIDTERM I Friday, January 25.
MIDTERM II Friday, February 15.
MIDTERM III Friday, March 8.
FINAL EXAM Monday, March 18.

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: Each quiz will be graded out of 100 points. The lowest grade will be dropped and the average of the remaining quiz scores will be the total quiz grade.

Quizzes 100
Midterms 3x100
Final exam 150
TOTAL 550

GRADING SCALE (Percent):
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D
90 87 83 80 77 73 70 67 63 60


Tentative daily schedule