Calculus
for Life Sciences, M 127
MWF 12:20--13:10, Fall 2005
131 Marcus
The M 127 course home page http://umastr.math.umass.edu/Courses/Math_127
,
maintained by the course chairman Prof.
Rudvalis, contains general information about the course for all
sections.
News
- The Final Exam takes
place on Thursday, December 22, at 10:30AM in Boyden Gym.
Reviews on
Wed Dec 21, 11:00 am--4:00 pm in Marcus 131 and
4:00-9:00 pm in LGRT 101
The lab in 110 LGRT will be
open 3:00 -- 8:00 pm Mon (12 Dec) and Tu (13 Dec) but
will close at 5:30 pm on Wed (14
Dec).
The DuBois Library Review Sessions will
be held as usual at 8:30 PM on Mon (12 Dec) and Wed (14 Dec).
- Midterm Exam
2 had a 50%
average.
There will be 3 points added to your raw score out of 20: e.g., if you
got an 11/20, you will now have 14/20.
Book
- Applied Calculus, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, Lock,
Flath et al., 2nd Edition, Wiley
- We will cover chapters 1--5 in this class. For
details see 127 home page above
Exams
- 2 midterm exams, Thursday 20 October and Thursday 17
November in the evening
- final exam, dates TBA
Make up exams are to be taken in the evening before
the scheduled exams. Contact me in advance if you need a make up exam.
Grading
- Homework is done via the OWL system, graded automatically
and acounts for 20% of your total grade
- The 2 midterm exams each count 25%
- The final exam counts 30%
Office Hours and Help
- TA Office Hours:
M--Th : 3:00--8:00
pm,
LGRT 110; you can ask any TA for help. The TA's working for our section
are: Duncan:
dmdevlin@student.umass.edu, Kathryn:
khealy@student.umass.edu, Roger:
vaska@comcast.net
- Review Sessions:
Tuesday,
4:00-5:15 pm
in Room 1085, Wednesday, 8:30-9:45
pm in Room 1085, Library Tower
- Instructor
Office Hours: Burdick's Cafe, Greenstreet, Northampton, Thursday
afternoons; LGRT 1542 or 1535 by appointment, just write email to me
when you want to come.
Course Notes
Here are pdf files of my notes during classes roughly
organized by
the sections of the book covered: